Crystal Springs
| Crystal Springs | |
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 Crystal Springs map, by John Knecht in The Marklands (1993). | |
| General information | |
| Type: | Natural Springs |
| Size: | About fifteen square miles |
| Geopolitical | |
| Region: | Kingdom of Nyrond |
Crystal Springs are a set of natural springs in the north of the Kingdom of Nyrond.
Description
[edit | edit source]Crystal Springs is a set of natural springs covering an area of about fifteen square miles or so, where the water flows from a series of small rocky outcrops. They are the source of the Duntide River, and located astride the Stone Road. Water from subterranean aquifers bubbles to the surface here. The rock formations of almost glassy blue-veined quartz around the springs tend to be brittle, with the rock is of little use although it is weather resistant and resists erosion. This strange geological formation is believed to have magical origins, and mixed intermittent and erratic dweomers that vary with the phases of the moons (Celene and Luna) can be detected here. A subterranean network of caves and chambers below the rock formations are rumored to contain monstrous and magical secrets in their calcified chambers. There are several militia bases with 60-200 soldiers within five miles of the springs.[1]
In Spring 591 CY a raiding party of dark dwarves came to the surface from the so-called Crystal Caves beneath the springs. A sorcerer named Nimar in Dosselford in the County of Urnst recruited adventurers who were successful in thwarting them and discovered a passage to the underworld beneath the springs.[2]
In Living Greyhawk
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Beneath the springs and inside the crystal caves is a village of pech, the Village of the Earth People.[3]
History
[edit | edit source]Nearly a millenia ago, a huge crystal fortress fell from Luna and crashed into Oerth near what would eventually become Dosselford.[4]
External links
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- Crystal Springs page on Nyrond Living Greyhawk Triad web site via Way Back Machine
References
[edit | edit source]Citations
[edit | edit source]- ↑ WGR4 The Marklands (1993), p.81.
- ↑ 'Living Greyhawk Journal #2, p.31.
- ↑ Mysteries of Crystal Spring III (2001; RPGA), p.11
- ↑ Mysteries of Crystal Spring III (2001; RPGA), p.4
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Sargent, Carl. The Marklands. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1993
- "Dispatches: News from Around the Flanaess (Spring 591 CY)". Living Greyhawk Journal #2. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, November 2000.
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| Topic | Type | Description | Product | Page/Card/Image
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| Crystal Springs | Geographical feature | Spring, | Living Greyhawk Journal #2 | 31 |
| Crystal Springs | Geographical feature | Spring, | WGR4 The Marklands | 67, 81 |