When
speaking in the rivers of the Deepingdale three names arise with great
frequency: the Wineflow, the Deeping
Stream and the Glaemril; however, there is much confusion as to which each is
and often a flow of water that is recorded on a map as Wineflow or Deeping
Stream appears registered in another as Glaemril. This confusion is resolved
when you read in Volo's Guide, that "only above the intersection with the
Wineflow is the Glaemril the Deeping Stream"[1].
Thus, we can conclude that only after meeting the Wineflow with the Deeping Stream
the water flow should be called Glaemril; this information is confirmed when
the Volo's Guide (p, 94) states about the "Glaemril and its tributaries
(the Deeping Stream and the Wineflow"). According to the Volo's Guide this
confusion regarding the names of the rivers is due to the fact that “the Deeping Stream and the Wineflow rise and
then disappear into sinkholes many times only to reappear nearby and run for a
short space before vanishing again. (This confusing tendency is the reason they
appear in so few maps or are mistakenly recorded as Glaemril ...) [2]”.
2.1. The Wineflow
It
is not always possible to clearly distinguish the information which refer to
the Wineflow of those regarding the Glaemril as a whole, so it is interesting
complements them with the information presented about the Glaemril.
Informations:
1
– [The Wineflow] “... rise and the disappear into sinkholes
many times only to reappear nearby and run for a short space before vanishing
again.” (Volo’s Guide, p. 95).
2 – it is a tributary of the
Glaemril. “... the Glaemril and its
tributaries ([…] and the Wineflow…”[3]. This
information is confirmed when one can read that “... the Wineflow, the southern tributary of the Glaemril…”[4].
3 – The Wineflow “Both of them run swift and Strong and have
abundant salmon runs that nourish forest creatures…”[5].
4 – “The trot down to Deeping Stream that Shandril Shessair used to make is
blocked by a city wall now”. (Volo’s Guide, p. 111). New confusion
regarding the Wineflow and the Deeping Stream. [Referring to the Rising Moon
Inn]
5 – Probably its water are
crystal clear. [See info 1 about the Glaemril].
6 – Maybe its headboard (the
place where the river begins) “ serves as
a spawning ground for a tasty variety of freshwater shrimp”[6]
but only if the Wineflow was “the
westernmost stretch of the Deeping” [Glaemril]). See info
2 about the Glaemril. This possibility seems more consistent than to consider
that the spawing ground is the Eredruie Lake.
The Wineflow ford[7]
Also
called Glaemril Ford (see footnote) it’s a common ford – located just north of
Highmoon – except for its strange magical powers. “From time to time, random folk crossing the ford are cured of all
diseases and hurts – and a random wizard spell comes into their minds for them
to cast later without incantation or material componentes. This usually befalls
nonwizards, and some of them are momentarily beset by yet a third property of
the ford: They levitate straight u pinto the air for a few breaths! [8]”.
2.2. Deeping Stream
It
is not always possible to clearly distinguish the information about the Deeping
Stream from those regarding the Glaemril because “...the
Glaemril, which is often also called the Deeping Stream since that stream [Deeping
Stream] flows most directly into it
[the Glaemril]” [info 3 below].
Informations:
1
– The Deeping Stream is a tributary of the Glaemril: “Glaemril and its tributaries (the Deeping Stream [...])”[9].
2 – “O Deeping Stram [...] rise
and the disappear into sinkholes many times only to reappear nearby and run for
a short space before vanishing again”[10].
3 – “...the Glaemril, which is often also called the Deeping Stream since
that stream [Deeping Stream] flows
most directly into it [the Glaemril]”[11].
4
– It’s possible that the information 8 of the Glaemril: the Glaemril “run swift and strong and have abundant
salmon runs that nourish forest creatures…”) be valid either to the Deeping
Stream since it’s valid to the Wineflow and this doesn’t seems very different
from the Deeping Stream.
5
– Possibly it’s waters are crystal clear [see info 1 of the Glaemril].
The
headwaters of this stream is the Lake Eredruie (see below) and then the Deeping
Stream, with its crystal clear waters [info 5] “run swift and strong” [info 4] appearing and vanishing “into sinkholes many times only to reappear
nearby and run for a short space before vanishing again” [info 2]. The
reference to “abundant salmons runs”
[info 4] evokes the image of salmons jumping over small waterfalls trying to
swing upstream, but there’s no confirmation of this scene (even if it matches
with the idea of a stream that “run swift
and strong”). These caracteristics seems to be the same until junction with
the Glaemril [info 1].
2.2.1. Lake Eredruie
Informations:
1 – “The dark, clam water of Lake Eredruie”[12]
2 – The lake is “a large pond at the headwaters of the
Glaemril”[13].
3 – “Elves who immerse themselves in the lake’s waters can add 3d20 years to
their lifespan, although the magic or the waters works only once. A flask of
Lake Eredruie water acts as a potion of healing on elves and half-elves only,
but loses its potency if mixed with any other liquid or substance”[14].
4 – “… at the Treespring of Eredruie, a natural spring that bubbles forth
from a hollow in the upper trunk of a hiexel and runs down the side of the tree
to feed tho neighboring Lake Eredruie”[15].
5 – “… the hauntingly beautiful Lake Eredruie, source of the Glaemril (more
of a small pool than a lake, actually).
Bristar, on the southeastern shore, overlooks its dark, calm waters”[16].
6 – “Bristar overlooks a wooded lake that is the headwaters of the Glaemril”[17].
7
– Maybe the lake (if it is “the
westernmost stretch of the Deeping”) “serves as a spawning ground
for a tasty variety of freshwater shrimp”. See info 2 of the Glaemril, however, the lake can
be considered as a “pool” then this possibility doesn’t make sense.
The
Lake Eredruie and consequently also the Deeping Stream and the Glaemril [info
2] begins ““… at the Treespring of Eredruie, a natural
spring that bubbles forth from a hollow in the upper trunk of a hiexel and runs
down the side of the tree to feed tho neighboring Lake Eredruie” [info 4].
The lake itself is “a large pond”
[info 2] or “a small pool” [info 5] –
anyway both expressions seems to emphasize that this is not a big water body “dark” and “calm” [info 1 e 5]
[18].
The
Lake has magical properties to elvens and half-elves as can be read in the
information 3 so that if drunk this waters acts as a healing potion and for
those that immerse themselves the efect is a prolonged life[19].
This
lake is sacred to Labelas Enoreth and has the elvish village of Bristar in its
“southeastern shore” [info 5] and finally it seem to be surrounded by
once it’s “a wooded lake” [info 6].
2.3. Glaemril
The
following information appears to refer to the river as a whole (Glaemril and
tributaries) or simply is not possible to specify whether it refers to Glaemril
or a tributary (or which affluent). Much of the information presented below are
derived from Elminster's Ecologies
which refers generally to the existence of “a
pair of streams in the Southern woods, the Semberflow and the Deeping”[20] which
suggests that all the statements it makes about the "Deeping" are
actually regarding the Glaemril as a whole, including Glaemril itself and its
tributaries - the Wineflow and the Deeping Stream - so it is advisable to far
as possible, consider the information about the Glaemril (where applicable) as
well as valid for its two tributaries.
Informations:
1
– The Deeping Stream has “crystal waters teem with bass and catfish in
quantities rivaling the Elvenflow. It is an otherwise unremarkable area,
drawing too many human tourists for my taste”[21].
2 – “The westernmost stretch of the Deeping […] serves as a spawning ground for a tasty variety of freshwater shrimp.
The Deeping shrimp, nearly a foot long and brilliant red, can be caught by
dragging nets along the river bed […]. the
dried shrimp shells emit a soft pink light for up to two days and can be used
to mark trails”[22].
3 – The “Deeping” and the
other streams, “serve as sourcers of
fresh water for drinking, bathing, and recreation. The rivers also supply water
for irrigation”[23].
4 – There is “villages”
along of the Deeping Stream – “A few
small villages along the Deeping Stream...”[24].
5 – “The cobra trout, which lives in the Deeping Stream, is one of the few
fresh water fish with a poisonous bite. Extremely territorial, the cobra trout
lunges at any creature that comes within a few feet. This fish can exist on dry
land for as long as an hour, using tiny fins to haul itself along the ground.
Fortunately, its bright silver scales make it easy to recognize and avoid”[25].
6 – There is the possibility
of that exists “a pair [de
amphisbaena] swimming in the Deeping
Stream”[26].
7 – There is at least one
branch of the Deeping Stream – “Salty
mineral in an offshoot of the Deeping Stream...”[27].
8 – [The Glaemril] “run swift and strong and have abundant
salmon runs that nourish forest creatures…”[28].
9
– The Glaemril has as tributaries the Wineflow and the Deeping Stream: “Glaemril and its tributaries (the Deeping
Stream and the Wineflow)”[29].
10 - “only above the intersection with the Wineflow is the Glaemril the
Deeping Stream”[30].
Although often confused with
Deeping Stream, the Glaemril only has it
name after the meeting of the Deeping Stream with the Wineflow [info
10], the latter two being its tributaries. Anyway the Glaemril is a river of “crystal waters” [info 1] that “run swift and strong” [info 8], being “otherwise unremarkable” but that drowns
too many people [info 1]. Its waters “serve
as sourcers of fresh water for drinking, bathing, and recreation” and “
also supply water for irrigation” [info 3] to “a few small villages along” [info 4] of its banks.
In
the river lives a lot of bass and catfish [info 1] and serves as a migration
route to “abundant salmon” that “that
nourish forest creatures”
[info 8] in addition to the “Deeping
shrimp, nearly a foot long and brilliant red, can be caught by dragging nets
along the river bed [which] the dried
shrimp shells emit a soft pink light for up to two days and can be used to mark
trails” [info 2]. In its waters lives also “the cobra trout, which lives in the Deeping Stream, is one of the few
fresh water fish with a poisonous bite. Extremely territorial, the cobra trout
lunges at any creature that comes within a few feet. This fish can exist on dry
land for as long as an hour, using tiny fins to haul itself along the ground.
Fortunately, its bright silver scales make it easy to recognize and avoid”
[info 5] besides the rumor about “a pair
[de amphisbaena] swimming” in the
river’s waters.
2.4. Others Features
Informations:
1
– The Deepingdale is a “... valley where
[...] pools are common...”[31].
2 – “A deep pool rests midway along” [the Hunter’s Down].[32]
[4] Volo’s Guide to the Dalelands, p. 94.
[5]
Forgotten Realms 3ed, p. 128. “Both of
them run swift and Strong and have abundant salmon runs that nourish forest
creatures…”. A quick search of pictures of “salmon runs” shows many small
waterfalls over which the salmons leap upstream.
[7] The reference to this ford in
the Volo’s Guide to the Dalelands (p. 101), in the label of the Highmoon map
shows the ford as “Glaemril ford” and then clarify that it’s in truth the “ford of the Wineflow, tributary of the
Glaemril”.
[8]
Volo’s Guide to the Dalelands, p. 103.
[9]
Volo’s Guide to the Dalelands, p. 94.
[10]
Volo’s Guide to the Dalelands, p. 95.
[11]
Volo’s Guide to the Dalelands, p. 95.
[12]
Demihuman Deities, p. 151.
[13]
Demihuman Deities, p. 151.
[14]
Deminhuman Deities, p. 151.
[15]
Deminhuman Deities, p. 151.
[16]
Volo’s Guide to the Dalelands, p. 97.
[17]
The Dalelands, p. 27.
[18] It seems to be a difference between “pond” and “pool” that can
implicate in diferent looks for this water body. http://references-definitions.blurtit.com/62656/what-is-the-difference-between-pond-and-pool
[19] “Os frascos com a água do lago funcionam como poções de curar ferimentos
leves, mas afetam somente elfos ou meio-elfos. Depois de água ser retirada da
fonte, o efeito continua ativo durante um dia, mas nenhum indivíduo é capaz de
se beneficiar mais de três vezes da poção na mesma dezena – as doses extras não
surtem efeito”. “Elfos que emergem nas águas do lago podem acrescentar 3d20
anos ao seu tempo de vida, apesar de a magia ou água funcionar apenas uma vez.
Um frasco da água do Lago Eredruie funciona como uma porção de cura apenas
sobre elfos e meio-elfos, mas perde sua potência se misturada com quaisquer
outros líquidos ou substâncias”.
[20] Elminster’s Ecologies, p. 40.
[21] Elminster’s Ecologies, p. 40.
[23] Elminster’s Ecologies, p. 260
[24] Elminster’s Ecologies, p. 269
[25] Elminster’s Ecologies, p. 272
[26] Elminster’s Ecologies, p. 274
[27]
Elminster’s Ecologies, p. 260
[28]
Forgotten Realms 3ed, p. 128.
[29]
Volo’s Guide to the Dalelands, p. 94.
[30] “... apenas acima da intersecção com o Corrente Vinho é o Glaemril o
Corrente Profunda” (tradução livre e duvidosa). Volo’s
Guide to the Dalelands, p. 95.
[31]
Volo’s Guide to the Dalelands, p. 95.
[32]
Volo’s Guide to the Dalelands, p. 115.
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