Atheris River

The Atheris River is an artificial river running west to east from the North Kestral Mountains to Fae Run Sea. The river starts at Crystal Spring, a source of magical water in the Kestral Mountains held sacred to the druids. The druids sacrificed the use of the spring to create the river some nine centuries ago, along with Silver Pool, to contain the blight and spare some of Immer Valley Forest. Specifically, the section now known as Immer Wood.

Since Crystal Spring was the most powerful of the three magical springs the druids held, the river created from it is immense. The Atheris River is nearly always at least half a mile across, and often 50' deep or more. The Atheris River meets the Black Adder River at a fork known as Serpent's Tongue. Before this, it was known as the West Atherist River, and afterward, it is known as the East Atheris River.

West Atheris River

The West Atheris River is filled with unusable and corrupted water. The magic of The Withering is absorbed into the water and carried downstream. The magic cannot leave the water, though. So, unless the plague is magically drawn out of the water, it will remain contained in any water removed from the river's body. While the water will kill any plant or animal attempted to nourish itself on this water, it cannot spread from such a victim.

The West Atheris River, nonetheless, is occasionally home to a few particularly hardy species of fish. The fish, like the water, are considered poisonous and inedible.

East Atheris River

Unlike its counterpart, the East Atheris River is clear and healthy, used for irrigation all along its length. Sitting on its southern bank is Sifsted, a city which uses it as a supplemental fishing source. No other major cities lie directly on its banks, but Belrough, the capital of the nation, sits at on the bay created by the river's waters.