The Poisoned Well

The largest body of water in The Sarriahn Dynasty, located east of Dragonspear. Fed by The Wellspring and drained via The Streamspring.

History
The Poisoned Well was once known as Allura's Pool, before The Short War. Prior to this, it was considerable resource for Dragonspear and The Sarriahn Dynasty, with numerous fishing villages along the banks of the lake, markets located on the small islands throughout the lake, and trade from The Sea of Stars, which made its way up The Sarriah River.

The Short War ended after The Principality of Gildebrag dumped thousands of bodies of allied elves, dwarves, and Sarriahns into the river. They floated, bloated and diseased, into the Allura's Pool and settled there for weeks. Eventually the bodies clogged the draining of the lake, causing it to overflow its banks. Numerous villages, farms, markets, and lakeside villas were flooded with rotting, water-logged, bodies. Even Dragonspear was inundated with the foul smelling water and saturated bodies. Disease spread rapidly throughout the local populace, with many dying. The diseases lingered for years afterward, traveling both up and down The Sarriah River afterward.

The Name Change
It was after this event that Allura's Pool came to be known as The Poisoned Well. It was, for years, dangerous to drink the water from the lake and most of the populace still considers it unsafe to drink the water or eat fish from the lake, despite the insistence of safety from The Sarriahn Archivists.

Current Day
The Poisoned Well maintains none of its previous charm or allure. Although it is still beautiful to behold, it is considered haunted and dangerous by the locals. Because it not well traveled or fish, it has become a frequent hide out of bandits, river pirates, exiles, and run-aways, as well as all manner of monsters big and small. The islands that dot the surface of the lake still have the ruins of various markets, lighthouses, and villas from the day The Short War ended and the bodies drifted across the glass surface of The Poisoned Well.