Lake Umamu is a kidney-shaped lake next to Ria'Doin, an abandoned village in the Caramarin Reach in Issylra.[1]
The lake used to be part of the lives of local villagers, but at some point before 838 PD[2] a dark spirit named "The Silt"[3] began using its powers to attract people to the lake, devouring them at the bottom, causing so many disappearances that those who did not die left Ria'Doin.[4] The spirit took hold there a while back among the kelp-like seaweed growth at the bottom of the lake, making it its home and an extension of itself.[5]
Also at the bottom of Lake Umamu, in addition to kelp and the bones of the monster's many victims, is a mysterious portal that connects to underground tunnels beneath the surface of Rudius, the Moon of Ill Omen, so that the lake acts as a constant source of fresh water there.[6] This portal was created to deliver perpetual water to the elven city that Bells Hells found, prior to the creation of Ruidus. It provides a magical aqueduct that is its legacy and was never broken.[7]
After Ludinus and Predathos were defeated it was decided that Ruidians who wished to would be permitted to emigrate to Exandria through the portal in Lake Umamu,[8] so Keyleth and the Ashari worked to turn the ruins of Ria'Doin into a functional town again and point of initial contact for the refugees.[9]
Trivia[]
- The portal Bells Hells found in the fountain in the Heartmoor Hamlet that has a connection to the water plane providing a perpetual source of water is similar to the portal they found at the bottom of Lake Umamu.[10]
- According to Matthew Mercer, people have periodically gone through the portal throughout history and found themselves trapped in the elven ruins.[11]
- The portal to Ruidus at the bottom of the lake was partially improvised. Matt had planned for the party in "Intense Interrogations" (3x85) to possibly discover the Elven ruins underground. However, the party kept investigating the water source and when Fearne Calloway emerged at the lake's surface, he improvised the description of the area, closed the session, and went home to figure out where they were on Exandria.[12]
References[]
- ↑ See "Doorways to Darker Depths" (3x86) at 1:27:53.
- ↑ See "Doorways to Darker Depths" (3x86) at 1:05:37. The bird told FCG that it had been five years since the last time people visited the already abandoned village.
- ↑
CR Cooldown C3 E86 at 00:33 (subscription required) (Transcript).
- ↑ See "Doorways to Darker Depths" (3x86) at 1:01:31.
- ↑ CR Cooldown C3 E86 at 00:38 (subscription required) (Transcript).
- ↑ See "Intense Interrogations" (3x85) at 3:23:16.
- ↑ CR Cooldown C3 E89 at 13:26 (subscription required) (Transcript).
- ↑ See "A New Age Begins" (3x121) at 5:15:38.
- ↑ See "A New Age Begins" (3x121) at 4:58:25.
- ↑
CR Cooldown C3 E89 at 13:26 (subscription required) (Transcript).
- ↑ CR Cooldown C3 E89 at 14:20 (subscription required) (Transcript).
- ↑ Fireside Chat LIVE with Matthew Mercer at 20:55 (subscription required).
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