Arkanshan river
The United Dwarven clans created a water system that funneled the water from the ice tops of the Khazadur mountains into the valley below, creating a barrier to stop the Blight from walking into the borderlands.
The Akanshan is known as the great Barrier. It is the front-lines agasint the Blight. Here the Eldorian Host pulled back after the second crusade and made their stand agasint the Dead along its shores. It is a wide river at times spanning just over 7-10 miles at its widest point. The Northern shore is swampy and over run with the dead while the southern shore rises as it gets further south into the borderlands.
In late summer early fall the Arkanshan dries up to have a depth of only 2-5 feet. At these times it is very dangerous as the mindless walkers of the blight wander across causing havoc for all life south of the barrier.
A group called the River watch is charged with patrolling the roads along the south shore at all times, but 3-5 times the numbers are hired during the late summer into winter.
During the winter months the river has been known to freeze over and walkers have been found crossing, but the ice generally makes these few easy pickings from the shoreline.These rare cold winters are few and far between in this climate.
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