Exposure

The most dangerous foe on the Ternu Heath is exposure brought on by the deadly combination of wind and water. SOme of the oldest bogs are quaking bogs, so overgrown with thick moss that a lightly armoured man can walk across the surface. The vegetation cannot truly support the weight at any appreciable distance from the shore; the moment it starts quaking underfoot, it is too late to escape. The hapless pedestrian is plunged into the icy dark water below, which can be knee-deep or as deep as 12 feet, with a thick, heavy muck at the bottom. The floating vegetation, still unable to bear the weight, must be cut away as the victim wades blindly toward shore. Once soaked, the incessant wind can bring on deadly hypothermia and death in under a watch.