The Way Through The Wetlands

The wetlands of the Unclaimed March are poorly mapped and seldom traveled. From the border wall at the western edge of Umt, the smallest of the Silent Kingdoms, a route marked in waylights leads to the ocean. It crosses the Dark Stream via a long low wooden pontoon bridge and then moves north of the main course, where the ground is usually marginally higher and drier, although dry is a relative term here. The waylights were set in place many years ago by Rycasse, the once infamous but now largely forgotten sorcerer. They are not very reliable, sometimes fading to nothing for no obvious reason. Nevertheless it is not advisable to leave the route...