GRF-A02
The Salt Must Flow
Original notation by Doctor Richard Golde, November 19th 1986.
Revised by Maximilian Golde, head of the Golde Research Foundation, April 21st 2024.
File: A02
Class: Salt
Location: Balder
[R] This one isn't as "scary" as its predecessor. I debated adding this little piece of river as a simple footnote to GRF-A01, but I really feel like it's its own anomaly that simply got mixed up in GRF-A01's story. Who knows, maybe this location is the actual GRF-A01 and everything I wrote in that file about the dreamscape is just a bunch of nonsense. Anyway, I decided to give this small anomaly its own file, since I feel it deserves to be studied in the future. It's simple, no complicated story of one of its victims, no interviews. GRF-A02 is a small bend of the river known as the Knot which runs through the Bearlair Valley. This small stretch of river, about 25 meters in length, runs through the Bearwood close to the northern edge of Balder. Without explanation, for these 25 meters, the flowing sweet water river suddenly turns into salt water. It still flows, yet the salt remains in that same stretch of water. It comes in and goes out sweet.
[M] I'm imagining Richard must have gotten quite busy soon after this because as far as I can tell, he never did update this document any further. A02 still exists, I went there. Attached to the document was a small annotated map pointing out its location, so it wasn't too hard to find. Something not mentioned in Richard's original file is that there is a small rock formation placed on the bank of the inner side of the river's bend. It looks almost like a kind of shrine. It's weird, that's for sure. There isn't much else I can say about it, though. Just like the physical file for GRF-A01, GRF-A02 has a little piece of paper stapled to it with the alchemical symbol for salt. It seems more applicable here, though I guess the two cases are linked pretty closely. If anything else were to come of this, I'll update this file.
