Wellsprings of Eternity
The Wellsprings of Eternity were originally a cluster of artesian springs of pure water along an intersection of ley lines that the Slann ordered the construction of some ceremonial fountains around under the direction of the Old Ones in the Time Before creating a holy site for Tzunki and the Old Ones in general.
During the Great Cataclysm, the fountains were destroyed by daemons led by Korshalork of the Putrid Waves. Korshalork attempted to corrupt the site and turn it from a site of a purity to a site of corruption until he was interrupted by a daring sortie led by the servants of the Slann Lord Izzatal disrupting his ability to corrupt the Wellsprings of Eternity for....eternity.
It is difficult to say whether the Daemons or the First Children of the Old Ones won this battle.
During the rebuilding that followed the Great Cataclysm the Slann were able to mystically patch up this site a little, so it wasn't an eternal source of Chaos laced poison and illness, but they deemed impossible to restore the beautiful pure water that once existed here. No major reconstruction was attempted here but the Slann ordered the construction of a simple memorial cairn here to commemorate the loss here.
That said, the Wellsprings of Eternity are still a series of springs, and these along with a natural rain shadow are the source of the swamps that are now known as the Reeking Mire.
While this is no longer a holy site to the Old Ones, the Wellsprings are hardly a lasting monument to Nurgle's glory either. The Reeking Mire is definitely unpleasant, but its arguably not any more dangerous than the rest of Lustria. The region is just an ugly patch of marsh, neither a source of eternal pox or a source of eternal life energy.
When neither the Lizardmen nor the Daemons win a decisive victory, you end up with a swamp full of crazy orcs.
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