Downmorrow Fingers

Downmorrow Fingers is considered the source of the strange wasting disease that had infected the abandoned village of Tobrook that sat along the northern side of Tobrook Lake. Eighty years ago, the river leading into Crooked Boughs was diverted by a landslide, causing portions of the swamp to dry up and others to stagnate. Odd creatures began showing up nearby. Bizarre-looking insects, deformed hogs, and poisonous thorns became common to the area. Then, a young man came back from a fishing expedition babbling about a white snake as big as a mountain that had killed and eaten three of his friends. According to him, the soil turned to ash wherever the snake’s skin touched, and plants withered and died. Only by sheer chance did he manage to get away. The creature has since passed into local legend, and is known as the Lingin Beast. No one goes to Downmorrow Fingers any more except for one old hermit who foolish visitors see, is occasionally seen pulling up roots on its outskirts. The locals of the Auchland River Basin know better than to bother him.

Type

Estuary / River delta

Location under

Auchland River Basin