Ice Mire – Midway along the Morro River’s northward course lies the Ice Mire, a frozen, lowland marsh locked in ice most of the year. The presence of frozen everglade does not hinder the swift-flowing river, but enough of the water seeps into the mire to maintain it. The hardy trees that grow in the Ice Mire are twisted and black in appearance, although the druids and rangers of Morrain have never found them to be unnatural. Nevertheless, an eerie presence pervades the Ice Mire, possibly owing to the fireside stories told of the Twilight Witch or the Four-Eyed Giant. If the stories have any truth to them, those who venture alone into the Ice Mire are never heard from again, captured and devoured by hags or blue-skinned trolls. The gray, twilight appearance of this marshland lends itself to the fearful imagination of those who pass through it.
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