Drowning pools

Cade Quarter looks at the stalactite that hides the mechanism.

The drowning pools were a cave in the water caverns behind the Five Falls of the Farrow Ridges. They were behind the crystal caverns and marked the entrance to the caves of the white trogs.

Use

The white trogs used the Drowning Pools as a trap to hunt for food and intruders. When one entered the crystal caverns, the Trogs were alarmed by the soft vibration and eerie sound of the crystals. An intruder then got caught in a spider's web, activating the trap. A boulder rolled towards him. The intruder, naturally, began to run towards the next cave which the boulder would close. The drowning pools then were filled with water by the geysers, and when the victim was dead, the trogs entered the cave via a secret mechanism hidden in a stalactite.

Role in The Nameless One

In c. 617 ᴇ.ʏ., Blatch Helmstoft was the first to discover the drowning pools and discovered the trap but was nevertheless caught in it. His daughter Celestia, Cade Quarter and Thorne Lammergyre got caught in the drowning pools on their rescue mission for Blatch, but discovered the mark he had left on the stalactite that triggered the mechanism. [1]

Trivia

The Eastern Entrance of the sewers of Undertown was a trap that was also referred to as the drowning pool.

References

  1. ↑ The Nameless One, Chapter 35
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