Four Lakes
The Four Lakes was a large settlement in the Second Age of Flight and the Third Age of Flight. The region consisted of the four lakes around which were found the webfoot goblin settlements. The four lakes were called Silent One, Shimmerer, Mirror of the Sky, and Lake of Cloud.
Role in The Slaughterer's Quest
During the events of The Slaughterer's Quest, Keris Verginix travelled to the Four Lakes to speak with the Great Blueshell Clam. She wanted to find out more about her father, Twig. After meeting the clam it sent her on a voyage to the Free Glades to meet her grandmother Maris and to seed the South Lake with a new Blueshell Clam.
Third Age of Flight
Several centuries into the Third Age of Flight, the Four Lakes settlements grew larger and became a small city. With the arrival of Skytaverns, the traditional way of life was lost. Young webfoots no longer cared for the lake as much as their ancestors had and instead sought to sell lake-pearls in exchange for other goods. The lakes suffered and the vegetation died back. Only then did the Council of webfoot tribes decide to ban sky taverns and end the trade for the pearls. But before the lakes could recover, Mire-pearlers returned to Four Lakes. They ransacked settlements and dammed the lakes to drain them of water and used explosives to extract pearls from the clam beds. The webfoots were unable to fight back and the Great Blueshell Clam died. After the mire-pearlers left, the lakes recovered, but the clams never returned and the lakes were never restored to their old beauty. Four Lakes became a bustling city and the skytaverns brought in settlers of all races and from all over the Edge. Those longing for the purer life of the Second Age of Flight founded Fifth Lake Village in the Farrow Ridges.[1]
References
- ↑ Doombringer, Chapter 4