Swiftbrook
Swiftbrook | |
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Type: | River |
Region: | Evendim |
Area: | Southern Emyn Uial |
Location: | [7.0S, 74.5W] |
Swiftbrook is a landmark within Southern Emyn Uial, in Evendim. It is part of the Baranduin drainage basin. [7.0S, 74.5W]
High above the Eave-mere this rapid water stream begins in a series of waterfalls from even higher mountain spurs. A huge log crosses the stream and connects Northern and Southern Emyn Uial just north of the giants' camp, Amon Môth.
Deeds
These deeds can be advanced by exploring Swiftbrook:
Lore
- This cold and isolated stream cuts deeply through the rock of the mountains high above the western side of Lake Evendim before descending through tumultuous rapids to the Eave-mere below and thence to Lake Evendim itself.
- Legends speak of a beautiful maiden who – distraught over the abandonment of her ancestral home and the encroachment of the wilds upon the once glorious city of Annúminas – came here and threw herself into the waters from the high walls of the chasm above.
- Alas, even the old stories do not guess at the truth of this tale, or whom the woman might have been. — Deed
Maps
Gallery
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Swiftbrook falls down from the Northern Ered Luin in a set of waterfalls tucked in a small vale.
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The river is the crossed by a tree bridge, allowing access between Northern Emyn Uial and Southern Emyn Uial.
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The waters of the Swiftbrook turn white with foam as it heads down the hill toward Lake Nenuial.
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The Eave-mere is formed when the Swiftbrook pools in a small valley.
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From the Eave-mere, the river goes into a second set of falls before reforming into a single, much wider flow of water at the bottom.
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Here, the Swiftbrook floods into Lake Nenuial, becoming one with its waters.