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The Laughingflow, also known as the Trollflow in Nesmé, was a river located in the Evermoors in northwest Faerûn.[1][2][3][4] The name 'Laughingflow' was a rough translation of the original Elven name, which had it self been lost over time.[1]

Geography[]

Emerging from a lake somewhere[5] within the Evermoors, it flowed west and joined the Surbrin at Mornbryn's Shield.[2][3] The Laughingflow drained the southern moors, and the land on the other side was relatively barren, in stark contrast to its name.[1]

Description[]

The clear, fast-flowing river had a gravel bottom and banks lined with felsul, laspar, and a few blueleaf trees. Its water was drinkable but had a sharp mineral tang.[4]

Inhabitants[]

The river was home to many edible crabs, a few shalass, many schools of the small brown lout, and also slimy but edible black-and-green rock eels that inhabited the river bottom.[4]

The Laughingflow was seen as unsafe, for trolls, orcs, and barbarians would lay in wait nearby to ambush travelers on the river.[2]

The ancient green dragon Claugiyliamatar, known as Old Gnawbone, sometimes drank from the lake that fed the Laughingflow.[5]

Notable Locations[]

The Riders of Nesmé constructed several palisades, earthworks, and base camps along the Laughingflow.[1]

To the south, the town of Yartar stood at the confluence of the Surbrin and Dessarin rivers. Its people fished the Surbrin, Dessarin, and Laughingflow, which they called "the Three Rivers".[1][6][7][8][2][9]

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