The River Arkhen, also known as the River Elzimmer,[1][3] was a major river running through the Arkhen Vale in the Dalelands,[5] down to Selgaunt Bay in Sembia.[1]
The great city of Archenbridge, which also served as Archendale's capital, gained its name from its position straddling the river over the eponymous Arkhen Bridge along the Dawnpost.[2][6]
Description[]
The River Arkhen rested in a deep gorge that cut through the Arkhen Vale. It was fed by the Arkhen Falls, which emerged from Mount Thalagbror,[7] in the Thunder Peaks, and continued southeast between the Marching Mountains and the Arch Wood forest.[5]
History[]
The original Arkhen Bridge, a stonework crossing which allowed travel over the River Arkhen, was originally erected around 1100 DR by a dwarven engineer by the name of Naiden Stonewright. In 1293 DR, a massive flood of the river destroyed all but its stone casements and the buttresses,[2] which had been magically enchanted.[8] A wooden bridge was built in its place, upon the foundation set in by the dwarf almost two centuries before.[2]
Native Selgauntans always referred to this river as the Elzimmer after a long-dead water wizard.[3]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Richard Lee Byers (July 2007). The Shattered Mask (paperback ed.). (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 12, p. 155. ISBN 978-0-7869-4266-4.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Richard Baker (1993). The Dalelands. (TSR, Inc), p. 14. ISBN 978-1560766674.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Jeff Grubb and Ed Greenwood (1990). Forgotten Realms Adventures. (TSR, Inc), p. 104. ISBN 0-8803-8828-5.
- ↑ Map included in Lisa Smedman (June 2002). Heirs of Prophecy. (Wizards of the Coast). ISBN 0-7869-2737-2.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ed Greenwood (January 1996). Volo's Guide to the Dalelands. (TSR, Inc), p. 77. ISBN 0-7869-0406-2.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (January 1996). Volo's Guide to the Dalelands. (TSR, Inc), p. 14. ISBN 0-7869-0406-2.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (January 1996). Volo's Guide to the Dalelands. (TSR, Inc), p. 10. ISBN 0-7869-0406-2.
- ↑ Richard Baker (1993). The Dalelands. (TSR, Inc), p. 15. ISBN 978-1560766674.
Connections[]
Daggerdale • Featherdale • High Dale • Mistledale • Shadowdale
Moondale • Sessrendale • Tarkhaldale • Teshendale
Forests
Arch Wood • Cormanthor • Darkwatch • Spiderhaunt Wood • Velarswood • Yevenwood
Bodies of Water
River Arkhen • River Ashaba • Feather Falls • Dragon Reach • Lake Eredruie • Glaemril
Elevations
Dun Hills • Thunder Peaks • Wyvernfang
Features
Barrowfields • Cold Field • Druid's Grove • Glaun Bog • Hidden Vale • The Scar