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    \_|                           The Mire                              |
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      |  Before the Shattering, the Old Marsh was a tiny expanse south  |
      |  of Haon Dor. Little life aside from trolls, lizardmen and      |
      |  bogbeasts thrived there. As the Age of Eskhatos wore on, even  |
      |  that life suffered as it was corrupted and mutated by the      |
      |  toxins from the Tower of Despair. When the Shattering came,    |
      |  the seas spilled over the shore. Debris and offal tumbled down |
      |  the rising peaks of the Southern Mountains. The water and scum |
      |  met in the Old Marsh, which expanded and grew as it sat at the |
      |  mountain base. It encompassed the remnants of Haon Dor which   |
      |  has not been saved by the gods and spilled down to the         |
      |  riverbanks by the Wastes. Those who travel the area no longer  |
      |  call it 'Old Marsh', but 'The Mire' to reflect the cloying and |
      |  disgusting mass that the southwest edge of the continent has   |
      |  become. Ever changing with the constant flow, The Mire can be  |
      |  quite confusing even to those who think they've seen it all.   |
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