Stephen Martin:
> Without reading Sergio's post, let me just say that Greg has said that at
> the time of the Dragonkill War (i.e., before Delecti), the area where the
> Swamp is now was a series of clear lakes.
I can accept that but it still is wery vague. I would propose the next
solution: the place where the Upland Marsh stands was an agricultural land
in the EWF. There you would find lakes but also a complex network of
irrigation and transportation cannals (remember the Puzzle Cannal in Pavis'
Big Rubble is a EWF construct).
> I also got the impression that part of the reason for the creation of the
> Swamp was the damming up of the Creek Stream River.
IMO Delecti didn't need great magic skills to create the marsh, he just
used the engineering skills of the EWF and closed the cannals. The damming
of the Creek Stream River is a completely different business. Now, trolls,
orlanthi barbarians and etc. don't have those engineering skills so they
thought that Delecti was a powerfull magician to be able to achieve such an
accomplishement. The interesting thing is that IMG Lunars have the
knowledge to understand how the Upland Marsh was created. That means that
they can destroy it very easely. That is a weapon they have to put pressure
on Delecti if they need to.
> Consider this -- perhaps the Swamp was formed later, when Belintar
> changed the flow of the River?
According to Troll Pack (RQ2) Delecti formed the swamp in 1042 to protect
himself against invading trolls.
IMO this was a test where he only formed a part (maybe the upper part) of
Upland Marsh. It was a last resort resource he used and it was so effective
that he used it lather in the DKW against dragons.
A major question IMO is what was and is the position of the river gods in what concerns the creation of the Upland Marsh and Delecti: are they frendly (unlikely); neutral; enemies?
Sergio Mascarenhas
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