Three nice clear unambigious answers to my question, which unfortunately disagree. In some cases, they also disagree with the maps. This is going to be tricky in ASCII.
Pete Metcalfe says:
"Get out the map in Trollpak (RQIII edition)"
That's a very good starting point. I'll now assume you've got that in front of you, as
producing this as ASCII art is beyond me.
"There are two creeks that flow on either side of Two-Ridge. The one on the left is
labelled Ormthane Vale. The one on the right is unnamed. Beyond that is the
Boranini River."
All absolutely true. To clarify further, the one labelled "Boranini", if we follow it upstream, leads us to Jonstown, Famous Bell, and Redbird, before heading south to the east of the Thunder Hills.
Pete suggests the small, un-named river to the east of Two-Ridge is the Arfritha on evidence from the Varmandi Saga.
Jeff tells me that
" It is the vale to the east of the Thunder Mountains"
and goes on to define the Arfritha River as being the one that runs past Jonstown.
Which is labelled "Boranini" on the Trollpak map.
And Joerg, by private email, tells me:
"I've got a map of the northern Colymar lands which shows the Arfritha
Valley. Essentially the valley from Apple Lane to Runegate, along the
small Arfritha River."
That Trollpak map labels the river from Apple Lane to Runegate as the Swan River. As does the Greydog area map from Tales.
I can only assume that either we're all very confused, the maps were never checked against each other, or the rivers have different names depending on who you're talking to. Or all three, of course.
At prsent Pete's suggestioon is the only one not actually contradicted by some map, somewhere. But that looks like a very small river to have such a fuss made over it.
Could it be that the Arfritha Vale does not in fact derive its name from the river that flows through it?
Jane Williams jane_at_williams.nildram.co.uk http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~janewill/gloranth/
End of The Glorantha Digest V5 #642
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