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The East Musarde River cuts across the [[Pommel]] of southern Nova Vaasa a little south of [[Arbora]]. It enters [[Nova Vaasa]] from the [[Misty Border]] and innoculously traverses the short distance to the [[Sea of Sorrows]]. The puzzle it poses is suggested by its name. Locals, backed by the Vistani, maintain that it is a "continuation" of the [[Musarde]], the great river of the Western [Core] that is fed not only by the meltwaters of the Barovian & Hazlani [[Balinoks]] but also by rivers that emerge from the Misty Border in southern [[Sithicus]] and in southwestern [[Hazlan]]. Given that the [[East Musarde]] flows out of the Misty Border and into the Sea of Sorrow it is not obvious in what sense it can be a "continuation" of its Western namesake. Prior to the [[Great Upheaval]] in 740 BC,[[Mount Makeb]] in [[Bluetspur]] was the source of a river that traversed the [[Nightmare Lands]] and subsequently may have become the East Musarde.
The East Musarde River cuts innocuously enough across the [[Pommel]] of southern [[Nova Vaasa]] a little south of [[Arbora]]. The puzzle that it poses is suggested by its name and by the direction in which it flows. The East Musarde flows west, not east, which is not to say that it flows out of, rather than into, the [[Nocturnal Sea]]. By this point the eastern frontier of Nova Vaasa has been replaced by the [[Misty Border]]. The river then flows out of the [[Mists]] in the east and back into the Mists in the West. As to its name, locals, backed by the [[Vistani]], maintain that it is a "continuation" of the [[Musarde]], the great river of the Western [[Core]] that emerges from the Misty Border of southwestern [[Hazlan]]. So the river that disappears into the Mists as the East Musarde in Nova Vaasa reappears from the Mists as the Musarde in Hazlan.
 
It is evident enough how the Vistani might know such a thing. But it is less so with the locals. {{Spec | Perhaps one or more [[Captain of the Mists | captains of the Mists]] is known to make regular use of the East Musarde River to carry goods back and forth between the Eastern and Western Core.}}
 
Prior to the [[Great Upheaval]] in 740 BC, [[Mount Makab]] in [[Bluetspur]] was the source of a river that traversed the [[Nightmare Lands]] and subsequently may have become the East Musarde. Were this so, both Musarde rivers would have had at that time a shared source in Mount Makab.
 
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Latest revision as of 18:57, 24 October 2011

The East Musarde River cuts innocuously enough across the Pommel of southern Nova Vaasa a little south of Arbora. The puzzle that it poses is suggested by its name and by the direction in which it flows. The East Musarde flows west, not east, which is not to say that it flows out of, rather than into, the Nocturnal Sea. By this point the eastern frontier of Nova Vaasa has been replaced by the Misty Border. The river then flows out of the Mists in the east and back into the Mists in the West. As to its name, locals, backed by the Vistani, maintain that it is a "continuation" of the Musarde, the great river of the Western Core that emerges from the Misty Border of southwestern Hazlan. So the river that disappears into the Mists as the East Musarde in Nova Vaasa reappears from the Mists as the Musarde in Hazlan.

It is evident enough how the Vistani might know such a thing. But it is less so with the locals. Perhaps one or more captains of the Mists is known to make regular use of the East Musarde River to carry goods back and forth between the Eastern and Western Core.

Prior to the Great Upheaval in 740 BC, Mount Makab in Bluetspur was the source of a river that traversed the Nightmare Lands and subsequently may have become the East Musarde. Were this so, both Musarde rivers would have had at that time a shared source in Mount Makab.

Refereneces

Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume V
The Ravenloft Campaign Setting - poster map

Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume V - p13-14

The Ravenloft Campaign Setting - poster map
Ravenloft Third Edition - inside back cover
Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I - p12
Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume V - p12