FRIGID
RIVER, EASTLANDS
The Frigid River of the
Eastlands
was named in homage of the first,
which flows past
Egreth
Castle in the
Westlands.
This eastern river has
the most severe and unpredictable currents and dangerous rapids known
to man, and is without a doubt the mightiest river in the
Great
Underground Empire. It forms from the spill-off of the
Lake of Tears after it
pours over
Flood
Control Dam #3. The Frigid River then quickly curves
southward, winds downstream through the
White
Cliffs
(which seem to form giant walls stretching from north to south along
the
east shores)
emerges from the underground, is joined by runoff from
Fenshire, pours
over
Aragain Falls,
curves slightly to the southwest where a south
flowing river breaks off from the main flow to form the
Frigid River
Branch, marks the boundary between the
Aragain and
Desert River
Provinces where it finally empties into the
Great Sea after passing
through the
Frigid
River Delta. The total length, from dam to river
delta, is over 150
bloits.
Although the origin of the Frigid River is
Flood Control Dam #3, the source of the dam's reservoir is a stream
flowing from a melting glacier that lies far underground.
At some point downstream from Flood Control Dam #3 and before the
Frigid River emerges into daylight, the underground
Frozen River branches off
from the main flow in a southward direction.
The
city of
Gomer lies on the
southeastern
banks of the river near the delta.
The
Sacred River, which runs through
the
Sunless Grotto,
has its origin in the Frigid River (most likely an
underground section). The
Frobozz
Magic Brewery once produced
Flathead
Beer from the banks of this river.
Certain spans of the Frigid River are inhabited by many vicious
flesh-eating fish.
HISTORICAL EVENTS:
- On
the first day of summer, before the fall of the Great Underground
Empire
in 883 GUE, crowds lined the
banks of the Frigid River for a
spectacular sight: the annual opening of the floodgates of Flood
Control Dam #3.
- During the Great
Monster Uprising, there were many particularly nasty bar
fights in Port Foozle
which resulted in the death of one of the contenders. Those who wished
to remove the evidence often dumped the bodies in the Frigid River (the
mermaids in the sea
were known to rat people out for big enough
salmon).
| SOURCE(S): Zork I,
Zork Zero, Return to Zork, Enchanter (novel), Legends
of Zork |
