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− | The '''Ash''' is a river which flows from the [[Mountains of the Morn]] through the [[Shadow Lands]] to the [[Jade Sea]] and the [[Saffron Straits]]. [[Asshai]] sprawls for leagues on both sides at the river's mouth | + | The '''Ash''' is a river which flows from the [[Mountains of the Morn]] through the [[Shadow Lands]] to the [[Jade Sea]] and the [[Saffron Straits]]. [[Asshai]] sprawls for leagues on both sides at the river's mouth. Much of the Ash's course in the Shadow Lands is through a valley so narrow that the water is perpetually in shadow. The corpse city of [[Stygai]] is located along the Ash in the heart of the Shadow,{{ref|TWOIAF| Asshai-by-the-Shadow}} where two tributaries join.{{ref|TLOIAF}} |
During daytime the Ash is black in color, but at night it glimmers with a pale green phosphorescence. Fish in the Ash are blind and deformed, and traders thus bring food and freshwater to Asshai. [[Harmon]]'s ''[[On Miasmas]]'' suggests that animals are more sensitive than humans to the polluted river.{{ref|TWOIAF| Asshai-by-the-Shadow}} | During daytime the Ash is black in color, but at night it glimmers with a pale green phosphorescence. Fish in the Ash are blind and deformed, and traders thus bring food and freshwater to Asshai. [[Harmon]]'s ''[[On Miasmas]]'' suggests that animals are more sensitive than humans to the polluted river.{{ref|TWOIAF| Asshai-by-the-Shadow}} |
Revision as of 20:44, 6 December 2014
The Ash is a river which flows from the Mountains of the Morn through the Shadow Lands to the Jade Sea and the Saffron Straits. Asshai sprawls for leagues on both sides at the river's mouth. Much of the Ash's course in the Shadow Lands is through a valley so narrow that the water is perpetually in shadow. The corpse city of Stygai is located along the Ash in the heart of the Shadow,[1] where two tributaries join.[2]
During daytime the Ash is black in color, but at night it glimmers with a pale green phosphorescence. Fish in the Ash are blind and deformed, and traders thus bring food and freshwater to Asshai. Harmon's On Miasmas suggests that animals are more sensitive than humans to the polluted river.[1]
References and Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The World of Ice & Fire, Asshai-by-the-Shadow.
- ↑ The Lands of Ice and Fire.