GAZETTEER · THE SOUTHERN FLATS
The Throat of the Pan
A flooded salt-cave under the centre of the white pan where a brine-sink swallowed a dry well — the one place the heat does not lie about water, because it is real and lethal.
A cracked hollow in the basin floor marks where the pan swallowed a well whole. Below the salt galleries, the cave drops to a still black brine-pool so cold and dark that whatever came up the drowned coast's water-table calls it home. Carrion-beetles nest in the dry upper chambers; the deep is cold and waiting. Finding running water in the flats is an adventure; finding this is a different sort entirely.
KIND
cave
CLIMATE
white salt above, cold brine below
DANGER TIER
Tier IV
MAP X
510
Connected
Type Fields
kindcave
parent_place—
climatewhite salt above, cold brine below
danger_tier4
controlling_faction—
points_of_interestthe salt galleries, the brine-pool, the drowned-coast creature's den
map_x510
map_z890
procgen_seed8212
All Relationships (3)
located_in
- ←Brine Lurker — The brine-lurker inhabits the black brine-pool at the Throat of the Pan's deepest chamber.
- ←Carrion Beetle — Carrion-beetles nest in the dry upper salt galleries of the Throat of the Pan.
references
- →The Lying Water — The Throat of the Pan is the lie's punchline: the only real water in the flats is underground and will kill you.
This world ships in Valenfeld. Play the game →