Thaya's Tears

In the Age of Gods the great silver tree Menelost Telperion rose on the banks of the Kirinal River. Beneath its leaves the goddess Thaya mourned the loss of her love Rampol. The waters that flowed from her grief became the lake known as Thaya's Tears.

In the present day, the lake has kept its name as a memorial to the goddess' sacrifice. The dead, silver branches of Telperion still reach into the sky to meet its brother tree Lokorn on the Shattered Moon. The largest elven settlement in the Kirinal Concordance Zone now thrives on the lakeshore. From the tree itself, Telperion Skyships depart for the moons above and the scattered elven realms, using Menelost Telperion as their anchor and base.

The shores of Thaya's Tears blend into the edges of the Anomalous Forest and the lake shares the forest's chaotic ecology. The waters, fed by the intraplanar Kirinal River, carry invasive species from countelss worlds. Strange aquatic plants have adapted to the lake's everchanging currents. Unusual fish species and extraplanar predators lurk beneath the silvery surface.

Rangers and fisherman from Thaya's Vindicators work tirelessly to contain invasive lifeforms.

I have stood in the grandeur of the Church of the Sun and in the marble Tridenser Cathedrals. I have danced on the moons. I have never felt closer to Her than when I stand barefoot in the silver waters of Thaya's Tears.

— Islar, Heirophant of the Moon

Heirophant, Golden Metamorphosis by Chris L