Lake Tåkevann (toːk ű vän)

Lake Tåkevann is located in the north-east portion of the Fjernhjem forest. It is fed by several hot springs, so it remains relatively warm throughout the year, including the cold northern winters. Claimed (and shared) by both the Fjernhjem and the Sydklar tribes it is considered almost sacred by both peoples, who make use of the resources of the lake.

Geography

Located in a low-lying area in a region of rolling hills and plains, the lake is roughly one hundred miles in length at its longest point and fifty miles at its narrowest. The lake has an average depth it has an average depth of 72 feet and its deepest point is 220 feet. The water is fresh, if slightly sulphureous and contains an abundance of wildlife.

Localized Phenomena

Fed by several hot springs in its basin that keep the water warm enough to keep from freezing year-round, the lake is known for the mists that rise from it throughout the year. It also allows an abundance of wildlife to flourish in its depths.

Fauna & Flora

Due to its property of not freezing in the winter, the lake is host to a variety of life. Common aquatic plants that grow in the lake include coontail, curly-leaf pondweed, slender pondweed, naiads, water milfoil, bladderwort, watermilfoil, duckweed, watermeal, azolla, pondweed, frog-bit, and water lilies. In addition, cattails, arrowhead, smartweed, bog moss, and rushes amongst other plants grow along the shore.

Numerous species of fish inhabit the lake including catfish, pike, bream, sturgeon, bleak, eels, mullets, whitefish, sticklebacks, ruffe, lamprey, ides, perch, charr, graylings, smelt, and minnows. Unique to the lake is a species of fish called øksehode by the Manneskor who fish the lake. There are a few species of turtles that inhabit the like, as well as many frogs and salamanders that take advantage of the lakes perpetually thawed waters. Many species of birds frequent the lake as well, including loons, cranes, ducks, eagles, geese, herons, kingfishers, and swans. Otters, swim in the lake year-round, and many other mammals come to the shores to especially during winter months.

Natural Resources

Apart from the water, which doesn’t freeze, and the abundance of wildlife the lake has no known natural resources.

History

Because it doesn’t freeze in the frigid northern winters and because of the mists that rise from its surface year-round, the Manneskor of the region have considered the lake sacred for as long as they have inhabited the region. During the time of the Iliosgy empire, the Iliosgy attempted to colonize the area around the lake to attempt to take advantage of the abundant resources, they were met with hostility from the Manneskor people, who succeeded in turning them back.

After the fall of the Iliosgy empire the lake was exclusively in the territory of the Sydklar people. That is until Skogfolk began settling in the Fjernhjem forest. Once the Fjernhjem people were established the lake was shared by the two tribes who do not think of it as owning it so much as holding it in trust for all the Manneskor people.

Type

Lake

Owning Organization

Fjernhjem