Water Warnings

Geographical Distribution

Within the Cold Swamp, liquid water is suspect; as it cannot exist without some obvious heat source. If it is, then it must be acknowledged as possessing a more-than-poisonous reputation.

— Verdigris

Water Margin

There exist a mystery of silvery lakes and rivers that penetrate deep into the swampy interior as one might observe similar streams in the valley of man.

Wet Wilds

Rainy tears continuously cascade down the face of the black cliff making it difficult to endure for the uninitiated.

Vocabulary

Phrases

Expression	Meaning	Explanation
Enter the water	To Die	Refers to the many bottomless cenotes that dot the landscape and lead to nowhere
Jade Water	Questionable Trade	Refers to water containing green algae that is best used as fertilizer
Bottom Of The Atoll	To be Drunk/Poor	Refers to a foreign drink that intoxicates Swampers to addiction
If Water Sings	Look out for Dangers	Refers to sounds coming from gases steaming through a liquid body
Even Rivers Must Fall	Inevitability	Refers to the tendency for water to sink and freeze into the soil
Whisper To The Falls	Speak to Gods	Refers to the unique phenomenon at Evenfall
Bend Over The Mirror	To reflect on the difficult parts of oneself	Refers to the silvery reflective quality of the poisonous false water
Drowning Agony	Difficult problems with easy solutions	Refers to the feeling of discovering a solution to a serious problem, too late, after feeling the consequences
From the Well	Rain	Refers to the droplets that fall from the cracks in the frozen sky
Still River	Perfection	Refers to when the lazy speed that the sauoomsae normally flows before turning into a nauseating route

Spoken by

• Frog Wearers

Sinklings
Elkin

Enter the water

Easy to get lost

Jade Water

Leave something behind

Bottom of the Atole

Disabling and leading to capture

When Water Sings

An exploitable flaw in the room

River Falls

A torrent is comming

Whisper

Able to negotiate with a non-visible someone

Mirror

Potentially Toxic

Drowning

Visible escape

Well

Look to the Ceiling

Still

Confined to a specific area

Over the course of gameplay, PCs have pre-knowledge of the idioms and may notice the idiom's physical description matches the water traps inside the Auan and may offer hints to escape.