Connects to: 02.22, 15.01 and 38.28.
With the waters of the River Hyad lapping against it, here lies the skull of the tarrasque. One of them at least, some stories say that the tarrasque has been beheaded ninety-nine times and has regrown its head each time (15.01). Although the skull is not quite long enough to span the entire river, its presence does make fording the wide shallow muddy waters of the River Hyad significantly easier for its pitted surface is climbable. However this river crossing, like so much else in the Burning Lands, is not without peril. In the waters around the skull teem a large number of giant leeches who have an inconvenient preference for the blood of thinking beings.
Connection:
- Many of the other skulls of the tarrasque can be found in the castle of the Collector (02.22).
Hooks:
- Why so many giant leeches?
