Porringer Valley
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| Plane | Lorwyn |
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| Part of | Western Lorwyn |
The Porringer Valley was a heavily wooded vale in Lorwyn. It is now a flooded landscape known as the Porringer Basin.
Description
Porringer is a lowland region through which the Wanderwine flows, not far from the western borders of the Blessed Nation. Geographically, the western edge of Porringer abuts Dauba Ravine, which separates it from the foothills of the mountains.[1]
Porringer was the ancestral home of the ash treefolk, and used to be a peaceful stronghold for a large community of ashfolk shamans and warriors who tolerated the presence of other tribes so long as they did not harm the trees.[2] Many boggarts and outcast elves whom sought refuge resided in the valley as well, taking advantage of the ashfolks' protection. The boggarts were known to sneak amid groves of treefolk to make trouble and steal "souvenirs" of their trespasses.[3] The valley was also the location of the Feast of Footbottom, which was a peaceful gathering held by the local boggart colonies where they reveled with other warrens and shared stories.
Decades after a cataclysmic event that destroyed the valley and all life encompassed within it in 4520 AR, the area was flooded and resettled by merrow. The community of Merrow set about repurposing the valley into a nursery.[4]
History
Porringer was the site of a devastating battle between elves of the Gilt-Leaf tribe under the command of Nath, who had hoped to set up an outpost in the valley to expand their territory, and a group of boggarts attending their annual Footbottom festival. What began as a massacre by the elves quickly turned into an even greater bloodbath as the boggarts began to change under the influence of the impending Great Aurora, becoming feral monsters. It ended with a powerful spell cast by the elf Rhys that destroyed both fighting forces in near-entirety. The vegetation and wildlife of the valley were destroyed by the ensuing blast.[5]
The desolated, blighted landscape was then visited by a greater elemental that took the form of a white winged elk. The elemental banished Rhys from the valley while prophesying the approach of the Great Aurora.[5]
Gallery
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Lorwyn-Shadowmoor map by Varghedin
References
- ↑ Cory J. Herndon & Scott McGough (2008) - Morningtide, Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Doug Beyer (December 19, 2007). "Folk of the Non-Pines". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2020-11-01.
- ↑ (2007). Lorwyn Player's Guide. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Neale LaPlante Johnson, DK Billins, Laurel Pratt (September 26, 2025). "Planeswalker's Guide to Lorwyn Eclipsed". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b Cory J. Herndon and Scott McGough (2007), "Lorwyn", Wizards of the Coast.