Gascon River

Geography
Throughout history, the Gascon River served as a major geographical feature and shaped many kingdoms over its time. One of the earliest recorded landmarks, the Gascon River (then known as the River of Life), flowed from Mount Iviskoroth in the Samad Mountains, dividing the "Near Knigdoms" from the "Far Nations", with little kingdoms on either side, and flowing into the Gehedrian Sea. Even as the shores of Enamerith themselves shifted, the River never changed its course and remained the same even as humans settled there. In 1347, a canal was compelted that connected the River (just south of Fazovedir), to the Bay of Boeraa, running past the city of Trizon. In modern terms, the river runs from the Samad Mountains, past Aethordraa, separating Ectriaa and it's territories of Gascivar and Sovielley, and flowing into the Sea of Torenil.

History
The River of Life was one of the earliest sites of Elven settlement, possibly as early as 17,000 BC. Throughout the years it would be a major area of habitation and would witness the rise and fall of many small kingdoms on its banks. By 13,000 BC, the Dominion of Karradon had streached all the way to the western shores of the river, and held sway over far greater parts of the River. So it would generally remain for the next four thousand years.

After the decline of Karradon, the power gap would become filled by the eastern Dominion of Gahalledron, which became the ruling power over those parts. By 3,000 BC, it had become rivaled by Saphallie on the opposite side of the River. A massive war from 322 through 108 BC would leave both kingdoms utterly shattered and cause Koronian Krotheddellian of the resurgent Karradon to outlaw any settlement on the river, so as to avoid the taintment of that region.

For foruteen hundred years the river would go unsettled, until the Treaty of Digared gave both banks over to Haleglar, which named the river Gascon and founded the Gascon Knights there. Later, the Gascon Knight seceded and made their own nation, of which the River was the center. It was during those years that the Boreaa canal was dug and many cities sprouted on both sides of the River and the Gascons would rule for half a millenium, until being wiped out during the Fourth Goblin War in ADD 1766. The region would go on to be claimed by Haleglar and would from that point on be dominated by the province of Ectriaa.

In 1781, Queen Aleisuma of Ellismona declared the River desancitfied and its source at Mount Iviskoroth was dried up, though the river itself remained sourced by other areas of the Samad Mountains.