v0.25.1 14 October 2026

The blood river runs through the ruins

• The world

The river's course:

• It breaks out of a black cleft in the cliffs at the far edge of the Hollow Ruins, under boulders, a weeping saint on the bank and a red glow.
• It winds across the open ground between the ruined courts, never through them, for about 85–155 m.
• It crosses the paved ways under stone bridges: low flagstone arches with crumbling parapets and end posts, walkable all along.
• It breaks through the Blood Mere's court wall (rubble either side of the breach) to fill the mere.
• Its route is planned by least cost on a 1 m grid:
  • the cliffs and the courts are walls;
  • following a paved way costs extra, so it crosses them squarely;
  • doorways are off limits;
  • a noise field makes it meander.
• It has its own names: The Red Hook, The Sanguine Net and others.
• It buys every fish and sells finer rods (a gravewire rod at Rare or better, plus a better bone rod and witchwood rod).
• Its lantern wards the bank.

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