Bellwater Lake: The Drowned Cathedral

Audio Codex XIV

At the center of the Weeping Greenwood rests Bellwater Lake, a vast inland sea concealing an entire city beneath its waters.

Long ago, Bellwater was a thriving cathedral city whose bells echoed through the forest. Then, during a single catastrophic storm, the waters rose and swallowed everything. Streets, towers, homes, and the great cathedral itself vanished beneath the lake in a single night.

Yet Bellwater endures.

Beneath the surface, the drowned city remains astonishingly intact. Ancient bell towers rise from the lakebed. Vast graveyards lie undisturbed. Stained-glass cathedrals gather centuries of silt and algae. Through these ruins drift the Eel Priests of Bellwater—transformed descendants of the clergy who chose to remain with their cathedral rather than abandon it.

They maintain forgotten shrines. Preserve flooded archives. Tend ancient reliquaries. Though centuries have passed, their sacred duties continue.

Some claim the bells still ring in the darkness below.

Others claim the priests gather in silent processions through the drowned cathedral halls.

Whether these tales are true remains uncertain.

But beneath Bellwater Lake, the city waits.

And the service never ended.

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