<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Xaeyruudh&#039;s Index]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Xaeyruudh]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/author/xaeyruudh/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Marshes]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<h1>Terrestrial Environment</h1>
<p>Marshes comprise one of ten categories of <a title="Terrestrial Environments" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/terrestrial-environments/" target="_blank">terrestrial environments</a>, the others being <a title="Badlands" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/badlands/" target="_blank">badlands</a>, <a title="Deserts" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/deserts/" target="_blank">deserts</a>, <a title="Forests" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/forests/" target="_blank">forests</a>, <a title="Hills" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/hills/" target="_blank">hills</a>, <a title="Moors" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/moors/" target="_blank">moors</a>, <a title="Mountains" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/mountains/" target="_blank">mountains</a>, <a title="Plains" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/plains/" target="_blank">plains</a>, <a title="Swamps" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/swamps/" target="_blank">swamps</a>, and <a title="Subterranean" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/subterranean/" target="_blank">subterranean</a>.</p>
<p>A marsh is a &#8220;wetlands&#8221; area, but much wetter than a swamp.  Marshes are mucky gloopy areas with fully saturated soil and only grassy vegetation, like the slough at the edge of a pond or lake.  They are distinguished from swamps by the lack of trees&#8230; the ground is so wet that trees &#8220;drown&#8221;.</p>
<p>A bog, for anyone who&#8217;s curious (like I was; yay google!) about the difference between that and marshes or swamps, is more acidic than other wetlands areas due to the accumulation of peat.  Over time this creates an environment which is markedly different from other landforms.  I&#8217;m not considering them here because there aren&#8217;t any monsters described as favoring peat bogs.  However, here&#8217;s <a title="Acid bogs are really insanely cool" href="http://littoralzone.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/acid-bogs-really-insanely-cool/" target="_blank">a quick read</a> on the coolness of bogs, courtesy of someone who knows a lot more than I do about the subject, and actually makes it sound spiffy.  Examples of bogs include the Bottomless Bogs of Vaasa, and Lhespenbog if it really is a bog.</p>
<h1>Marshes of the Realms</h1>
<p><strong>Cold</strong>: Mere of Dead Men.</p>
<p><a title="Crossroads Guardian" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/crossroads-guardian/" target="_blank">crossroads guardian</a>, <a title="Divine Minions" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/divine-minions/" target="_blank">divine minion</a>, <a title="Hakeashar" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/hakeashar/" target="_blank">hakeashar</a>, <a title="Innugaakalikurit" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/innugaakalikurit/" target="_blank">Innugaakalikurit</a>, <a title="Kupuk" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/kupuk/" target="_blank">kupuk</a>, <a title="Crossroads Guardian" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/crossroads-guardian/" target="_blank">laraken</a>, <a title="Phaerimm" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/phaerimm/" target="_blank">phaerimm</a>, <a title="Spectator" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/spectator/" target="_blank">spectator</a>, <a title="The Statues That Walk" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/statues-that-walk/" target="_blank">Statue That Walks</a>, <a title="Tirichik" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/tirichik/" target="_blank">tirichik</a>.  Innugaakalikurit, kupuk, and tirichik are only encountered on the Great Glacier.  Statues That Walk are only encountered in Mulhorand.</p>
<p><strong>Temperate</strong>: Marsh of Chelimber, Farsea Marshes, <a title="Lizard Marsh" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/lizard-marsh/" target="_blank">Lizard Marsh</a>, Surmarsh, Marsh of Tun, Umber Marsh.</p>
<p><a title="Spectator" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/spectator/" target="_blank">crossroads guardian</a>, <a title="Dark Naga" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/dark-naga/" target="_blank">dark naga</a>, <a title="Divine Minions" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/divine-minions/" target="_blank">divine minion</a>, <a title="Hakeashar" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/hakeashar/" target="_blank">hakeashar</a>, <a title="Crossroads Guardian" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/crossroads-guardian/" target="_blank">laraken</a>, <a title="Phaerimm" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/phaerimm/" target="_blank">phaerimm</a>, <a title="Spectator" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/spectator/" target="_blank">spectator</a>, <a title="The Statues That Walk" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/statues-that-walk/" target="_blank">Statue That Walks</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Warm</strong>: Lhespenbog.</p>
<p><a title="Crossroads Guardian" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/crossroads-guardian/" target="_blank">crossroads guardian</a>, <a title="Dark Naga" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/dark-naga/" target="_blank">dark naga</a>, <a title="Divine Minions" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/divine-minions/" target="_blank">divine minion</a>, <a title="Hakeashar" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/hakeashar/" target="_blank">hakeashar</a>, <a title="Crossroads Guardian" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/crossroads-guardian/" target="_blank">laraken</a>, <a title="Phaerimm" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/phaerimm/" target="_blank">phaerimm</a>, <a title="Spectator" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/spectator/" target="_blank">spectator</a>, <a title="The Statues That Walk" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/statues-that-walk/" target="_blank">Statue That Walks</a>, <a title="Spectator" href="https://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/spectator/" target="_blank">werecrocodile</a>.</p>
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