Wellspring

Wellsprings are magical pools created by Caspian, the Fey King. They act as a font of arcane power and were used to help forge the world of Gaia. Val'Nar used the enchanted waters of a wellspring to create Yvienne, the Fey Queen.

Appearance
Wellsprings are extremely rare. Only so much of the arcane fluid contained within them exists in the world, most of it being used up during Gaia's reformation. Natural formed wellsprings appear as pools of glowing liquid. Mostly underground in caverns, they have been discovered by deep miners in the past, or passing adventurers.

Legend says that the arcane liquid flows throughout the world in a series of interconnecting tunnels beneath the earths crust. It is said that the waters of a Wellspring can be summoned by offering an item of potent magical energy above a deep hole, the water would rise to the surface, attracted to the magical item, and form a glowing pool.

Findings
There have been few documented instances of interactions with Wellsprings. The most well known, was during deep excavation mining beneath the Dwarven city of Zharr'Bol. The miners broke through into a large cavern, a bluish glow emanating from a pool of water at its centre. Their bodies were found a few days later by a search party, their stout forms mutated horribly. Some were found with the head of a goat replacing their own, some with spiked tentacles sprouting from their torsos, others whose skin had turned to tree-like bark. Sages attempted to study the waters, but to no avail, proximity to the pools seemingly driving a few of them insane. The cavern was ordered sealed, its location lost when Zharr'Gol fell to the Abyssal incursion.

Effects
It is known that the majority of people who ingest waters from a wellspring die a terrible & agonizing death, their bodies unable to contain the arcane power that proceeds to rip them apart. However, creatures who can trace their lineage back to the Fey seem to be able to withstand the fatal effects of Wellspring Water and are instead subject to a variation of effects, from visions of the future, mutations such as their skin turning to bark or their teeth forming into fangs, or a sudden ability to wield arcane power.

Infamous survivors of the effects are:
 * Fol'inar, an Eladrin Sage who gained the ability to see into the future, he acts as an advisor to King Galabron.
 * Keepers of Grove, a secretive Circle of Gnomish Druids who guard an ancient Wellspring
 * The Black Crone, a powerful Hag who used the powers of the Wellspring to curse Whispwood.

Trivia

 * It is said that the Elven King, Galabron bathes within a Wellspring to maintain his eternal youth.
 * Dwarves are incredibly superstitious of Wellsprings due to the incident at Zharr'Gol