Red Lake

Once called Blue Lake, it earned its crimson title when Brandon of the Bloody Blade slew so many giants and Children of the Forest on its banks that the waters ran red with their blood.

Red Lake lies on the northeastern shore of its namesake lake in the northwestern Reach, close to the border with the Westerlands. Once called Blue Lake, it earned its crimson title when Brandon of the Bloody Blade slew so many giants and children of the forest on its banks that the waters ran red with their blood.

The surrounding lands are richly forested and remarkably fertile, their slopes cloaked in vineyards and orchards that flourish under the Reach’s mild climate. Standing above the water is the castle of House Crane, whose legendary skinchanger, Rose of Red Lake, could take the form of a crane—and whose descendants are said to inherit her gift.

In the Age of Heroes, Garth the Great secured Red Lake and neighboring Goldengrove through pacts of friendship and mutual defense, extending the Reach’s northern frontier.

Thanks to Josera Crane and King Gwayne IV 'the Gods Fearing' Gardener a few Children of the forests have returned to Red Lake and call it their home again.

Notable Houses

• House Crane
• House Kern
• House Tortoll