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{{ | The '''River Noumenon''' also known as the '''river of the dead'''{{CiteJournal|journal=Wither Water|quote=Drawn from pools of wither-rot water, lakes and streams poisoned by the waters of the Noumenon - the river of the dead.}} is a metaphysical body of water that flows through the {{RSL|Underworld}}, acting as a barrier between the realm of the living and the afterlife.{{CiteVideo|author=IGN|title=RuneScape: Dragonwilds - Fellhollow Expansion Official Cinematic Narrative Trailer|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWA7tSeCf0M|timestamp=|date=14 December 2025|site=YouTube|name=imaru}} The river's waters have been tainted and weaponised by dark forces, actively bleeding corruption into the continent of [[Dragonwilds:Ashenfall]]. [[Dragonwilds:Imaru]] was one of the creatures who drank from the River Noumenon to regain her power, as she was facing death from [[Dragonwilds:Kuldra]]s attacks.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Fifth Journal|quote=Things are so much worse than I thought. The River Noumenon, the way to the Afterlife, is blocked. Imaru has somehow wedged herself in there, using the curse I gave her and her own, sheer, bloody-minded rage to stick her in place. | ||
She claws at the edge of the Underworld, creating rifts that bleed the Noumenon’s waters into our world like some deadly poison that rips out the soul. She uses her “Blessing” as an anchor to her people, dragging their souls to her so that she might feast and grow stronger. | |||
So focused on strength and power, on beating Kuldra, that she doesn’t think about what happens to everyone else. My soul is protected, warded by the curse that rages inside me, but the other villagers aren’t so lucky.}} Upon drinking from the River Noumenon, Imaru's bloodlust consumed all of the villagers in [[Dragonwilds:Fellhollow]], with only the [[Dragonwilds:undead]] living within Fellhollow's villages.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Sixth Journal|quote=The necromantic energies of the Underworld then wash back through the Blessing and into her subjects, animating their bodies and filling them with an unquenchable thirst for more souls. They’re nothing but withered husks of themselves, all humanity drained away and all that’s left is a terrible, clawing, need.}} | |||
One of the villagers who tried to access the River Noumenon was [[Dragonwilds:Noggin]], who failed to access the Afterlife through the River Noumenon.{{CiteJournal|journal=Shroud of Noggin|quote=Poor old Noggin found no peace in death, because even the gods forgot him. When he reached the River Noumenon, there was no guide to usher him through to the Afterlife. No radiant light to beckon him forward into the loving arms of those he'd lost. Instead, there was a silence and it went on and on.}} | |||
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Latest revision as of 11:03, 27 September 2026
The River Noumenon also known as the river of the deadTemplate:CiteJournal is a metaphysical body of water that flows through the Template:RSL, acting as a barrier between the realm of the living and the afterlife.Template:CiteVideo The river's waters have been tainted and weaponised by dark forces, actively bleeding corruption into the continent of Dragonwilds:Ashenfall. Dragonwilds:Imaru was one of the creatures who drank from the River Noumenon to regain her power, as she was facing death from Dragonwilds:Kuldras attacks.Template:CiteJournal Upon drinking from the River Noumenon, Imaru's bloodlust consumed all of the villagers in Dragonwilds:Fellhollow, with only the Dragonwilds:undead living within Fellhollow's villages.Template:CiteJournal
One of the villagers who tried to access the River Noumenon was Dragonwilds:Noggin, who failed to access the Afterlife through the River Noumenon.Template:CiteJournal