Located about two miles from Lhavit's main gates, via rocky and sometimes difficult trails, The Kinell Hotsprings lie tucked up against the mountainside with an amazing view of the surrounding mountains and sky.
The Kinell Hotsprings are named for the nocturnal Kinell Kingfisher, which is a diminutive brightly colored bird that has an intense cry that sounds like a young human choir soloist singing in a forlorn, foreign tongue. When multiple Kinell Kingfishers get together, they produce incredibly varied pitches of tones that remind listeners of an entire children's choir singing. Visitors to Lhavit have been incredibly moved by the sound before, sometimes even shedding tears at the beauty of the joined birdsong. Thus the Hotsprings, where most of the population of Kinells live, are always echoing with strange and unusual song.
The Hotpsrings themselves are one big deep pool with rock ledges surrounding it that make for perfect seating. The superheated water erupts from the mountainside about eight to ten feet above the pool on its rockiest northern edge and cascades in a waterfall (which cools it somewhat) down into the rock basin that makes up the main part of the Hotsprings. Easy to access from the ledges around it, the Hotsprings run warm enough to use all year round but cool enough to not harm those even in the heat of the summer.
The Hotsprings are fairly deep in their center, more than twenty feet in some places. Though there are rock outcropings and fingers of stone that rise to the surface allowing for resting even in the middle of the pool. Small streams formed from the Hotsprings overflow trickle down the mountainside steaming for several yards before they cool off and vanish into the mountain landscape.
The Hotsprings exist on an area of about an acre of land. Due to the steady warmth and year round dampness not effected by snows, some oddly lush plants thrive in their muddy stone pockets at the margins of the water. Flowers found nowhere else on Mizahar bloom around these Hotsprings. Often, brides in Lhavit carry these blooms in their hair to signify good luck and prosperity.
Viewed during the day, the Hotsprings have a bright blue hue that allows a visitor to see all the way to the bottom. Viewed at night, the springs take on an almost emerald tint and often reflect the stars in the sky on clear nights. Steam rises constantly from the surface of the water, both day and night, although this vapor is more visible in the winter than in the summer due to the ambient air temperature.
The Kinell Hotsprings are home to other interesting flora and fauna as well. A tiny lizard, no bigger than most people's finger, thrives in and around the stone of the Hotsprings. Called Star Lizards, the little creatures are a deep dark blue with skin prone to iridescence. Speckled across their skin are glittering white spots that resemble stars in the night sky. These lizards drink nectar and feed off insects found on flowers surrounding the Hotsprings. Kept as pets by the children of Lhavit, star lizards are friendly and make very good pocket companions so long as the youths are careful with the tiny creatures.
Location credit: Haeli
The Kinell Hotsprings are named for the nocturnal Kinell Kingfisher, which is a diminutive brightly colored bird that has an intense cry that sounds like a young human choir soloist singing in a forlorn, foreign tongue. When multiple Kinell Kingfishers get together, they produce incredibly varied pitches of tones that remind listeners of an entire children's choir singing. Visitors to Lhavit have been incredibly moved by the sound before, sometimes even shedding tears at the beauty of the joined birdsong. Thus the Hotsprings, where most of the population of Kinells live, are always echoing with strange and unusual song.
The Hotpsrings themselves are one big deep pool with rock ledges surrounding it that make for perfect seating. The superheated water erupts from the mountainside about eight to ten feet above the pool on its rockiest northern edge and cascades in a waterfall (which cools it somewhat) down into the rock basin that makes up the main part of the Hotsprings. Easy to access from the ledges around it, the Hotsprings run warm enough to use all year round but cool enough to not harm those even in the heat of the summer.
The Hotsprings are fairly deep in their center, more than twenty feet in some places. Though there are rock outcropings and fingers of stone that rise to the surface allowing for resting even in the middle of the pool. Small streams formed from the Hotsprings overflow trickle down the mountainside steaming for several yards before they cool off and vanish into the mountain landscape.
The Hotsprings exist on an area of about an acre of land. Due to the steady warmth and year round dampness not effected by snows, some oddly lush plants thrive in their muddy stone pockets at the margins of the water. Flowers found nowhere else on Mizahar bloom around these Hotsprings. Often, brides in Lhavit carry these blooms in their hair to signify good luck and prosperity.
Viewed during the day, the Hotsprings have a bright blue hue that allows a visitor to see all the way to the bottom. Viewed at night, the springs take on an almost emerald tint and often reflect the stars in the sky on clear nights. Steam rises constantly from the surface of the water, both day and night, although this vapor is more visible in the winter than in the summer due to the ambient air temperature.
The Kinell Hotsprings are home to other interesting flora and fauna as well. A tiny lizard, no bigger than most people's finger, thrives in and around the stone of the Hotsprings. Called Star Lizards, the little creatures are a deep dark blue with skin prone to iridescence. Speckled across their skin are glittering white spots that resemble stars in the night sky. These lizards drink nectar and feed off insects found on flowers surrounding the Hotsprings. Kept as pets by the children of Lhavit, star lizards are friendly and make very good pocket companions so long as the youths are careful with the tiny creatures.
Location credit: Haeli
