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| - Gaughan is a river that appears in Might and Magic: The Shadowsmith. It was broader and wilder than the river Lehr, and the boats traveling on it were larger, with wide, flat bottoms to remain solidly upright. The most perilous section of the river was known as Busy Water; a long stretch of foaming rapids and dangerous whirlpools. While it's not specified in the novels, it's likely that the town of Gaughanwell was near the river. When Diligence's caravan were heading back to The Wheel, they made their way to Wostonall, where they boarded a water caravan heading southwest on the broad river Gaughan. On the fourth day of their journey, they reached Busy Water, where they rescued a young woman on a sinking boat being attacked by a waterfoul. The thankful survivor told them that her name was Eil do Mer. During their journey, Diligence had pretended to her companions to be an alter that had been disguised as Diligence. Desperate for someone to talk to, she revealed her position to Eil do Mer, and the two young women spent the next mornings chatting alone on the deck, before most of the travelers had woken up. On the seventh day, she told Grapple who she really was. Grapple showed absolutely no signs of surprise - in fact, she told her that Amonwelle had known what Diligence would do long before Diligence did. Grapple gave her a letter from her mother, and a pair of ear-buttons from Pomponderant that would let them talk from any distance. After a long journey, the group left the water caravan at the town of Landerlank in the Madescent.
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