Sun's Lake

The Sun's Lake is a lake in Frigus that is east of the Windless Mountains. It is the largest lake on Validus at roughly 20,000 square miles. There are two rivers that stretch out from the west and east sides of the lake that are known as the Rays.

History
The Sun's Lake is believed to be the ancestral home of the humans. Many origin stories state that the original humans emerged from the lake in 5800 BU. These original humans would leave the lake and travel around the region south of the Rays but after around 3000 years, humans would return to the Sun's Lake to build the first city, Sunhold.

Nomadic Era
During the Nomadic Era, prior to the founding of Sunhold, the Sun's Lake was considered as holy as the sun itself. The early humans believed that the lake was created by the sun and that before the first humans emerged from the lake, the sun created a race of mer-humans in the lake. According to legends, these mer-humans, known as the Deep Men, existed for thousands of years and had entire cities in the lake. Eventually the sun set her sights to the land beyond the lake and created modern humans to spread across the land in her honor.

Era of the Sun
In 2925 BU the city of Sunhold was founded on the banks of the lake by ancestors of the first humans. The founders of Sunhold wanted to return to their ancestral birthplace to honor the sun.

Geography
The Sun's Lake has a surface area of roughly 28,000 square miles.