Ever since 7.0 came out. This thing has been bothering me more than it should. The giant chasm separating Xak and Yok Tural, Zorgor the boundless. Realistically of course, it makes no sense. But since this is a fantasy game there has to be some way as to why it is like this. As you can see in the photo, huge volumes of water are cascading down a cliff, which normally isn't something unusual, until you realize that it is the ocean cascading down. Following normal physics, the water would flow into the chasm until it fills up, resulting in lower sea level worldwide, but that's not what we see here. In addition, looking at the map, it seems the chasm extends further to the west and even splits in 2 in what is Hydealyn's equivalent of the pacific ocean, but no one in game seems to talk about so big a feature. So what's going on? Let me try to make sense of it.
One, the chasm could be part of Hydealyn's water cycle. The chasm could reach all the way down to the core, but the water doesn't drain away because it turns into water aether, and is recycled to other parts of Hydealyn as rain and snow. Based on our exploration, it seems that Hydealyn doesn't have a mantle, the interior is just pure aether, with Venat (formally) as the core, with just a thin layer of mantle under the crust to explain the volcanoes in the ruby sea and elsewhere. This means the water aether can flow under the crust and reach areas worldwide. Though the sheer amount of water going in means that regular percipitation is not enough to keep a stable water level. There could be a giant or many underwater geysers spewing out water at a rapid rate, perhaps hidden under blindfrost north of Othard or the seas south of Meracydia, where Antarctica would be on earth.
Two, or it could be that the water only pours over during high tide, which happens whenever we go there since even the tiny boats able to stream into the harbor needs high tide to do so. During low tide the ocean level is below the rocks, keeping it from cascading down. Which while is still a lot of water during high tide, it's enough to be replaced by normal percipitation.
Three, something something magic something something aether just shut up and play the game-easiest answer.
What do you guys think? Any other theories? Thoughts? Let me know!
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One, the chasm could be part of Hydealyn's water cycle. The chasm could reach all the way down to the core, but the water doesn't drain away because it turns into water aether, and is recycled to other parts of Hydealyn as rain and snow. Based on our exploration, it seems that Hydealyn doesn't have a mantle, the interior is just pure aether, with Venat (formally) as the core, with just a thin layer of mantle under the crust to explain the volcanoes in the ruby sea and elsewhere. This means the water aether can flow under the crust and reach areas worldwide. Though the sheer amount of water going in means that regular percipitation is not enough to keep a stable water level. There could be a giant or many underwater geysers spewing out water at a rapid rate, perhaps hidden under blindfrost north of Othard or the seas south of Meracydia, where Antarctica would be on earth.
Two, or it could be that the water only pours over during high tide, which happens whenever we go there since even the tiny boats able to stream into the harbor needs high tide to do so. During low tide the ocean level is below the rocks, keeping it from cascading down. Which while is still a lot of water during high tide, it's enough to be replaced by normal percipitation.
Three, something something magic something something aether just shut up and play the game-easiest answer.
What do you guys think? Any other theories? Thoughts? Let me know!
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