Salton Sea
Basic Information
The Salton Sea is an inland lake in Southern California. In the early 20th century, it was used for fishing and was a popular location for resort towns, and also sported a U.S. Navy installation. However, the lake has no outflow, and as a result agricultural runoff caused the lake to become gradually toxic (not to mention extremely foul-smelling) until its lake front settlements were largely abandoned and became ghost towns. To this day its white beaches are littered with dead fish.
Sources
Bibliography
2. Lost Resorts and Submerged Artifacts of the Salton Sea @ Weird U.S.
Game and Story Use
- These ghost towns come from a more modern age than the traditional western ones for a different flavor, and the pollution also gives all sorts of opportunities for toxic monsters and vengeful nature spirits alike.
- Where animism is a thing (and it very much was for the Amerindian peoples), you can bet that the genius loci of this place is really pissed off.
- A good place of power for a mage aspected toward water, death, pollution, or abandonment.
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