the Rhône

The Rhône is a major river in France. Delphine proposed using it to travel faster by raft from Auxerre to Avignon, as it flows toward that city.

The Rhône was the great river that flowed south to Avignon. By the time Thomas and his companions traveled it, its waters shone at night with an eerie phosphorescence, teeming with unnatural swimmers, and it was blocked by a horrific dam of corpses inhabited by stinging, gelatinous abominations.

The Rhône was the great river that flowed south to Avignon. At night its waters shone with a strange phosphorescence, and it was known to contain monstrous things, like the dam of bodies Delphine encountered. By the time she drank from its deceptively blue, wind-chopped surface, it remained a vital but perilous route.

The Rhône was a river that flowed south to Avignon. At night, its phosphorescent waters had once been filled with swimmers, and its shallow reaches near a grim dam of bodies had allowed a crossing. Later, Thomas de Givras emerged from it, and the dead Comte d'Évreux was committed to its current.

The Rhône was a major river flowing south to Avignon. At night it could shine with phosphorescence, and its waters were deceptively blue. During the conflict, it held a dam of bodies and a large abomination, and later its course was diverted through the ruined city of Avignon.