Lake Mirrormere

Lake Mirrormere (Rockallian: Lóich Shcáteain, Fernolian: Láic Dréidhach, Astrallic: Lóich Shcaitheainn) is a lake in Rockallic mythology.

Lake Mirrormere is located on a smaller branch of the All-Tree, said to be located somewhere between The Garden and the Home of the Light-Elves. Its mythological importance comes from the fact that Grey Beard, the god associated with scholars amongst other things, lives in a shack beside it, where he chronicles everything that happens.

Etymology
The name "Mirrormere" is a literal translation of the Old Rockallic Scetananlac, meaning "Mirror Lake" or "Lake of Mirrors".

Legendarium
Lake Mirrormere is mentioned often in the Legendarium, almost always together with a verse about Grey Beard who lives besides it. The first appearance is at the beginning of the chapter An Crovin Leain:


 * One branch grows above the Garden
 * Upon which forms a lake
 * Fed by the waters from the Clearpine Spring
 * And in it reflects
 * Everything that ever happens
 * As Grey Beard writes about it

Lake Mirrormere appears at least once in all subsequent chapters.

Prose Legendarium
Lake Mirrormere appears frequently in the Prose Legendarium. Most notable though is the text Scetananlac, which consists only of a thorough description of the lake.


 * Nestled between the leaves was a land of rolling hills and lush meadows, great and colourful flower fields, and the occasional pine, and amidst and betwixt these rolling hills was a lake, its waters the clearest one could ever see. In it, reflections, but not of what was above it, but of what happened everywhere around it. Everything that happened on the All-Tree or around the All-Tree could be seen in the uttermost detail, for what Grey Beard chronicled, Mirrormere reflected.