Shimmering Kal

About

The game's blurb for the region reads: "Just South of Kal Crossing is the Beautiful Shimmering kal, a wild region of rolling hills and lakes. Among the hills is a fortress in desperate need of repairs for both travelers, and the guards defending it." Its currency, Shimmering Kal Merits, is "awarded by the authority of the Shimmering Kal for helping repair their community."

When Theodore Badon asks for your help in From Nothing, he says he suspects occultists of the "disappearances on the south road", and gives you directions: "I will meet you by the main intersection on the South Road. I recommend following the path due south of Kal Crossing as it passes between two hills, the roads off this route have become increasingly dangerous so sticking to this main one is best." There he tells you "Many of the disappearances seem to happen around this stretch of road", and later that "The observatory is up the hill". Afterwards he introduces you to Captain Balor as the one who "aided me in the raid on the occultist hideout near the Boiling Loid." South of Kal Crossing, the world map marks the Ancient Observatory, The Boiling Loid and the Observatory Town Ruins.

In The Crown - Part 2, when you tell Ramona Seager of the Order of the Grey Dawn that your mix used Red Fern, she is surprised: it "isn't found in the swamp at all, you have to head well into the Shimmering Kal to get any." One of the Spot Cap rune stones is here too: Rubbed Character - Anger was "Taken from the Shimmering Kal, this rune made you feel overwhelming rage at the touch."

What the locals say

I recommend following the path due south of Kal Crossing as it passes between two hills, the roads off this route have become increasingly dangerous so sticking to this main one is best.

Theodore Badon, on the way to the South Road in From Nothing

Red Fern? Red fern isn't found in the swamp at all, you have to head well into the Shimmering Kal to get any.

Ramona Seager, when you tell her what was in the mix