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[[File:River Salve.png|right|thumb|The River Salve originates underground as seen on the map above.]]

==Location==

The '''River Salve''' marks the border between [[Misthalin]] and [[Kharidian Desert]] with [[Morytania]]. Completion of the [[Priest in Peril]] quest is required to gain access to the Morytania side of the river.

The River Salve is a river about the length of the River Lum. It is generally the same width all the way down into the south-eastern seas. In the centre there is a large lake with a small island in the south part of it,There is a [[Fairy ring]] on the island, accessible with code BIP. The River Salve is a barrier between [[Misthalin]] and [[Morytania]], nearly entirely surrounding Morytania by water. According to legend, the river will not allow any evil of Morytania to cross the banks.

==History==

The river was blessed by the [[Seven Priestly Warriors]] in the year 1200 of the [[Fourth Age]], and the power of [[Saradomin]] keeps any creatures of [[Zamorak]] from crossing. This, however, has somehow been broken, as discovered in the [[Darkness of Hallowvale]] quest. During the Priest in Peril quest, [[rune essence]] is used to absorb the impurity of the river, caused by the Monks of Zamorak that came to Paterdomus and captured [[Drezel]]. [[Count Draynor|Count Victor Draynor Drakan]], brother of [[Lord Drakan]], was an active participant in the [[Misthalin - Morytania War]] but, while fighting in [[Silvarea]], was denied re-entry by Drakan, leaving him weak and stranded beyond the Salve.

Despite its immense power, various entities from Morytania have managed to cross the Salve at various points in time. Evidently this number has been sizeable enough to prompt some humans to become vampyre slayers, such as [[Dr Harlow|Dr. Randulf Harlow]]. Many vampyres were trapped beyond the Salve after its initial blessing, forcing them into a hiding that, for some, may continue to this day. In the Year 164, a young werewolf named [[Gar'rth]] hoping to escape his race's violent lifestyle managed to cross the Salve, and was pursued shortly after by his uncle [[Jerrod]]. Drakan managed to visit Jerrod in a non-corporeal form during his time beyond the Salve, although he did not physically cross. The werewolf [[Shanty Claws]] managed to escape Morytania by unknown means, although he, like many other escapees, has forsaken violence. A "[[Mystery Figure]]" representing the werewolf race currently resides in the [[Champion's Challenge]] dungeon beneath Varrock, apparently without conflict. Recently, a vampyre known only as a "Sinister Stranger" has been sighted in [[Hemenster]], although he also seems to have suppressed his race's inherent violence. [[Gus]], a non-violent [[ghoul]] with above-average brain function for his race, is known to cross the Salve regularly in his work for [[Numinous Witchery Supplies Ltd.]] More significantly, though, a number of violent werewolves have recently been sighted near [[Paterdomus]], where they have regularly abducted travellers in an effort to appease Lord Drakan's [[Blood Tithes]].

==Transportation==
*The only crossing of the River Salve is the temple of [[Paterdomus]].
*A broken railing shortcut is available at 65 [[Agility]] and allows players to get to the bridge without going through the whole temple.

==Trivia==
*''Salve'' is the Latin and Italian word for "hello", as well as meaning "be healthy" in Latin.
*''Salve'' could also be a shortened version of ''Salvation''. This could be a reference of refugees finding salvation at the river.
*[[Salve nettles (plant)|Salve nettles]] may be named after the River Salve, although how and why they appear solely in Daemonheim is unknown.
*On the eastern side of the Kharidian Desert there is a swampland containing Mort Myre plants mixed with desert cacti, however this area is currently inaccessible.
*The island in the [[River Salve]] between the Mort Myre Swamp and the [[Mage Training Arena]] is swampy just like Mort Myre, but it cannot be accessed from the swamp. Instead, there is a bridge to it from the Mage Training Arena side of the river. There is a cave entrance to the [[Polypore Dungeon]] on the island.
*One possible conversation with [[Xenia]] suggests that either the Salve is not as impenetrable a barrier as suggested, or that more vampyres than just [[Count Draynor]] were left on the Misthalin side of the river after its consecration, as she claims to have hunted and slain vampyres west of the Salve.

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imported>Fswe1 at 13:34, 6 November 2012