Bad Magic Point - Located near the geographic center of the elven lands, this is the oldest documented monster sitem, and its under the responsibility of clan Grunalf. It lies near the Lesser River, and monsters from it occasionally flop their way into the river and swim away to plague elves both up and downstream. Given the chance, the monsters will swim into the Sump (q.v) and then out of the forest to range as far as possible, ravaging Darokin, the Five Shires, the Atruaghin Clans and the open ocean. For this reason, there are special guards on Thornbush and the Weir (see Sump). The monsters which eventually resurface in the Malapheggi Swamp in southern Darokin do not make the marsh folk there love the elves more. The monsters are a source of resentment against the elves and the cause of anti-elf crusades in the past. Thornbush itself is an especially tangled mass of thick vegetation which does not respond to conventional forestry or weed controls such as chopping or controlled burning. Like the other malignant magic areas, Thornbush is part of the spell fabric which created the elven forest. As such, it cannot be removed or affected by the level of magic available to mortal elves or men. From time to time, important sages and magic-users come to study the place to learn more about the ways of magic gone wrong.