Silverspruce Mining Complex (building)
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Once upon a time, there lived a humble fisherman that caught a strange, magical carp in the waters of Lake Enthys. As a ransom for its life, the carp granted its captor the choice of three wishes. In response to his first wish — that his family never need go another day hungry — the fish directed him to come to this place. Upon discovering the wealth hiding beneath the mountain, the fisherman went to inform his king — most commonly said to be Clothar I, though occasionally also Kathanouxa, Cyn of the Golden Rowan, or Valoric I 'the Good' — who rewarded him with the land upon which this mine was built, and his daughter's hand in marriage with the fisherman's son.
Or at least so the legend says.
In reality, there is little to no contemporary evidence for this fable, whose earliest written record comes from the 6th century Chronicle of Melthew, written centuries after the reigns of any of the aforementioned monarchs. The silver mine itself is first mentioned in an edict dated to the 5th-century reign of Baron Ansfrei, though contextual clues in the document indicate that it is likely older than that.