…they were doing it on purpose
The Long & Winding Road
Part 65
The Endless Marsh
When you come up out of Goblinia, you be about 2 miles from the edge of a huge marshland. It extends about 130 miles from east to west, and averages 50 miles from north to south. People live here. So do monsters. The people might be friendly, the monsters are not. Fresh water is only available on the few small islands.
The Road here is 24 feet wide and made of thick 18 inch wide boards. Mosses and lichens grow on the edges. At night, it faintly glows yellow.
For more information on this part of the road, as well as 9 other parts, listen to Roadcast #10 on my Patreon Page at https://www.patreon.com/DocCross