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The rest of the empire referred to the final battle of the civil war as The Battle of the Blue Lake. The lake had previously been famous for its deep sapphire water. Since the battle though, the people living around the lake had taken to calling it Sick Lake. The battle had taken place five years ago but people would still occasionally become ill after swimming or drinking from the lake, doing the latter with only great reluctance. The shores around the lake were littered with the bones of animals who drank from the tainted waters shortly after the battle.