No one's quite sure who chose the name - some say it was a noble's child who did, and the parents humored him/her - but no one can argue that it doesn't fit. The stagnant water combined with all the rotting vegetation serves to create a gagging stench that'll turn even the mightiest of warriors, and the deep, clinging mud beneath the black gunk sticks to everything and weighs you down like a ton of bricks - and carries the same stink!
