The first governor appointed to Willowshore by Lung Wa made an effort to tame the notorious Ceiba River through various engineering feats. Part of that effort, plus the demand for wet storage for wood, led to the construction of the Willowshore Dam—and by extension, Woodraft Lake. Many protested the construction at first, as the resulting lake would submerge some homes and farmlands—including the village’s shrine to Lady Nanbyo. A few imprisonments later, all complaints ceased. The dam was completed in due time. While the governor earned themself a promotion and left Willowshore soon after, they only got to enjoy it for a short while before a landslide buried them on a bright sunny day. While the story’s veracity is somewhat dubious, subsequent governors have never stopped Willowshore's villagers from treating the lake as a shrine to the Widow of Suffering.