The Great Gnarled Woods

Author: WindStruck

The forest, also known as Mi Sylva in the Fey tongue (which means "our forest") is an absolutely sprawling wooded area, beginning at the outer reaches of the City of Tandem and continuing as far as the eye can see. It expands for miles all around, even brimming up to the mountains and shores - wherever permitted by civilization, that is. On its outer fringes (or sometimes "inner fringes" when surrounding towns), the woods are relatively tame with plenty of wildlife. The most dangerous thing you may come across are wolves, bears, or panthers. As one travels further into the woods, however, the trees grow impressively large and seem to tangle about themselves. There's more than one canopy layer, and the ground level is choked with underbrush that is difficult to navigate through. It is here where other more dangerous things might make their homes. Closer to the mountains are orcs and trolls who know the hunting paths like the backs of their hands. And still somewhere deeper in the woods, it is said that the heart of a fey kingdom resides.