The Treants Awaken

Era beginning/end

Some time between four and three million years ago, early treants evolved (or were awakened) from the trees. They were the first to speak, the first to use magic, and the first to meet the gods. While the primeval treants loved the Sister-Moons, the gods, and the various geshtai, they loved Ahntu the Shepherd the most. For millions of years, the treants lived and worshipped, learned the secrets of druidic magic and carefully Awakened slumbering trees. In time, whole forests were made up of intelligent trees and shrubs, and the treants began to awaken the animals of the world.   In time, the gods would create other life modeled on the treants. The thriving multitudes of treants across the Jehannian continent would dwindle. The intelligent forests would find their autumn and retreat. For millions of years, the once-dominant treant clans have given way; first to the giants and their kin the yesreni , then to they fey, to dragons, and their legacy the ausrani and the caisheni.   Now the treants' numbers are much reduced. Where once they ruled a continent, now they are concentrated in the last remnants of their ancient territory - the Carentan Forest and to a lesser extent the fey forests of Cernoa.