Torian Forest

During the light of a full moon, it is said that the veil that holds back the Feywild weakens and spreads throughout the Forest. People have witnessed strange figures dancing in the shadows, and large creatures scouring the forest line, looking for food. When the sun rises, sometimes you can find giant hoof prints covered in grass and moss; but by the afternoon, they are completely filled with wildflowers.

—Elder Kinla, the oldest dwarf in Kraghammer

Cradling the southwestern edge of the Cliffkeep Mountain range, the Torian Forest supplies much of Emon's timber and Kraghammer's firewood. Though its locals proudly proclaim the Torian to be the "most welcoming" and "least haunted" of Tal'Dorei's forests, this is more of a myth than people realize. The forest is welcoming and bright at its edges, but within its deep and unexplored heart are spirits not understood since the Age of Arcanum—and a cruel and hungry wraithroot tree guarding a magical artifact likewise not seen since time immemorial.

The Rivermaw Herd

Born from the wild peoples of the Dividing Plains, free folk who shunned the constraints of society, the Rivermaw is the greatest of the Dividing Plains' herds. It now boasts a membership of nearly ten thousand, along with a number of satellite herds that owe their allegiance to the Rivermaw.
Though the Rivermaw is now a mighty force for good on the Dividing Plains, they had humble beginnings. Just two generations ago, they numbered little more than three hundred goliaths, orcs, gnolls, humans, and nomads of other races that made their home in the Torian Forest.
It wasn't until they were conquered by the Herd of Storms, helmed by the tyrannical goliath Kevdak, that a more violent way of life was forced upon them for a number of years. Once Kevdak was slain, the remaining members of both the Rivermaw and the Herd of Storms recanted his brutal ways and became the Rivermaw Herd known across Tal'Dorei today. It is led by two goliaths: Zanroar, son of Kevdak, and Skyhaal, daughter of Zanroar.

Type

Forest

Location under

Dividing Plains