Wiltangle Forest

The Wiltangle Forest is one of the last eastern remnants of the Great Akadonian Forest that once covered most of the continent. The majority of the Great Akadonian Forest was slowly broken up by a series of catastrophes and by woodcutting intended to free up farmland or burn out monsters. The Wiltangle, unaffected by the fate of the rest of the continental forest, is primordial and wild, and only little explored. The folk of Toullen engage in very little woodcutting on their side of the forest, but there are a few villages and logging camps in Cerediun Province along the eastern reaches of the forest.
Deep in the forest, more than one stone circle dating back to antiquity remain as holy sites to many druidic sects. Villages along the forest’s periphery are almost universally druidic, although various gods are recognized and some even have small temples that live alongside the influence of the druids. All attempts to actually subdue the druidic faith have met utter failure in this area, not always peaceful and often mysteriously.
In the days before the coming of the Hyperboreans, several elven kingdoms were in the Wiltangle, and the Heldring referred to the forest by a name that translates to “northern woodland kingdoms.” A fey and deadly place for intruders, the Southern Reaches of the Wiltangle restricted the Heldring to their peninsula until the arrival of the Hyperboreans. Even then, the Heldring took care never to enter the forest in force.
To this day, the Wiltangle is a forest of legends: a witch queen who ruled until being transformed into a tree; ancient ruins along the riverbanks of the interior; cairns and holds of some diminutive race; and fabulous jewels recovered from a few upriver expeditions. Such tales may, of course, be exaggerated. The question, however, is not whether ancient treasures are in the Wiltangle, for there certainly are; the question is whether they are ripe for the taking or whether they are a fool’s errand for those fated to die beneath leaf-green shadows.

Pronuncation

WILL-tangle

Type

Forest