Ashenwood

The vast Ashenwood reaches all the way from the ice-encrusted shores of Lake Ashane in the west to the foothills of the mystical mountains known as the Running Rocks in the east. The Rashemi refuse to inhabit it, as it is densely populated with spirits, but accomplished hunters occasionally enter its borders in search of the magnificent animal specimens said to dwell within.

The Ashenwood is mostly an evergreen forest, but as the snow is very thick in some places one would hardly realize it. More so than in Mulsantir, the onset of winter here is swift and unrelenting, year in and year out. There is a strict protocol set up for anyone who wishes to hunt in the Ashenwood: They must burn offerings before ever entering the forest, and thank the spirits for every kill. Failure to do so brings untold, but supposedly dire, consequences.

The Witches keep a careful eye on the Ashenwood, wary of losing it to foreign invaders. In times past, they have received valuable counsel from its eldest treants, as well as its greatest source of wisdom, the Wood Man.