The Enchanted Woods

A new dreamer’s first obstacle before attaining the Dreamlands. The seven hundred steps to the Gate of Deeper Slumber wind down through a gigantic oak tree in the middle of this forest. This wood is composed largely of oak trees whose prodigious boughs intertwine to form tunnels beneath their leafy canopy. In this region all is perpetually twilight, and very little sunlight reaches the forest floor. The wood is continuously lit by a strange phosphorescent glow, which is emitted by a fungus which permeates the entire wood.
The Enchanted Wood is home to many weird creatures, including the elusive zoogs, who live in hollow trees and burrows beneath the oak roots. They know a great deal about the Waking World because of their proximity to it. Indeed, the wood touches the Waking World at two places, and the zoogs are responsible for some disappearances there. They also know a great deal about the Dreamlands, and their spies infiltrate everywhere.
Near the center of the Enchanted Wood is the Great Stone Circle that was built by the gugs ages ago. Not far to the West is the Enchanted Stone, a slab covering the entrance to the Tower of Koth. There are numerous zoog villages in the Wood—a particularly large one lies just east of the Great Stone Circle. The Gate of Deeper Slumber, entrance to the Dreamlands, lies in the eastern half of the forest.

Type

Forest

Location under

The Surface World

Included Locations

• The Enchanted Stone
• Zoog Villages

Inhabiting Species

• Zoog