Gleann na bhFéileach

“The veil is thinner where the light dances freely and the earth remembers your name.” — Saying of the Veilbound

General Information

Continent: Tarnith Location: Northwest and Southeast Tarnith Altitude Range: 600–1,000 ft Notable Features: Spirit Pools, Rootbound Altars, Celestial Bloom Fields

Geography

Gleann na bhFéileach refers to two mist-wreathed glens situated on opposite ends of Tarnith. Both valleys are sheltered by low hills and ringed with elder trees, their floors blanketed in wildflowers and thick, dew-covered grass. Ancient roots breach the soil in spirals and patterns, forming natural paths and shrines. The air is always humid, filled with drifting motes of light or faint, disembodied humming. At night, the glens shimmer with starlight and auroral glows, as if touched by the heavens.

Mythical and Magical Significance

These glens are sacred to the Druids of the Veil, who believe them to be the points where the spirit world brushes closest to the mortal one. Spirits, memories, and emotions manifest more easily here. During equinoxes and full moons, travelers report seeing spectral figures, hearing ancestral voices, or experiencing vivid visions. The glens are thought to be mirror reflections of one another—what occurs in one may echo in the other.

Cultural Importance

The Druids of the Veil conduct rites of passage, burial rituals, and communion ceremonies in the glens. Offerings of feathers, antlers, and silverleaf are left at rootbound altars, while children born during the solstices are brought here to be blessed. Songs sung in the glen are believed to echo into the spirit world. Few outsiders are allowed without a druidic escort, and even fewer understand the significance of the mirrored locations.

Strategic Role

While not important militarily, Gleann na bhFéileach is of great spiritual and political significance to the druids. Those who defile the land here—intentionally or not—may bring on curses, hauntings, or nature’s wrath. These sites also serve as neutral meeting grounds between wandering druid circles, thanks to their mirrored nature and their symbolic balance.

Flora & Fauna

Celestial Bloom – A violet-petaled flower said to grow where spirits have touched the land.

Duskwillow – Thin, pale trees that sway with no wind and produce a memory-enhancing sap.

Glen Wisps – Flickering orbs of light that follow travelers and vanish when observed directly.

Whisper Hares – Elusive forest creatures with spectral fur, believed to carry omens in their paths.

Reflection Herons – Birds said to migrate between both glens during ritual seasons.

Secrets & Legends

It’s said that during a total eclipse, a mirrored arch of light connects the two glens for a single night.

A hidden cave beneath the northwest glen may house a relic from the Dawnwild Era.

The southeast glen occasionally reveals ghostly processions that replay forgotten ceremonies.

A druidic prophecy claims that when the two glens bloom simultaneously with golden firegrass, the Veil will fully part.

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Type

Rolling Hills