Black Forest

This deciduous forest boasts a wide variety of tree species, though it earned its name from the dark color of its iconic oak trees. The forest’s thick canopy reaches a height of 200 feet in some places. The leaves prevent sunlight from reaching the ground, leaving the forest floor mostly barren, which allows creatures to move uninhibited across the forest floor in most areas. The Binjerin River carves a path through the western part of the Black Forest and allows loggers and woodsmen to easily transport timber downriver. These logging communities tend to be clustered around the river area as well as the forest’s edges. Villagers and woodsmen fear to delve too deeply into the forest because many never come back. Folklore attributes their disappearances to a race of sentient spiders that purportedly dwell in a massive web complex. Woodsmen occasionally speak of an evil treant or an overgrown, sentient tree living within the forest. The only motivation to go into these remote reaches of the forest lies in the prospect of finding celestial cap mushrooms, an addictive narcotic illegally sold in Bard’s Gate or legally purchased in High Karst.

Type

Forest