Deadwoods

The Deadwoods are a ghost forest in the east of Isla Antrion. The forest has long been home to dead trees, as the saltwater from the sea rises every year, killing the trees and preventing the growth of any new ones. The forest has not turned into a saltmarsh, surprisingly, staying a forest. The forest is not home to any life save for the millions of small black crabs that live there that are transported by the sea, struggle to survive, and die before a new population comes in with the salt water. Many people go there to commit suicide, and it is home to many ghosts. A small death cult makes special staves and talismans and armor from the wood from the dead trees, and subsist of the crabs, and commune with their ghost ancestors there, though even they live outside the forest, but are the only ones not intent to die that dare to enter. Some outlaws have braved the forests, and most are driven mad by the despair of the ghosts or are eaten alive by the crabs, or die of dehydration due to the lack of fresh water, a rare few have managed to come across a foraging member of the Mortimers, the death cult, and are killed for food if the year is hard, and captured to be assimilated if times are good.
Category:Locations
Category:Forests