Forest of Thorns

== Description ==
== Inhabitants ==
== Ecology ==
=== Plant life ===
The forest is dominated by dense, heavily-thorned trees. The spaces between the trunks tend to be filled with brambles, berry bushes, and other prickly obstacles. As such, free movement through the forest for larger creatures such as humans is usually relegated to game trails (a chancy proposition, due to the dangerous wildlife) or hacked-out pathways created with machete, hatchet, and saw.
The wood of the dominant species of tree is highly valued for its toughness, serving well as outdoor furniture, walking sticks, or in high-stress uses such as heavy-duty bows, staves, and polearm hafts. When the thorns are left in, a simple branch can serve as an exceptionally deadly cudgel.
=== Wildlife ===
All species living in the forest of thorns are united by the presence of a durable outer layer - even small, nimble creatures such as mice invariably end up shredded and punctured in short order, for even the brittle leaf litter on the forest floor has hundreds of spines.
==== Giant Pangolin-mole ====
Nocturnal beasts. During the day time they burrow into the earth to slumber, possessing weak and easily-blinded eyes. After the sun sets, or in certain denser, darker parts of the wood, they come out to hunt. Their claws are equally able to move flesh and bone as they are of shoveling aside masses of earth, and their thick plated hide turns away blows while protecting them from the forest's thorns. Their underbelly, while still covered in a relatively thick, leathery hide, is much more vulnerable.
== History ==
== Notable Locations ==
=== Karnande ===
A settlement populated by woodsmen, hunters, loggers, and a handful of skilled craftsmen who specialize in working the wood of the Forest of Thorns.
=== Kirk's cabin ===
A small cabin located roughly half a day's journey from Karnande. It's surprisingly well furnished, mostly due to the fact that its inhabitant is undead, and has therefore had ample time for home improvement. It's a simple two-room affair, with a small shed outside that houses a mule, and a cart for said mule beside the shed.Category:Locations