Tree of Life

The Tree of Life is a massive juniper tree that towers over
the rest of the Forest of Cratsfar. Most do not believe that the tree is an
actual juniper tree, however. Some say that it has extremely magical powers,
and that it is even sentient, possessing massive Psionic powers that it
sometimes seems to manifest.
What
exactly the Tree of Life is, or what it does, is unknown to most. Many of the
primitive tribal barbarians who live within the Forest of Cratsfar worship the
Tree of Life as some kind of deity. The bottom of the Tree of Life is carved
with various runes and sigils, important to the indigenous people. They say
that the Tree of Life sustains and protects them, and should the tree ever be
destroyed, so too would the entire world. 
In 1,140, Cralassa, a mighty snake Demon entered into the Material Plane and entered into the Forest of Cratsfar, binding itself with the Tree of Life. Two years later, a Drow Wizard, Dagnirion, and a Crimson warrior, Krakeshin, destroyed the Demon when it attacked them. The Tree of Life survived the ordeal, but it was weakened from the influence of the Demon.