Wylden

> "As a pigeon falls to the hawk, so does the hawk falls to the hunter." - *Wylden Saying.*
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Wylden is a giant, primordial forest in the south-east of the Land, home to the Elemental League.

Kinglets were flittering in the lower branches, scolding each other with their tiny voices, kingbirds flew in the sky above, swooping after the little hawks that dared to invade their territory. Travelers walked on the thick, spongy duff of the forest floor, with the spicy smell of disturbed ground cover giving a pleasant tingle in their noses. Filling the forest werr the generously spaced, high-branched trees of a mature forest, with bushes scattered between and sunlight barely filtering through to dapple the leaf-littered ground.

## History

When the Crusaders began savaging their way into Elemental territory, attacking from the north and the west, Prophet-Priest Tremelen, under the orders of the Spirit of Tezla, gave the orders for all loyal Elemental warriors to recall to Roanne Valle – as all-knowing Tezla himself ordered the castle built more than 150 years ago for this very purpose. While many of the Forest Elves obediently headed to the castle, the Trolls, Centaurs and Faeries were outraged at the Forest Elves' cowardice, and vowed to fight for the Land rather than hide in a stone box with the rest of the fools.

With the massive invasion of the Elemental homeland in 434 Tz, and the hasty recall of all the Forest Elves back to the capitol castle of Roanne Valle, there is a great deal of dissent in the Elemental ranks. While the Forest Elves, loyal to the Spirit of Tezla and devoted to his every command, quickly marched back to serve the wishes of the Circle of Nine, many of the non-elven races took great offense at these actions. For the Forest Elves to retreat and hide within a stone coffin during a time when the forests of the Wylden are filled with torch-wielding invaders is viewed as an act of treachery by Centaurs, Trolls, and Faeries of the Wylden. But as many Forest Elves believe that the Spirit of Tezla ordered the castle built more than a hundred and fifty years ago to weather this very attack, there is little dissent within the Elemental capitol of Roanne Valle.

Following the capture of the Wylden Forest and the siege of Sanctuary by the Dark Crusade, there are many among the Elemental Freeholds who fear that the Elemental cause teeters on the brink of destruction. Though they still support the Spirit of Tezla and the Circle in Exile, the Storm Druids share the anger of the Wylden Host at those who have ravaged their homeland. Focusing their rage into growing magical power, Storm Druids can be found both protecting the leadership of the Freeholds and accompanying those who go into the Wylden to retake it from its conquerors.

## In tabletop

Wylden Forest is a terrain domain-type card with the following ability: All clear terrain become hindering terrain. No figure can use the double-time proficiency. Wylden Forest is cancelled by the River Valley terrain domain.

Wylden Deeps is a terrain (location) domain-type card with the following ability: All Elemental Freeholds' warriors gain Pathfinder. All clear terrain becomes hindering terrain. Wylden Deeps cancels the Fen Swamp, River Valley and Wylden Forest terrain domains and the Pestilence catastrophe domain, and it is canceled by any other location domains.

***Elemental League***
 Minor characters

1. ↑ https://www.mageknight.net/wp-content/uploads/Mage-Knight-2.0-Card-Set-Relics.pdf
2. ↑ Dark Debts Prologue
3. ↑ https://www.mageknight.net/wp-content/uploads/Mage-Knight-2.0-Card-Set-Domains.pdf