The den of thieves

The den of theves is a nicname for one of the forests north of Thandriar which is home to the main population of Demercain Fey

There are two main areas of population in the den commonly called the East village and the West village respectivly. well humanoid population that is.

#### History

The earliest record of the den’s existence shows it to be no larger than a ring of 12 rowan trees an old painting also features a looming shadow from within the centre of the ring. Thirty years after the painting several diary entries from one of the first lords of thandriar which make mention of a group traveling into the forest to establish a small settlement indicating rapid growth by the forest the exact cause is unknown or simply just undocumented as of now.

A few years later is when the den got its name though not in a favourable way, The king of Thandriar, Emdor MightyShield, issued a statement about the disappearance of his son, Krondor. It is evident in the statement that the King blames the disappearance on the lords of Thandriar, though not confirmed the king may have believed that the lords had some measure of control over the forest, The name has since been embraced by the people of evendore and those of the den.

There has been more documentation in recent times mostly consisting of trade routes and directions to both villages. Though its potent magic has been noted no proper research into it has been done it seems, though weather this is because of disinterest or prevention is unknown.

#### West Village

The more standard of the two villages, the section of forest it lays on is home to various precious metal deposits where they quickly became the villages main export making the area rather wealthy. one custom they don’t share in some form with the east village is their burial rituals its traditional in the west village to consume the corpses of the dead.

#### East Village

East village is the less documented of the two villages likely due to it being deeper within the dens wood. finding the village can prove a challenge to some but its not impossible for most. The people of the east village are a welcoming and varied lot though they consist of mostly Sayters, pan, Halfling, Tabaxi and other humanoid animals (including some awakened animals), The village itself is rather close knit and everyone knows each other. Due to being deeper in the forest the village has more connections with the fey often adhering to their rules in general life (the rule of reciprocity, the Rule of hospitality and the rule of ownership to name the main three).

The village has its own form of security being their rangers they take care of social service rolls though due to how close the village is they mostly take care of matter of the Forest steering actively aggressive fey away from the village and assisting the forest and the creatures within, they do have to deal with missing person cases every now and then but those who aren’t found quickly usually aren’t found at all.

###### The village festivals

Both the west and east villages share the same set of seasonal festival the primary difference is their methods of celebration the west preferring to celebrate in private while in the east the festivals are village wide events.

#### The babbles

The babbles wind their way throughout the forest appearing to glow if the sun hits them correctly, larger than average dragonflies are often seen around them zipping around following the babbles through the forest will lead a person to many interesting and beautiful areas usually meeting the fey of the den along their way, though follow for too long you’ll eventually reach the deep wood.

#### The deep wood

Not much is known about the deep wood other than almost all who enter never return.

The canopy is incredibly dense giving the appearance of an eternal night, it was once home to a cult though its unknown whether they still reside within.