Wild

See also: Wyldwood

This appears to the force that opposed, and came close to defeating, the Elves. The 'lesser races' (ie us) also appear to have opposed the **Wild** - *"it reinforces the theory that there has long been conflict between the Wild and the lesser races"*, and that we even agreed a treaty with the Elves against the Wild.

Information on Dragons states: *"the rise of the Wild has seen Dragons oppose the Empire"*, and concludes with *"Tales are surfacing of a “Dragonrider” called Soratan who is leading these efforts and bringing organisation to the nihilistic forces of the **Wild**."*

The Elves use the term 'infected' when referring to creatures under the influence of the Wild - but this is likely to be a pejorative term for the spreading of an idea/relgion/power/(meme!) that they oppose. The Centaurs certainly appear to have been affected by it - and A Strange List included the line: *Centaurs: 100 year peace agreed, will cooperate and seek to free their brethren from the influence of the **wild**;*

Regarding Humans, we discovered this: *“The recently arrived beings known as humans have so far been content to remain in the vicinity of the settlement, which they have named Far Haven. Initial reports indicate that the **wild** has made no ingress into their society and so for the moment we will adopt a policy of neutrality towards them. It would be beneficial to have them act as a buffer state, allowing us to focus our efforts elsewhere.”*

## Cult to establish his Soratan's return

According to Uil Treesoar: Vinmira was "*a representative of a small and very secretive cult that was obviously established to support Soratan's return*.".

Although the party takes Uil's 'explanations' with a large grain of salt, Vinmira certainly used the party to find Onwen and then kill him and destroy his Holy Symbol.

As Francis mused: *A small and secretive cult, or a large and obvious one? **The church was not looking.***

## Gods of Saratan / Soratan

According to Golderod: *“I haven’t heard the **Gods of Saratan** mentioned for many many years, it’s another myth or legend about Elven history where they were involved in a great conflict against a chaotic horde led by Saratan and a pantheon of demigods. Since Elves are now known to be real, I would guess there is some element of truth in this myth, but who is to say how much?”*

## Symbol of the Wild

The ‘brooch’/Wild symbol is a small tree entwined with whips of some kind – the tree is similar to the Wyldwood Oak tree, but smaller.

The symbol has been found:

* On the Brooch
* On the Elven spearhead obtained by Joshua - the symbol being used in this case to enhance the weapon **against** enemies represented by the symbol. Also on the Centaur ceremonial spears.
* On the stone in the Defiance (and aother Wyldwood shrines), with the cretaures turning away from it.
* On the Dark Hoof Centaurs, and Vinmira's party.

## Avatar of the Wild

The party recovered a Wild holy symbol from the bodies around fire where Onwen's holy symbol was destroyed outside White Beach. We handed it into the Shanah temple there.

* Confirmed it was a Holy symbol with the Avatar unsummoned. (Party assumes the cleric was killed outright by the blast when Onwen's symbol blew up.)
* The Avatar was specialised in 'focused' destruction and breaking things – eg disintegrate rather than fireball. (Needed to destroy Onwen's symbol?)
* Cleric would have been about 11th/12th level
* The symbol itself was a reasonable piece, but not masterwork class – probably made by a Giant smith, and was about 20 years old.

## Warning in Song of the Spheres

The Song of the Spheres contains the following concealed message: ***If you can read this, then I believe that the Great Spell has been sundered or is at least unravelling. My warning to you dear reader is to beware of the **Wild**, for they retreated but were not vanquished. We may never return, but they undoubtedly will.***

1. ↑ The Unlikely Dragon Hunters
2. ↑ A Strange List
3. ↑ Research (Week 2)
4. ↑ Days 87-94 (10-17 May)
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Zoom 2020-12-03 21:00
6. ↑ Day 35-41 – The fourth week in Northlake
7. ↑ Zoom 2021-04-01 21:00