The Arborent

**The Arborent** is a region of Chrysanthia and home of the Spriggans.

## Description

Hidden away in the eastern part of Chrysanthia is The Arborent a lush forest home to Tel Maren the sole surviving city of Old Chrysanthia and home to the Spriggans. The Arborent is a beautiful place built into a large tree that is the supposed ancestor of the Spriggan Race. Towering and elegant enough to rival even the most beautiful elven architecture, Tel Maren is the holiest of places to Spriggans and to allow outsiders amidst the city is blasphemy incarnate. Outside of Tel Maren, The Arborent is home to nomadic Wood Elves whom have long forgotten what society held long ago and have adapted to life spent under a different set of stars each night. The Arborent is also home to Qaern which are horse like creatures that are able to walk on water and glisten in the sunli.ght. Qaern are treasured amongst Spriggans due to the fact that they live near the most ancient of trees and chase off any creature that has ill intent in it's heart.

## Key Locations

### Tel Maren

Tel Maren is the World Tree of the Spriggan's, located on the Well of Eternity, amidst The Arborent. It grants the Spriggans's immortality, and allows the druids to commune with nature easily Tel Maren's roots grow deep into the earth, spreading life-giving energy across the world. Originally, Tel Maren had served two purposes - Not only had it been designed to keep others from abusing the magic of the new Well, but also to house the Spriggan's as their city in the branches of the Great Tree itself.

Not much is known of Tel Maren or its surrounding area as outsiders are strictly prohibited from entering. This would normally not dissuade me but it is punishable by death. Consider me persuaded.

### The Grove of The Ancients

The Grove of the Ancients was so named for its dominant feature: several massive stones, formed in the shape of humanoid heads. The stone heads are inhabited by forest spirits, who illuminate their eyes with a blue radiance. When someone speaks with one of the spirits they respond with a booming voice and the stone heads' eyes catch fire.

### Lyn Dariellen

Lyn Dariellen is the last remaining Wood Elf city in the Forest of The Arborent. It is ruled by Queen Ellesime and borders Tel Maren. The city is a meeting place for elves and a Spriggans and as such is a sacred ground. While elves regularly patrol the areas surrounding Lyn Dariellen they do not stop local animals, especially fey, from entering. Among the types of creatures that regularly wander within the city's borders are dryads, centaurs, and satyrs.

I was stunned when I came through the woods to the lake and seeing across the water immense sequoias actually bent into graceful arches, crisscrossed by wooden bridges, with high gleaming windows in the trunks illuminating the rooms within. There was an immense Temple of The Root at the center formed of three massive trunks twisted together into a great braid, with the branches arching out over the nearest buildings like butresses. Cypress trees stretched out over the water, making a living complex of docks.

The Wood Elves of Lyn Dariellen created a temple to Aquan out of solidified (but still transparent, and flowing) water rising up out of the surface of the lake. It appears to be a structure of glass, from a distance, but closer up, fish can be seen wriggling through some of the lower supports.