Darkwood Forest

"This forest is a gold mine. I don't care about your stories of pixies and damn walking plants, just tell me where to find the darkwood"

Jarlbern Hockfoot

The Darkwood Forest is an area of dense, tangled woodland some 25 miles in length that sits just south of Drosgar's Crag, at the Western end of the Kegarrin Mountains. Though teeming with wild beasts, strange fey creatures, marauding hobgoblins and worse, the forest is worked by the locals of Falcon's Hollow for the much sought after Darkwood.

Denizens of the Darkwood Forest
Fey - The Darkwood Forest is home to a large number of fey creatures, some seem kindhearted but shy of outsiders, while some are outright hostile. While little is known about their society, they seem to follow a hierarchy of sorts, enforcing laws and judgements amongst themselves.

Druelle - The oldest and most senior of the darkwood dryads, Druelle is the de facto leader and spokesperson for the fey in the Darkwood Forest.

The Blackscour Brambles - The Blackscour Brambles are a group of tiny grey skinned fey, covered in spikes. They were responsible for infecting the people of Falcon's Hollow with the blackscour taint in retaliation after several of their people were captured and killed by Jarlbern Hockfoot.

Valaeros - An ancient elven druid who serves as an emissary for the fey.

Maurelle - A tiny, but fearless green skinned atomie servant to Druelle, rarely seen without her close friend Eitri.

Eitri - The fiddle playing, grasshopper legged servant to Druelle.

Places of note
Drosgar's Crucible - A long abandoned and partly ruined dwarven temple, originally built for the worship of Torag, but given over to Drosgar after the dwarves that lived and worshipped there fell to corruption.

Blackscour Valley - A hidden valley, choked with overgrown brambles and poisonous fungi, home to the Blackscour Brambles.

The Witch's Hut - Though seemingly abandoned, local legend has it that this hut is the home of a powerful witch named Ravell. Though she may have left, her magic still lingers.

Darkwood Lumber Consortium Camp - The former base camp of Jarlbern and his company of foresters.

Hockfoot's Hidden Camp - Jarlbern kept a second camp, secret from most of his men. It was here that he made his machines and conducted his alchemical experiments. The camp was destroyed by the fey folk after Jarlbern's capture and is now overgrown ruins.