The Forest

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the forest The boreal forest around the Home Tree is mostly spruce and pine, with thick foliage and dense underbrush. It's a dark, old growth virginal forest, and if it wasn't for the strange glimpses of the field and the house, you would think that no human has ever set their foot here before. It's beautifully untouched in the daylight (and frighteningly wild in the dark). No matter how beautiful it is, like many things fae it is also a place of tricks and deception. Flying out into the forest rarely lets Adventurers go far - it directs them back to the Home Tree no matter how hard they try. True North is always moving, creating confusion even with the use of a compass. If an Adventurer flies above the canopy, they will see more forest in every direction, as far as to the horizon in some directions or ending by faraway mountains in others. Staying up there for too long makes them easy pickings for predatory birds and the stronger winds, though, so they should stay as short a time up there as possible. It's home to all kinds of animals and creatures, and is based off of Scandinavian climate, with nice summers and hard winters. For the current weather (unless otherwise stated in an event) please check here or here! Although there are mostly conifers in the woods, half a mile away some other trees can be found around the Violinist's pond - including beech, aspen, alder and rowan. This pond is very deep and dark, but the water is clean and a lot of different plants grow here that cannot be found anywhere else in the forest. Unfortunately it is home to a few dangerous creatures, so being on your guard is advised - and it is not only the Violinist and the Kelpie. It is possible to find tiny fish in it, but there are larger ones that might mistake an Adventurer for a tasty insect. The field is a strange place that can sometimes be seen though the treeline. At the end of it is a house, and those with sharp vision can see that it is home to at least two humans and a cat. However, the place seems to move, always spotted in different places between trees and seemingly impossible to actually reach. It acts like a door or a mirror of a different dimension, but strangely enough both the cat and the young daughter has been spotted in the woods. Foraging in the woods often yields a nice harvest for Adventurers, beyond what the Food Altar provides. In the forest they can find blueberries, lingonberries (also known as cowberries/foxberries), wild/woodland strawberries and more. Raspberries, red and black currants, blackberries and even some cloudberries can be picked by the pond. Rosehips are also edible, and the seeds can be used to make itching powder! There's also rowan berries, but take heed to now eat these raw as they might cause both indigestion and kidney damage. If dried, the seeds can be used as a coffee bean substitute, though. Many mushrooms in the forest are edible, from the yellow chanterelles to the absolutely massive cep mushrooms. Many can be cut into 'steaks' and be eaten like meat. Funnel chanterelle is also quite common and delicious, and more unusual-looking mushrooms like the cauliflower fungus and sticky bun mushrooms are quite good to eat. The mushrooms in the Faerie Ring are not edible, and will give an Adventurer horrible indigestion, fever and rashes for days. There are herbs and plants that are edible and easy to find in the right season, such as wood sorrel, nettles, lavender and chamomile. Some small vegetables can also be scrounged up, like wild onion and horseradish. For those a little brave to try new things, the pine is an interesting source of food. Very young sprouts of pine needles on the trees in spring are soft, edible and full of vitamins, and the pine bark can be made into flour for bark bread. While mostly used for glues and such, the resin can also be chewed like gum. Unfortunately the pine nuts here are not the same breed as the common snack, and while they can be eaten they do not even remotely taste good. (These are all suggestions, as Adventurers could find anything that can be found in an old Scandinavian forest of the appropriate season.)

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