The Autumnal Forest

An 3500 acre forest forever caught in the gold and orange hues of autumn, as if trapped in time.

There are miles of trails that branch every which way, often leading to curious cabins, campsites, caves at bubbling brooks, "unattended" gardens, "fairy homes," etc. Clear streams and brooks feed into a spacious lake in the center of the trees, and further down into a lowland swamp where many a hedgewitch has made her home, protected from invaders and the like by nature itself.

The ground remains uneven in gently sloping hills and constantly blanketed with falling leaves. The temperature remains a crisp 22°C (72°F) with chilly winds that whistle through the trees. At night, especially during the witching hour, it is said that ghosts, ghouls, spirits, fae, and other haunts come out to play, keeping the forest a comfortably spooky, sweater-weather home all year round.

Inhabitants
It is home to plenty of wildlife, often types of more mythological origin from ancient tales passed down across worlds and generations, as well as those highly in tune with Aether, such as mages, warlocks, wizards, witches of all kinds, as well as mythological beings often mentioned in godly tales -- the most common of these being Nymphs and Satyrs (Sae makes her home here).

Flora & Fauna
• [Golden Hepatica] A yellow hued variant of the mountain flower of the same name, blossoming in the midst of the caves found nestled around the biggest stream leading into the central lake. It has eternal-youth gifts when mixed with the right ingredients in a potion or draught, and quite useful in putting someone to sleep when used in a tea.

• [Glowfairy] A small variant of a snowball hydrangea that often blooms at night and gives off a bioluminescent glow. Although generally they light up a well worn trail to safety in the woods, mischievous faefolk will "turn them off" or uproot them to plant along other trails to lead people in circles, lost and astray, into the streams, or into the lowland swamp to laugh at their misfortune.