The Forest Primeval
The Great Southern Forest is one of three 'light' forests, as the townsfolk referred to them. By light, they mean slightly less evil, from what you can gather. What exactly that means has yet to play out...and with trepidation, you leave the town of Strange Port, with it's tall, strong walls behind and step beyond the roadway into the forest.
Within a few yards, the forest has completely enveloped you, blocking out all vestiges of the town. Birds sing and insects chirp, but something about them sounds wholly wrong, like a single bad note hidden in an orchestra. The forest canopy, while thick, fails to stifle the sun from flowing downward and the floor is littered with bushes and flowers of all sizes and colors...thankfully as there is very little in the way of thick undergrowth or brush to hinder your progress.