The Wounded Grove

The Wounded Grove tells of Fenros, god of the wild, fey, and beasts, and his unrequited love for Selaveth, goddess of passion, midnight, and the moon. To win her heart, Fenros created a glade of radiant, moon-blooming flowers—an untamed masterpiece that only bloomed beneath her light. Though touched by the gift, Selaveth did not return his love. Heartbroken, Fenros let the grove decay, but its death gave rise to something new: the first breach between the mortal world and the feywild. The Wounded Grove, now a liminal place, remains a site of beauty, sorrow, and wild magic.

This myth is commonly known among druids, fey creatures, and wildfolk. It is told in reverent tones in forest circles and whispered in the deeper wilds. However, it is rarely spoken of by moon-priests, who downplay the idea of Selaveth wounding another god through rejection. Some fey courts consider the myth sacred, others believe it’s a softened retelling of a much more primal, violent event.

• In Lilted Vale tradition, it is said the grove still lives, but shifts constantly—appearing only to those with broken hearts.
• A Sylvan variant claims the grove was never meant to woo Selaveth, but was Fenros’s failed attempt to bind her moonlight to the forest, an act that angered her.
• Among beastfolk, the tale emphasizes Fenros’s act of letting go—transforming sorrow into wild freedom, not loss.

• Druids and wilderness folk see the myth as sacred, a lesson in letting pain reshape the world instead of destroying it.
• Fey courts often regard the Wounded Grove as a birthplace of their realm’s unpredictability and raw emotion.
• Moon-worshipping cultures sometimes avoid the tale, seeing it as a blemish on Selaveth’s purity or interpret it metaphorically.

• The myth is central to the fey tragedy “The Grove That Bled Starlight,” a play in which each flower sings of a different unspoken love.
• The poem “When Wild Gods Weep” tells the story from Fenros’s perspective, each stanza mirroring a phase of the moon.
• The druidic text “Roots of Memory” includes the myth as a parable about grief, change, and the birth of new realms.

• In woodcarvings found across the Lilted Vale, Fenros is shown planting flowers under a weeping moon.
• Dancers reenact the myth during the Verdant Twilight, a seasonal rite where each performer wears petal-masks that slowly fall away throughout the piece.
• Some living sculptures in enchanted groves attempt to replicate the Wounded Grove itself, changing form with moonlight and emotion.