High Glade

Notable Locations

Moon-Mother’s Green

The central meadow and dance-ring where Whispers of the Summer Wind is kept; silver timbers arch like a cathedral and drip soft motes of faerie fire.  

Midwife Lanes

A lattice of fern paths marked with woven garlands; way-stones whisper lullabies in many tongues and brighten when a birth is near.  

Acorn Fountains

Springs crowned by oaks that sometimes rain acorns of desire—gold-hued seeds that answer heartfelt requests within gentle bounds.  

Korred Rinks

Polished root-discs deep in the wood; korreds and lindir stamp rhythms that steady labor, mend hearts, and bless new unions.  

Reed-Kilns and Herb-Closets

Low huts of wattle and clay where poultices, teas, and seed-inks are prepared; nothing here smokes harshly or scorches the leaf.  

Crown-Walks

Living bridges braided from bough and vine for swift passage above dens, nurseries, and burrows; foxfire glows when guest-right has been sworn.  

Star-Bower

A bower that opens to Grove of the Unicorns on festival nights and to Deep Forest in vigil seasons; petals arrange themselves into the right road when midwives call.  

Travel and Access

Root-Door to Deep Forest

Pass through an oak with a mistle bough in hand after a kept vigil; you step out beneath elder crowns and thunderboughs.  

Star-Bower

On festival nights or at reconciliations, the bower opens to the Grove of the Unicorns; vows spoken there return here with blessing.  

Moon-Canal

At full moon, a silver runnel threads toward Crescent Grove and Gates of the Moon; name what you seek and why now to cross.  

Green Seams

Willow arches slip to Reedhall (Belierin) or Greenhall (Amoria returning requires a truthful account and a shared cup.   Overthreads to the Beastlands: Crown-walks sometimes fold into Krigala or Brux when a rescue, wedding, or birth needs extra hands; a different path brings you home.  

Inhabitants

Petitioners of the Green Dance

Druids, gardeners, foresters, midwives, nuptial couples, and kindly wardens reborn with night-clearsight and easy breath. They tend births, keep hearth-rings, guide travelers, and never overstay.  

Good-hearted Fey

Dryads, Nymphs, korreds, brume-dryads, moss sprites, and lantern-willow wisps who guard nurseries and play gentle pranks that deflect harm.  

Agathions and Azatas

Avorals and leonals keep guest-right; lillends carry the songs and record vows; bralani bring storm-relief and cool the brow.   Beasts of the Bough: Deer, boar, owls, badgers, and a chorus of smaller kin—never hunted in the Glade save for merciful culling under Cedelia’s eye.   Cedelia’s Hand (small clergy): Humans, elves, half-elves, halflings, and rare korreds marked by golden-acorn tokens; they walk between Ehlonna’s and Silvanus’s works and keep the seasons’ rites.

Kindling Bloom

Malicious fire collapses to drifting flower-ash at the grove’s edge; hearth and cleansing burn keep their proper spark.  

Briar of Oath-Breaking

Willful vow-breakers find rose and hawthorn quietly snagging sleeves, belts, and bridles until apology takes root.  

Cradle-Sleep

After great labor or grief, certain awnings sing a drowse that mends body and temper; you wake at dawn clean as rain.  

Whim of the Korred

Sour boasts and cruel spectacle stumble into an irresistible eight-count, just long enough to defuse a fight and invite laughter.  

Wildway Drift

Paths slide to shield nests, dens, and birthing tents; cruel pursuits take tidy, “reasonable” detours until the lesson lands.  

Mother’s Mercy

Healing, remove disease/curse, restoration, calm emotions, and midwifery rites lean with the land; soul-harm, terror, enslavement, and humiliating glamers strain or fail.  

Performative Casting

Singing, drumming, weaving, planting, carving, or telling a truthful tale while you work steadies concentration; benign effects are read as part of the rite.  

Fertility Signs

Under the Two Moons or at Blooming of the Wildwood, blessings that aid conception and safe birth carry a little farther; Cedelia may rain acorns of desire on the truly deserving.  

Greenstep

Travel magic that lengthens stride, softens passage, masks heat-sign, or respects the earth runs truer when the journey spares the land.  

Appointment Travel

Purpose-keyed teleports and way-walks (escorting a laboring parent, ferrying medicine, carrying a vow) arrive with uncanny precision; casual flits meander among the leaves.