Melazain Forest
The Melazain Forest is an ancient forest located to the north of the Monteplane Peninsula, separated from it by the Jueng Plain. Collectively The Malazain Forest and the Jueng Plain are referred to by Torestans as "The Wilds".
Geography
The Melazain Forest is an ancient wood extending over thousands of miles. There are a few sparse settlements in and around it, but the balance of it is wild deep woods.
Ecosystem
There are several species that are dominant through most of the forest. Firbolgs live in its northern reaches. Alseid roam is glades, groves and stands. Many divergent magical creatures also live in the forest, some derived from dinosaurs, others from more modern creatures.
Dinosaur species tens to be limited to the extreme southern reaches of the forest, with, Centrosaurus, Hatzegopteryx, Iguanodon, Kentrosaurus, Magyarosaurus and Psittacosaurus most prevalent. Velociraptor are the apex predator in this area, if you don't count the alseid.
The alseid have an uneasy truce with the outsiders that have come to the forest to take wood and minerals. The deep woods allows it so the alseid permit it, as long as the outsiders stick to the specific areas off their road agreed upon by treaty and custom.
Localized Phenomena
The Danilov Leyline ambles through the forest, where in many places it crossed deposits of ley energy shard crystals. This results in many places in the forest where magic is wild and barely controllable or where alseid have built strongholds.
The multitude of High Magic locations have resulted in a number of variant beasts, some dinosaurs, other enhanced mammalian or just out and out monsters.
Climate
The forest climate goes from temperate to cold depending upon the latitude.
Fauna & Flora
Alseid live in the middle to south latitudes, while Firbolgs tend to live in the northern reaches. Other creatures tend to live in climate zones, with dinosaurs dominating the southern portion and mammals the central and northern reaches.
Natural Resources
Logging to feed Toresta's ship building requirements is a primary industry for the few non-alseid settlements in the forest. Mining of ley energy shard crystals is also carried out here. A single road cuts to the forest, joining the sparse settlements. Caravans from Toresta transport the products gleaned from logging camp and mine to the city.
