Living Wind Woods

The Living Wind Woods is a large forest about 10 miles wide, with trees at their highest are 500ft. tall & at their lowest 100ft. tall. The forest has a well defined path going through it leading to various locations like the utopian society of Gaia Deep, the various groves carved into the forest used to forage & simply spend time outside the city walls.      The forest is split into 2 halves after the Primal Raids, divided by the Living Wind River. The Bliss is the section of the Living Wind Woods, where the mundane Floura & Fauna live, allowing the denizens of Gaia Deep to go into the forest without fear. The Primeval is the section of the Living Wind Woods populated by the dangerous Floura & Fauna that originate from the Fey Wilds Owlbears, Displacer Beasts, Giant Owls & Eagles, and other deadly beasts live there kept from leaving by the Dryad Ivy.

The ecosystem of the Living Wind Woods is a fertile forest biome, with the usual Floura & Fauna inhabiting it. Deer, Wolves, Bears, Owls, ect. all live in the forest. The ecosystem of the Living Wind Woods has gone through many changes from being a Primeval Forest to a Necrotic Forest, then a Positive Energy Forest.

Spring Stage

  The Living Wind Woods during the spring has the highest amount of Floura bloom, having many, many Floura blooming in a gorgeous fashion leading to the tradition called the "Spring Harvest" where 50% of the most beautiful plants are taken to be turned into ornaments. The spring is also the mating season of the Faerie Dragons as the people are recommended to stay away from the Bliss Tree.  

Summer Stage

  During the summer the Fauna of the forest enter a mating season, in the forest after the Great Hunts in the Primeval. During this mating season the Fauna will become more agressive even the herbivorous fauna.  

Autumn Stage

  During the Fall the tree's of the Living Wind Woods begin to change the color of their leaves & begin to fall off littering the ground. It's during this season that animals prepare for Winter, some gain enough food to hibernate In the winter, some will change their coat to be able to camoflauge. The people will often harvest as much as they can for the coming Winter.  

Winter Stage

  During the winter the weather becomes frigid as snow falls onto the forest. The forest is wreathed in snow storms while the animals adapt to overcome, bears hibernate, rabbits & wolves fur become white to camoflauge, ect.   Many plants die and freeze making vegetation impossible to find. Many people decide to remain in their homes during this time while providing shelter to some animals willing to accept it. The sentient plants of the Primeval will turn themselves into a durable wooden dome to protect the Primeval.

Within the forest are winds imbued with positive energy that healthose expose to it animals & people, & causes fertility & growth in plants casuing overgrowth, these are called "Vitality Winds" and they usually arrive to heal the forest when large damage is done.

Floura

    The Living Wind Woods has a large variety of Floura native to it's two halves the Bliss & Primeval. In the Bliss are popular plants like Brawn Fern, Aphro Rose, Nakato Plants, Lamb's Crest, Mordana Trees, Iron Wood Trees, ect.     The more mundane plants are apples, oranges, blueberries, ect. Within the Primeval are deadly plants like Scorn Bloom, Euphoric Bloom, Gympie Plants, Giant Venus Flytraps & Pitcher Plants, and other deadly plants.  

Fauna

    The Fauna of the Living Wind Woods is large and diverse with mundane fauna in the Bliss & exotic wildlife In the Primeval. The forests mammalian Fauna consists of Deer, Moose, Wolves, Bears, Foxes, Racoons, Mice, Rabbits, Bats, Squirrels, Boars, ect. The avian fauna of the forest is Owls, Woodpeckers, Hummingbird, Robins, Sparrows, & Hawks.     The reptilian fauna of the forest are Alligators, Crocodiles, Newts, Chameleons, Snakes, Turtles, ect. The amphibian fauna of the forest are Frogs, Toads, Salamanders, & Newts. The insectoid fauna of the forest is vast and diverse with ants, bees, wasps, caterpillars, butterflies, moths, worms, spiders, scorpions, centipede, dragonflies, mantises ect.

The Living Wind Woods has a plethora of vegetation yeilding more nutrients than their normal counterparts, from berries, to other fruits. The most popular resource of the Living Wind Woods would be the Vitality Fallout, diluted Positive Energy offers those who dwell in it augmented physiology and biological immortality.

Days Of The Prime

    The Living Wind Woods was originally a Primeval forest populated by many Fey Creatures like Wood Elves, Fairies, Sprites, ect. Life was good for those who lived there as the Fey would often trade rare fruits & other plants with the mortals outside but never letting mortals live in the forest as they where dealing with a manevolent city in the northern area of the forest.     They frequently hunted the Wood Elves for sport and turn them into Undead soldiers eventually sparking the "Primeval Raids" where the Fey fought back against their agressors, with their Plants & magic.  

The Desolation

    As the Primeval Raids continued the evil city sought to put the Fey in their place by summoning immense Negative Energy into the forest. Deep under the forest ground about 1,000ft. below the spell Necropolis was casted although something went wrong. It produced a colossal piece of Voidstone that emitted a lot of negativity upon being summoned this killed everyone within the city as well as the entire forest leaving only one alive the young Dryad Ivy.  

Days Of Dead Wind

    Due to the Voidstone under the forest it corrupted the forest with Necrotic Fallout that kills all in the forest turning them into Undead. Ivy survived but her tree clinged to life causing her to go insane with loss & greif killing anyone who entered the Dead Wind Woods.     This went on for 500 years until the children of Pib came to aid the forest as they knew it would give them a good name to do something the Zodiac Empire couldn't fix. Ruffles managed to calm Ivy down pushing back her insanity so he could bring back the forest.     During an event called the "Great Conversion" these warriors with an artifact fought off legions of Undead, beinig positioned in the right way to convert the Voidstone into a Heartstone. This brought forth Vitality Fallout in the forest, allowed life to grow & flourish, and cured Ivy's insanity. As thanks Ivy granted the warriors permission to build ontop of the ruins of their agressors city after all with it converted into something greater the scars and reminders will become dull.  

Days Of Revitalization

    As life returned to the forest, the people that came to dwell in the utopian society of Gaia Deep, where allowed to venture out into the forest as the new forest guardian wanted to bond with the other life of her home.     Ivy would then go into a hibernation state to fully repair herself in body & mind leaving the Fauna to their own devices.  

The Primal Raids

    As Ivy slept the Fauna of the forest went uncontrolled and began to dwindle the population of the mundane Fauna & even attack denizens of Gaia Deep for food leading to many deaths primarily Kobold deaths. This maid the city retaliate against the beasts causing many animal deaths via a milita lead by Kephalos Ghaul.     Once Ivy woke up fully healed she saw the bloodshed made by her animals & the cities warriors and she & the King made a pact which split the forest into 2 halves one for the mundane life & the other for the exotic deadly life     This even made a great tradition called the Great Hunts as every 5 years when the population of deadly life is stable warriors from Gaia Deep will participate in hunting games. This also led to 500 Wood Elves coming to live in the Primeval with Ivy.  

The Hollow War

  During the War for Gale's Underdark Ivy was in full support of the conflict as it mitigated the attempts of raids on her home, she spared many animals & plants to aid the king. This marked her as a target as her Forces where incredibly effective as scouting, communication, combat, & guerilla tactics.   House Ovalin worked to eliminate the threat that was the Dryad Ivy, they would use poisons, mass fires, & even Mind-Control to combat her. The final nail in the coffin was when Lord Ovalin and his trusty Paladin slayed all of the Wood Elves & 60% of the fauna of the Primeval in an attack called "Primeval Fall". The war was won by Gaia Deep by the end but the loss of life was done.  

The Woods Rise

    After the Hollow War life in the forest grew again, as the people, animals, & plants grew to their former strength life was normal in the woods. Although Ivy now gets irritated at the sight of fire & the mentioning of Ovalin, & has a deep mistrust towards Dark Elves.     The people of Gaia Deep frequently go to the forest to rest, forage, or interact with animals. Some people are charmed and beguiled by Ivy to come to the Primeval for their company.

People of all races come to the Living Wind Woods trying to gain the same immortality the native denizens posses. People often come to trade the enriched farm goods the forest can provide.     Poachers will attempt to profit from the animals from the forest only to meet a fitting end by Ivy herself. Forest Elves will live in the forest outside the city, primarily in the Primeval.