A pall of silence shrouds this dank forest, muffling the sounds and

adding an air of uneasiness to the area. Here a wide path has been

carved into the wilderness, the wanton destruction leaving almost no

living thing untouched. Trees and plants have been savagely hacked

aside and in some places the bones of slain animals lay to rot. Here

and there circles of burnt plants give evidence of magical attacks,

and the footprints of scores of beings are set in the torn earth.