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==Phrennoack Forest==
====Echo====

Of course, pale maws aren't the only threat in the forests of Phrennoack. As the forests near Alboniset Lake, the trees slowly sink into the wet ground surrounding the lake. While the lake itself is pristine, these bordering swamps house what the locals call "Echoes". Naturally, they are skilled fishers, able to use the power of their voices like bullets through the water to stun their prey. Some of them even managed a way to project their bombastic voices through the water's surface and attack land-based or aerial prey that wander too close to their waters, including wayward adventurers.

Though the quickest way through Phrennoack's forests go through Alboniset Lake, please exercise caution and vigilance when passing through the area.

*'''Eltya, of Life's Eternal Flame'''
*'''Eltyain Geist'''
*'''Falserjack'''

====Forest Harvester, The====

At the furthest western edge of the forests of Phrennoack, bordering the vile wastes of Vashial, lies an interesting creature. Docile in nature but voracious in hunger, the forest harvester is both the biggest threat to the forest's survival, but also its greatest hope in maintaining the growth bordering the encroachment of the toxic wastes. The harvester is a colossal slug-like creature which can consume up to 250-300 acres of the vast forest every month. However, the waste material it produces proves to be an excellent fertilizer which helps regrow the forest it ate at a surprisingly quick pace. As long as the harvester maintains this precarious balance between consumption and fertilizer production, the forest should maintain its growth levels in the western reaches indefinitely.

There is a problem though.

The Shialar also see the value in the harvester's fertilizer, combining it with the hardy seeds of the harrukhs to start regrowing what was once plentiful forests in the old Vashial lands. Now it's a battle against time to restore the precarious balance between the harvester's feeding and regeneration of the western Phrennoack forests, or to start losing the forest over time while the Shialar regrow their own lands, and perhaps rise again to a renewed glory.

*'''Horn of Eltya'''
====Pale Maw (Lamprey Wraith)====

So, why are the forests of Phrennoack in need of the benevolence of its god Eltya and his Stags? Unsurprisingly, there are many malicious beings which reside in the forests along with the peaceful Eltyain people and the wild creatures within.

One such creature is the Lamprey Wraiths, commonly known as Pale Maw or the uncommon names of Pond Wraiths or Drowned Mouths. They are pallid of skin, they lack eyes, nose, or any visible means of detecting prey. Their body is odd, the skin stretched and warped, while the arms dangle uselessly unless being thrashed about. They have great mouths featuring a number of sharp teeth, through which they issue a ghastly, wet, gurgling moaning or wailing as they wander about.

While the Stags appear with the death of human inhabitants and travelers in the forests, the Pale Maws seem to have adapted to the presence of those who do not respect the ways of the forest. You see, with the encroachment of civilized humans upon the forests, flora and fauna has been slain and, quite frankly, wasted in many occasions. The Pale Maw is able to take on the disguise of a decaying creature, its slightly foul stench somehow able to attract curious prey.

Suffice it to say, it strikes when you come close to it. While the Pale Maws is physically strong, they are unintelligent and easily dispatched from range. However Pale Maws balk in the presence of the Stags, which  making them only a minor threat but of some danger. This perhaps lend to the belief that their presence is indeed a good omen for travelers through the forests of Phrennoack.

-From the Libraries of the /Traveler's Guild/ of Imperial For'Chan.

====Phrennoack Stag====

The Phrennoack Stag is a psychopomp. A guide to the dead, of the Eltyain region. No one is sure how the creature first arrived, or when, but they are very, very respectful of it.
A passive, peaceful creature, it shows up at the end of funerary rituals, and allows the deceased's shade one last goodbye before it takes them to the afterlife. 
It can also be seen tending to old graveyards, ruined cemeteries and the like. If spotted by lone travelers it will incline its head and then fade into the nearest mist or shadows.
This is actually seen as a good omen, a sign of luck on their journeys ahead.