Athel Loren

Athel Loren is a living forest where the Hippies live. It's a self-aware forest that is best known for simply being the enemy of anything that isn't a tree or an elf. The forest has existed since before the time of the Elf of Dwarfs.

Before the Elves

Yeah well... the forest was basically not important before this point, no one came near it because it is full of creepy strange magic that makes time go weird. If you were stupid enough to walk in you could be there for twelve years only to leave and find that a second has passed since you entered in the rest of the world, or maybe you go in for a second and find a century passed in the world you left. Time doesn't matter in the forest, no one could keep track of it even if it did, the forest is weird.

When the Elves arrived

Things matter now, the Dwarf and the High Elf kingdoms had a big war they called the War of the Beard, the resulting war turned the elves who were still on the continent basically fucked. The High Elf abandoned them to go save themselves from a bunch of backstabbing cunts so disgruntled the elves decided to go find a new home.

It didn't go well, the Dwarfs were still angry at them so they killed the Elves whenever they found them, they came to Athel Loren in desperation to avoid getting killed and the forest of Athel Loren, normally a rather moody lady, decided not to instantly kill all the Elves and instead lead them to the Oak of Ages, the heart of the forest. When they got there the Forest talked to them, told them about how it wants them to stay and protect it during the winter.

Winter is Coming

The forest of Athel Loren is sentient, it skullfucks anything that messes with it and is very much alive. Most trees (you know.. not evergreen ones) they wilt in winter, Athel Loren is no different and during the winter months will go into a long sleep only to wake again in spring. During winter the entire forest is basically just another forest, with weird time warping, during the rest of the year the forest is fully capable of protecting itself.