Grave Woods

The Grave Woods, (previously known as the Grave Barrows, before the entire region was known as the Barrow downs) is a lush mossy region of the Barrow Downs region that used to be one of the oldest forests in Terragard. The forests were used as a place of rest by many armies in the turbulent first three ages of Terragardian history, many wars were fought and many soldiers rested under the branches of the thousand year old trees. After every war, there were always battlefields full of dead, and most of them had lost their homes and families, and so church would bury the lost in the forest, the one place known where they last found peace and solace.

After many wars and many fallen, the forest began to fill with graves, every tree having a dozen or more headstones at it's feet.

After The Great Purge, the land in the barrow downs region was worn and became sick, and the forest's trees stopped bearing leaves, and grew brittle and bare. The smaller trees died first, followed by most other vegetation except for mosses and vines, and all that remains today are the massive roots and trunks of what once were the tallest and grandest trees in Terragard. Now they serve as towering monoliths to the many fallen, and a warning for many, as the forest may not be as dense as it used to be, but the roots and the paths between them are still dangerous as ever.