Hangman's tree

The hangman's tree is a haunted place of death, where dead bodes are hung from a tree during a foul ritual, binding the spirits of the dead to the area using special ropes made from plants that grow in the Barrow Downs region. This ritual takes 1 day to complete and after 30 days the tree will come alive with the spirits of the dead, and will attack passers-by with its roots - if the tree is damaged by anyone, it will drop the bodies hung from its branches and they reanimate as zombies.

The trees are used as guardians to certain areas, or as landmarks or omens, marking territory of witch and hag covens or necromancers who wish to be left alone.