Known For
A People Shaped by Place
Preservation, growth, balance, adaptation, living settlements, and an unsettlingly close relationship with the forest itself.
Chapter II
Wychwood Sylvan
The Greywood · The forest survived. So did they.
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The Greywood
The Greywood survived when forests across Katarra did not. The Wychwood Sylvan survived with it. Whether that was fortune, ancient magic, or the fulfillment of some forgotten bargain depends greatly upon whom one asks.
What travelers know
Public knowledgeThe Homeland
The Greywood
Living cities, canopy roads, sacred groves, world-trees, and paths that do not always remain where they were left make conventional maps unreliable.
CapitalElderheart
Whispered, Not Proven
There Is More Here
Ask whether the forest chose to survive the Sundering. Then watch who refuses to answer.
A Traveler's Ledger
Before You Enter The Greywood
Common knowledge collected from merchants, guides, guild records, and people sensible enough to come back.
What Matters Here
How They Govern
Walking Councils follow ancient trees rather than permanent capitals. When the center of authority moves, the government moves with it.
Name Worth Knowing
The Green Councils
Things That Kill Careless Travelers
Living forestsWhisper grovesFey phenomenaMoving paths
This is enough to begin a journey. It is not enough to survive every one.
Cities of Katarra · Artist's impression
Elderheart
A glimpse of the capital as imagined from the landscapes and traditions of The Greywood.
A Closer Look
Culture · Place · PerspectiveWhat Shapes Them
Preservation, growth, balance, adaptation, living settlements, and an unsettlingly close relationship with the forest itself.
Shared valuesPreservation · Growth · Balance · Adaptation · Patience
Life in The Greywood
Living cities, canopy roads, sacred groves, world-trees, and paths that do not always remain where they were left make conventional maps unreliable.
CapitalElderheart
Beyond the Known Roads
Ask whether the forest chose to survive the Sundering. Then watch who refuses to answer.
From the travelers' accountsThe oldest trees in the Greywood have names. The Sylvan do not share them.
The Codex does not tell every story. Customs, settlements, rivalries, histories, hazards, and secrets are meant to be encountered in Katarra—not exhausted on a reference page.