🗺️ “Le Weald” 🗺️
“The Greenwood West”
Robert Blackwood’s domain
~ ancient forests, noble ruins, rebellion, and living myth ~
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The Sylwyth Weald
✨ Location -:- Vast central-west forest region covering much of the interior.
✨ Description -:- Ancient, dark green canopy divided into five main groves. The heartland of Haus Duskmere, alive with whispering spirits.
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Haus Duskmere
✨ Location -:- Northeast rim of the Weald atop the Duskmere Mountains, overlooking the valley.
✨ Description -:- A blackstone fortress with perpetual wind and a white birch on its tower — the ancestral seat of House Blackwood.
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Western Highlands
✨ Location -:- Northwestern corner of the map, beyond Duskmere’s shadow.
✨ Description -:- Cold moors and heathered uplands dotted with cairns. The old marches once patrolled by Ser Wulfric in his youth.
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Strathmore
✨ Location -:- Southwest of the Weald near the forest’s edge, along the merchant roads.
✨ Description -:- Fertile river valley and trading shire — Lady Evelyne’s homeland. Now taxed heavily by Harold’s regime.
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Hidden Grove (Outlaw Camp)
✨ Location -:- Deep within the western half of the Weald, between two rivers and sheltered by birch and oak.
✨ Description -:- Robert’s resistance camp — tree-platforms, rope bridges, concealed fires. The forest itself hides its paths.
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The Thorncoil Road
✨ Location -:- Switchback road climbing from the Weald’s valley floor to Haus Duskmere’s gate.
✨ Description -:- Serpentine trail flanked by thorns and old stone shrines. Patrols rarely return unscathed.
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Duskmere Mountains
✨ Location -:- Eastern border of the Weald, dividing forest from the High Dorsal Ridge (the midpoint between East and West).
✨ Description -:- Jagged ridges of black granite and snowmelt streams. Echoes of old druids’ chants still linger here.
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Echoing Arch
✨ Location -:- Inside Haus Duskmere’s inner court.
✨ Description -:- Stone arch that repeats voices days later; during storms, it whispers names of oathbreakers.
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Green Vault
✨ Location -:- Beneath the western bastion of Haus Duskmere.
✨ Description -:- Sealed relic chamber said to contain the Wyrdwood Crown. Runes glow faintly under moonlight.
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Ravenstone
✨ Location -:- Northern battlement of Haus Duskmere.
✨ Description -:- A black oracle stone, warm even in snow; those who touch it hear the Weald’s memory.
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Rootwell Springs
✨ Location -:- Under Haus Duskmere, feeding into the Weald’s river veins.
✨ Description -:- Sacred spring whose waters are used for vows, burials, and visions.
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Sacred Groves and Whispering Trees
✨ Location -:- Scattered throughout the central Sylwyth Weald.
✨ Description -:- Hollow-barked trees murmuring secrets in moonlight — only the Blackwood blood can understand.
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The Moonwell
✨ Location -:- Beneath Blackwood Hall, in the southern forest.
✨ Description -:- Reflects not faces, but truths; the hall’s spiritual heart and mirror of Duskmere’s Rootwell.
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The Thornwall
✨ Location -:- Encircling Blackwood Hall’s graveyard.
✨ Description -:- Living bramble barrier — no outsider passes unharmed; burns those who lie.
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The Wyrding Stone
✨ Location -:- Sacred clearing in the Weald’s northernmost glade.
✨ Description -:- Massive rune-carved monolith where heirs swear oaths; glows faint silver once per generation.
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The Forest’s Curse
✨ Location -:- Throughout the Sylwyth Weald but strongest near Whisper Tree Vale.
✨ Description -:- Traitors vanish without a trace — roots drink their remains. Folk say the forest judges faster than any court.
