The Great Tree
A towering, ancient tree deep in the eastern forest that exists simultaneously across three realms: the Material Plane, the Feywild, and the Shadowfell. Home to the chwingas and protected by Fey Eladrin guardians.
The Great Tree is one of three known anchor points connecting the planes:
- The Great Tree (eastern forest) - now healing
- The Great Pine (northern mountains) - unexplored
- The Great Mushroom (western swamplands) - unexplored
The Tree suffered corruption from necromantic energy seeping through from the Shadowfell, channeled by crystals operated by Shadar-kai necromancers seeking escape from their cursed realm. The party destroyed the crystals and disrupted the soul-energy siphoning operation.
The interior now bustles with renewed life - not just chwingas, but settlers, a centaur hauling lumber, and a fairy dragon flitting through rafters. The portal no longer bleeds Shadow but glows, opening into the Feywild.
An undead ice dragon of terrible power lurks in the Shadowfell depths beneath the Tree, and something ancient has noticed the resistance to its influence.
Golden light spreads through the bark and roots. Deep gold etchings trace its surface. Leaves shimmer with radiant hue.