Shining South - Tethir
The Forest of Wealdath (once called Tethir) is a woodland of great mystery and intrigue.
Using high magic developed ages ago by the elves of ancient Keltormir, the Fair Folk of the forest imprisoned two godlike genies of Calimshan. But humans fearful of high magic began to persecute the elves of Keltormir’s fragmented forests.
The ensuing centuries of warfare with Calimshan reduced the elf population of Tethir to nearly nothing, leaving dozens of abandoned villages and towns throughout the Forest of Wealdath.
The ruins of Tethir, like the elven villages of today, are hidden high in the treetops of the forest. Sculpted by a mysterious life magic that the native elves still practice, the ancient villages of Tethir are composed of magically shaped trees linked by bridges moulded from vines and branches.
Few walking upon the forest’s trails realize that they are travelling under a lost elf enclave, since the individual dwellings are concealed in hollowed treetops and on disguised platforms.
Many of these abandoned elven villages still endure, although the passage of time has rendered them unrecognisable. Centuries of unchecked tree growth have concealed many of the older dwellings, and most have sustained some damage from lightning, wind, fire, and blight.
Explorers skilled in the ways of the forest know that elven ruins and lore can be found as easily in a fallen tree trunk as in an ancient city high in the treetops