Whispering Woods

The Whispering Woods is a massive forest that covers much of north central Gernon. Though the area was never a politically unified unit until the Scientarian Conquests, the term "Whispering Woods" is also often used to denote the general alliance of Elven cities, communes, and culture that ruled the area since time immemorial.

History
For eons, the woods were the bastion of ancient druidic magic that lived in harmony with nature and perpetuated the circle of life. These early druid societies of elves evolved into the first elven cities in the region and the development of an insular magically skilled elite. The elves spent eons working on majestic structures and cities throughout the woods, almost always in concert with nature as their roots had taught them.

A major event in the history of the woods was the Southern Exodus, when following major cultural tides and wars brought the elves into disagreement about how best to live their lives, the Southern Elves left the woods, only to return hundreds and hundreds of years later in conquest.

When the halflings of the Dorry Hills to the south submitted to Adele Tellumnar's demands, the elite of the Woods gathered to form an opposing wall to further encroachment. The wars in the woods lasted from 2 a.s.r. to 11 a.s.r., and eventually saw the near total conquest of the woods into the Scientarian Empire. The woods gained a degree of home rule following the marriage of Adele Tellumnar to a Northern Elf princeling named Leopold Daedalus, who was named Grand Prince of the Whispering Woods.

Ecology
The woods are a primarily pine tree forest, though the southern and western reaches do transition to deciduous broadleaf forests. Even under Scientarian domination, the woods are teeming with magical and mundane life of a near infinite variety. The Woods are also the home of a series of majestic lakes and rivers known as the Maren Chain.

Major Cities and Important Sites

 * Marenwald
 * Honigpunkt
 * Tellumnar Reservoir and Canal
 * Augsburg
 * Sunhall
 * Spirit Weaver Laboratory