Dark Forest

The Dark Forest was a wooded area between the Merchant Lake and the shores of Falonia. The forest also extended up to the mountains in the center of the Continent and formed a physical barrier between Falonia and the Southern CICS. The name of the forest came from the fact that the dense growth of trees in the forest blocked out most of the light inside the forest.

A few locations such as the river between the Merchant Lake and the ocean and spots along the main through road had permanent guard stations. Residents of the Dark Forest other than the Falonian guards were usually solitary hunters or outcasts. Life in the Dark Forest was very difficult as the woods were never fully cleared of monsters and beasts like wild vampires, dire wolf packs, giant spiders and the rare yugoluth.

Luxus and Pullus stayed in the Dark Forest for months at a time to study light and darkness.