C60 The Council of Factions

Their next journey took them to the Shadow Grove, a place shrouded in legend and fear. The trees there were twisted, their branches blackened and brittle as if they had been burned by some long-forgotten fire. The ground beneath their feet was uneven, littered with the bones of creatures that had ventured too far into the grove and never returned.

“This place is… unsettling,” Ariana murmured