Western Forest // Regions // XSOULONE

Map

Regional detail

Population

About 2,900 · draft

34%

Fae

Keepers of the oldest groves; the Old Bough is theirs

30%

Human

Sap collectors, resin refiners and woodcutters of Lumenreach

26%

Beastkin

Hunters and trackers of the Thornmark clans

6%

Aetherborn

Scholars who come to study the lumenwood's resonance

4%

Stoneborn

Resin traders from Varrowdeep, mostly at Mossford

Places

Chartered settlement · minor town

Forest of Lumenreach

A forest settlement among lumenwood trees whose sap glows with soft Aether-light. The sap is harvested and refined here into reagents...

Kingdom of Behemoth · placement draft

lair · draft

Heartroot Hollow

A cavern among the roots of the largest tree in Aetherion. The Fae say the forest grew outward from it. Something enormous sleeps there,...

None · Levels 18+ (raid)

river hamlet · draft

Mossford

A ferry hamlet where the forest road meets the Western River. Resin barrels go downriver to the basin and Tetsuei bars come in from...

About 260

grove-hold · draft

The Old Bough

A Fae hold woven into the crowns of the oldest lumenwood trees, so bright at night it can be seen from Cairnwatch. The Forest Wardens'...

About 620

rift pocket · draft

The Weeping Glade

A clearing where a small rift has pressed into the forest. The lumenwood around it weeps dark sap, Shisho geodes push up through the...

None · Levels 6–12

clan village · draft

Thornmark

The largest of the Beastkin clan villages: long-houses inside a ring of planted thorn, with hide-racks and a hunters' totem at the...

About 540

Materials

Material families →

Gyokusai — Fossil resin pockets under fallen lumenwood

Old sap that hardened for centuries turns into Gyokusai — iridescent, and different every time you turn it.

Getsugyoku — Streambeds below the Old Bough

Only visible on clear nights; the Fae say moonlight shows where it lies.

Shisho — Geodes around the Weeping Glade

Grows where the rift pocket presses on the forest; strong for focus, uneasy to hold.

Lumen sap & lumenwood — Everywhere

Not a mineral: the forest's own glowing sap and timber, refined in Lumenreach into reagents and wards.

Bestiary

9 creatures

Common · Lv 3–6 · draft

Mossback Boar

Heavy forest boars with moss growing on their backs. Good meat, bad temper.

Drops: Boar Hide, Mossy Tusk

Common · Lv 2–5 · draft

Sapskitter

Twig-legged crawlers that drink lumen sap straight from the bark. Their bellies glow with what they've eaten.

Drops: Lumen Sap, Skitter Shell

Uncommon · Lv 5–9 · draft

Gloamhart

Silver deer whose antlers glow under moonlight. Where a herd beds down, Getsugyoku lies in the streambed.

Drops: Gloam Antler, Getsugyoku Ore

Uncommon · Lv 7–11 · draft

Thornweaver Spider

Long-legged spiders that string thorn-barbed webs between lumenwood trunks. The webs catch the glow and are almost invisible.

Drops: Thornsilk, Spider Fang

Rare · Lv 9–13 · draft

Bramble Stalker

Wolves of bark and thorn that hunt in packs of three. The Thornmark clans and the Stalkers have been at war for...

Drops: Bramble Pelt, Heartthorn

Rare · Lv 8–12 · draft

Lanternwisp

Floating lights that look exactly like a traveller's lantern. Follow one and you wake up in the Weeping Glade.

Drops: Wisp Light, Echo Dust

Elite · Lv 14–16 · draft

Barkhide Sentinel

Ancient guardians the Fae can wake from fallen lumenwood. They ignore travellers and fall on anyone who cuts living trees.

Drops: Lumenwood Heartplank, Gyokusai Crystal

Elite · Lv 12–14 (dungeon boss) · draft

Riftbloom

A lumenwood sapling twisted by the rift into a giant, many-mouthed flower. It is the heart of the Weeping Glade, and...

Drops: Riftbloom Seed, Shisho Crystal

Mythic · Lv 18+ (raid) · draft

Vaelthorn, the First Bough

The great tree-spirit at the heart of the forest, coiled in the roots of Heartroot Hollow. The Fae say every...

Drops: Heart of Lumenwood (Gyokusai Resonant), First Bough Staff, Getsugyoku Gem

Quests

All quests →

Lv 3

Side · Gather · draft

Sap Before Dark

The refinery is short. Collect lumen sap — the Sapskitters have been drinking it straight from the bark.

Sap-Master Hollis Wren Lv 8

Main · Rescue · draft

Follow No Lanterns

A caravan followed a light off the forest road last night. Juno thinks she knows where it went.

Tracker Juno Briar Lv 12

Dungeon · draft

The Glade Weeps

The rift pocket is spreading. Cut out the Riftbloom before the Weeping Glade swallows more of the forest.

Grove Speaker Ythriel Lv 11

Side · Hunt · draft

Thorn and Fang

A Bramble Stalker pack has been circling Thornmark's thorn ring. The Clan-Mother wants them gone before the next moon.

Clan-Mother Rask Greyhide Lv 14

Main · Story · draft

The Grove Speaker's Leave

Earn the right to tap the Old Bough's trees — by proving you'll never cut a living one.

Grove Speaker Ythriel Lv 18+

Raid · draft

When the Forest Walks

Lumenwood is being cut faster than it grows. Vaelthorn has woken — and it is walking toward Lumenreach.

Grove Speaker Ythriel

Record

Type

forest

Parent

Western Highlands

Compass

west

Source

DT XSO MasterWorldGeography

Climate

Temperate and damp; mist in the stream valleys every morning, deep shade at noon, a soft glow all night.

Essence Affinity

LunarPulse

Settlements

Forest of Lumenreach

Routes

Forest road: Lumenreach → Mossford → the west trade road toward CairnwatchGrove paths: Lumenreach → the Old Bough (Fae escort recommended)River: Mossford ferry across the Western River

Hazards

Lanternwisps that lead travellers off the pathThornweaver webs between the treesThe Weeping Glade's rift pocketBramble Stalker packs at night

Allegiance

Kingdom of Behemoth through the chartered settlement of Lumenreach; the Old Bough keeps its own counsel and the Thornmark clans answer to their clan-mother.