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Beneath the ancient canopy of Eldertree Grove, whispers of forgotten magic linger in every knot and grain. The Wood Gems pulse with primordial energy, their luminous cores forged from the heartroots of the world’s first trees. Hunters and mystics alike brave the Veiled Thickets, where shifting shadows guard crystalline treasures capable of bending nature’s laws—mending wounds with a touch, summoning vines as weapons, or communing with spirits woven into the bark. But the forest resists greed; its trials demand reverence. To wield a Gem is to bind one’s fate to the eternal dance of growth and decay, where power blooms only for those who heed the old rhythms.
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Deep within the heart of Eldertree Vale lies a secret older than the first dawn—the Wood Gems, luminous fragments born from the roots of the World Tree. These gems pulse with primal energy, their verdant glow weaving life into the forest’s veins, sustaining ancient spirits and mortal realms alike. For centuries, druids of the Thorned Circle guarded them, sworn to silence by oaths etched in bark and blood. But whispers now slither through the shadows: the Gems’ radiance dims, blighted by a rot that seeps from the Shattered Hollow. Tribes clash over dwindling blessings, mercenaries carve paths through sacred groves, and a forgotten cult hungers to twist the Gems into tools of ruin. Amidst the chaos, a lone wanderer—marked by a ghostwood tattoo—discovers a shard humming with a song only they can hear. To survive its call is to unravel a truth buried in Eldertree’s core: the Gems are not mere stones, but slumbering sentinels waiting to awaken. The forest’s fate hinges on choices written in thorns, and every stolen spark of light could doom—or rebirth—a world clinging to the edge of twilight.
