The Dead Forest: Ayleid Mystery

-State Name: The Dead Forest
-Pronunciation: (you should know this)
-Population: Unknown
-Current Monarch: None
-Town / Cities: Unknown

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Geogrpahy: The Dead Forest consists of mostly forested region, and marshes... more or less one large swamp. Upon getting to the border of this area, and through a range of great gray mountains, one is immediately immersed into a foreboding eve of a large forest. The trees, almost dead looking, never sway in the breeze nor harbor life of any kind. Due to the location, the forest and marsh areas seem to always be engulfed in a dense fog. These regions closely hug the bordering Feudal States of Vurstaria to the north, and Tamrodiil to the south east. The Dead Forest is separated into two large bodies of land, joined only by a thing strip of land, named the "Wyverns Pass" due to the long and curving steep road, only inches from the roaring sea.
It is said that all those who enter the Dead Forest, never return back from whence they came. So far, the rumors have held true. Once one is absorbed into the great fogs and the murk of the swamps, there is no way out.


Location: The Dead Forest is based in the south western area of Ryerdae. The island, connected by the "Wyverns Pass", are only accessible by two roads: One from New Tempera, and the other from Vurstaria. Due to the rumors and past history of the place, most adventurers are warned against going within the forest lines, however, the soldiers guarding both roads will never try to stop you from entering out of free will.


Architecture: As far as most people know, there are no buildings within the swamps or forests.


Past History: Most of the history of the Dead Forest is shrouded in mystery. The forest is speculated to have been quite alive at one time, possibly inhabited by the Ayleids. But since their destruction, the forest seems to have died along with them, and been clouded over by a certain fell presence. The trees, that could have once been colorful and full of life, no stand dormant, dead, and charred. No living thing dares to enter the woods, no songs of birds can be heard nearby.
Most people who venture to the borders of the Dead Forest are curious spectators who just want a glimpse of the dark forest... maybe they would see something unusual one day. Those that venture into the forest, as there has been a few, all from Tamrodiil, have never been seen again. Even if they had returned alive, most of their own people would shun them, thinking that the forest had tainted them in some way. This has even occurred to young teens who have had the audacity to run to the forest edge, touch the dead bark of the closest tree, and then run back.
It seems that the region shall forever been known by those living in Ryerdae as "The Dead Forest", for all of eternity, as no one has yet returned to tell people otherwise.