Dreadwood Grove

Deep within the rolling hills of the Dreadwood, the Niolar River drops into the lush sylvan valleys at a place called the Prismatic Falls. The spectacular 200’ waterfall sprays its crystalline waters into an obscuring mist that fills the valley with multitudes of rainbows. Secreted within the shrouding mist and prismatic spectacle is an ancient stairway carved into the living rock adjacent to the falls. The moss speckled stairs wind their way up to the top of the falls and quickly descend behind them to give access to a hidden dell. The steep sided dell is rimmed with ancient oak, elm, ash, yew, and yarpick trees so as to conceal the whole from all but close aerial observation from directly above the place. Even then the place is oftimes concealed by hallucinatory forest spells, especially when the falcon guardians area able to warn their druid masters of flying intruders. The meadow within the dell has a stand of ten foot tall monoliths arranged in a seemingly random fashion. These shadowy giants are speckled with lichen and moss but their deeply graven glyphs and sigils still show. Amongst them is a massive granite chair from which the arch-druid counsels the faithful and tenders judgements against backsliders and righteous