The (Charred) Wilds
At a Glance
The Original State
- Atmosphere: Muscular growth, gargantuan trees with weeping sap, and the scent of copper and damp earth.
- Status: Secluded Amazonian retreat and temple ruins; a place of "Primal Intensity".
- The Threat: The Blood of Gaia was surfacing, but was being treated as a "gift" of strength by Nora.
The Altered State
- Atmosphere: A blackened ruin where the Blood of Gaia acted as both fuel for the fire and a shield for the rot.
- Political/Social Shift: Nora has been renamed and potentially recruited.
- The Lingering Scar: The grove's oxygen will soon be choked by a wave of solidified ichor.
Chronicle of Events
- Arrival: The crew disembarked from the Talaria to find the "Daughter of the Rift" and secure a sample of the Blood of Gaia.
- The Catalyst: Vulpes set the forest ablaze while JJ consumed the "sap" for power; underwater, Uda, Elena, and Patless discovered a serpent creature was the true source of the rot.
- The Confrontation: The group converged at the well where Nora dumped a bucket of blood on Patless, and JJ used his "Green-Skin" influence to pacify the Nemean Lion, Pretty.
- Departure: The grove was left in total ruin, with Vulpes and Patless showing signs of physical mutation and the party locked in a stalemate over Nora’s future on the ship.