Wandering Oak's Grove is a small forest in the wastes of Xhorhas through which major roads intersected; the Emerald Loop Caravan Stop within the grove was a respected place of rest for travelers and where the best hunters of the wastes sold their goods.
Description[]
Wandering Oak's Grove is a stand of towering oak trees amidst a wasteland. The Emerald Loop, running from Jigow in the north, ends here where it intersects the Hallowed Path, running from Asarius in the west into the Barbed Fields to the east. The entrance to the grove on the Emerald Loop is well worn by wagon wheels, and there is a wooden sign marked with the holy symbol of the Wildmother and the words "Emerald Loop Caravan Stop". From that entrance to the grove, smoke from the caravan stop's bonfire is visible.[2]
The clearing for the caravan stop is about 125 feet (west to east) by 90 feet (north to south).[3]
If one travels at a slow pace, the grove is ten days south of Jigow, and it takes another five days to travel east to Bazzoxan. At a normal travel pace, it's eight days from Jigow and another four days to Bazzoxan. At a fast pace, it's six days from Jigow, and another three to Bazzoxan.[4]
Society[]
History[]
Background[]
A treant named Wandering Oak planted this grove, and later she entrusted the care of the forest to Lanata and Robur, a pair of dryads known as the Acorn Sisters. By 686 PD the caravan stop within had become a respected refuge for travelers across the wastes, and by 836 PD had a reputation as a place where the best hunters sold their catches and a place to get the finest mastodon kor'rundl. The Acorn Sisters allowed only dead wood to be used as firewood.[2]
Critical Role: Call of the Netherdeep[]
Trivia[]
- Although Wandering Oak's Grove appears as a geographical feature on maps of Xhorhas both on-stream and in the Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, it was not named or described until the caravan stop was fleshed out as a location in Critical Role: Call of the Netherdeep.
References[]
- ↑ As of 836 PD, this waypoint has existed for more than 150 years. See Call of the Netherdeep, p. 45.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 See Call of the Netherdeep, p. 45.
- ↑ See Call of the Netherdeep, pp. 46–47.
- ↑ See Call of the Netherdeep, p. 40.
Art:
- ↑ Official map of central Xhorhas, with Wandering Oak's Grove appearing as ring-like small forest at the intersection of the Emerald Loop and the Hallowed Path, by Deven Rue from Critical Role: Call of the Netherdeep, p. 41. This file is a copyrighted work. Its use in this article is asserted to qualify as fair use of the material under United States copyright law.
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