The Thornwood and Elderglade

1. Elderglade Safe
   Home of the elves and the mossfolk, around the Elder Tree at the heart of the leaf.
2. Fernhollow Lv 1–6
   Sprigling, fawnhares and barkcrabs. A grove to cut, copper to mine, ponds to fish and herbs to pick.
3. The Rootdeep Lv 12–18
   Hollows under the oldest roots, where no light has ever reached.
4. Thornapple Orchard Lv 5–10
   An old orchard gone wild with briar. Thorn sprouts by the fallen wall, briarbacks in the west rows and, at the bottom of the cart road, the way down into Matriarch Hollow.
5. The Glowmire Lv 7–12
   A misty bog under the giant trees, east of Elderglade. Bog frogs and reed serpents in the pools, mirefangs along the old boardwalk, moss giants in the glen. Something old wallows in the south.
6. The Stonewake Road Lv 15–22
   The old quarry road up into the mountains. It climbs to the Stonewake Highlands, where Stonewake hangs on its lifts and chains, and the roads from all three homelands meet. It opens once A Mother of Thorns is done.
7. Hollowlog Lv 1–4
   A mossfolk village living inside a fallen hollow log, an easy walk south of Elderglade. Headmoss Burrow will tell you all about it. Twice.
8. Midrib Ferry Lv 2–5
   Old Ossery's hut on the midrib river, by Fernhollow. His raft takes you over to the far bank, slowly, with stories.
9. Yarrow's Glade Lv 5–9
   A hermit herbalist's clearing across the river, all herb beds and drying racks.
10. The Fallen Giant Lv 7–11
    A tree older than the elves, lying the length of a hillside east of town. A ring-counter reads its broken end. Bog frogs live in the hole its roots tore.
11. Ashfall Camp Lv 9–13
    A woodcutters' camp past the orchard, cutting only dead wood, with an elf warden watching to be sure. Mirefangs prowl the edge.
12. Highbough Rest Lv 12–16
    A waystation inn up a great tree on the north road, for travellers bound for the Rootdeep or the Stonewake Road. A bed, a hot supper, a wayshrine.
13. The Mossring Lv 14–18
    Nine old stones in a ring near the leaf's tip, one fallen. A scholar from Brightwell is camped there copying the carvings. Wisps drift between the stones at night.

Who's who

Job mentors in the square

Warden Ashbark (Knight), Lumen Silverleaf (Wizard), Mother Fernsong (Cleric), Quill Nettlewhisk (Thief) and Old Burl (Brawler), in Elderglade. Battle trainer: Warden Rill.

Teachers of the callings

Old Bramblefoot (Foraging), Ferryman Ossery (Fishing), Truffler Maddock (Digging), Granny Puffcap (Cooking), Seedwarden Bryn (Farming), Foreman Garrow Pike (Woodcutting) and Boatwright Corin Reedly (Shipwright)

Tales players

Old Moss Tibb, Twig, Auntie Bryony, Rowan Fen and Sable Thorne

Doors worth opening

Elder Tree Hall, Herbalist, Leafwright, Highbough Rest, The Treehouse and The Mossy Cap

Pro Tip

The Glowmire glows. The things in the Glowmire also glow. Only one of those is pretty, lu.

• Reed SerpentLv 9
• MirefangLv 10
• FogstagLv 11
• Moss GiantLv 12
• RootlingLv 12
• Hollow HoundLv 13
• Umbral WispLv 14
• GloomstagLv 15
• Barrow CrabLv 16