Weeping Forest, the

Weeping Forest, the FAYE, GEOGRAPHY — A forest characterized by magic. The Weeping Forest is a → vaultine, mythological forest so named for the sound its limbs make when stirred by the wind: a song of weeping. Believed to live wherever it chooses, independent and sentient, the Weeping Forest is said to have no permanent location. The limbs of its trees are said to collect the secrets of those visiting the forest and sing them aloud to share them with the invisible → listeners seated among the lofty branches. Neither a good place nor an evil place, the Weeping Forest is wild and magical in inception and nature and is a pooling of magical forces that creates the power of the place. Travelers cannot find it but must be drawn into it by the Forest itself. Some believe the origins of the Weeping Forest are linked to the → Weeping Mother Tree, though it is largely accepted that the two are now distinct entities.