The Towering Wood has stood for millennia, but the trees of this primeval grove are older still. Larger than any other trees in Khorvaire, they dwarf even the ancient pines of Oalian’s grove. This place is home to dire beasts of great size and ferocity. Fey shrines are common in the grove, and the forest folk come here to meditate and commune with nature.
The Eldeen Reaches are preter naturally fertile. In the center of the great forest, deep within the Towering Wood, a region exists where growth is truly phenomenal. This is the realm of the Guardian Trees. The Guardian Trees dwarf the greatest redwoods, and a wide variety of dire animals inhabit the realm beneath the dizzying heights of the canopy. The Guardian Trees extend for thirty miles in all directions and shelter a number of druid and shifter communities, including Greenheart.
Some say that the Guardian Trees are not only awakened like the Great Druid Oalian but were once the elder druids of the Age of Monsters. Others believe that the place and its trees are simply ancient growths from the time before time began, when the world was different and new. Whatever the truth (and no one has ever admitted to having a conversation with any of these trees), the place teems with old magic and ancient life. In addition to the Great Druid’s grove in Greenheart, a number of other holy sites exist among the Guardian Trees, and many druids and rangers seek solace and meditate within the shelter of these giant trees