A small village in the northern center of the Sea of Trees, the Astralwood was founded by an ancient group of Archdruids, including Ylyana the Starseer. It was of the few places in the forest considered orderly and safe for Mortalkind to live, and was also considered a place for Lycanthropes to learn to handle their Curse. Populated by a variety of smallfolk, it was the operating base of the Astralwood Enclave, and most of its small group of permanent residents were members of the organization.
Its land claim was bordered by the hidden Lake of Telyth and the Vanishing Grove; the Astralwood Enclave's "Keepers of the Forest" regularly patrolled its borders to fend off threats both physical and planar. Homes in the Astralwood were originally hollowed out inside the great trees that grew in the center of the village, all growing around the Eldertree. It was believed by some that a weak Leyline to the Astral Border existed here, rendering much twilight in silvers, purples, and pinks, though this effect lessened the further into the Astralwood one traveled.
As the population grew, houses were constructed on great branches and along the forest floor where appropriate. Many of these houses still remain unoccupied, being pre-built in accordance with visions of great immigration from the Enclave's Speakers.