Perishing Grove

The Perishing Grove is a large section located deep within a forest which is completely deceased. There's not a single sign of life; every plant, every animal, every fungus, every bacterium: all of it dead. This area is inhabited by a single creature which is the cause for it all: Xeres Maskana.

Layout

 * Base Camp: This base camp is located in a small opening in the forest, hastily put up as if they were worried about something. All the surrounding trees are dead and the ground is grey in color with no sign of life around. The one path leads north to Area 1.
 * Area 1: This area is a massive clearing within the Perishing Grove, with only a handful of fallen over dead trees around and raised rock platforms, both of which hunters can use to climb up and jump onto monsters to mount them. These can also be used as cover against dangerous attacks from monsters. The area has several small craters and crevices at the edges and in the northern section of the area, there's a large crater filled with all kinds of poisons, which are coursing out in small crevices surrounding the crater. If hunters get close to this crater, they'll quickly take constant damage from the poisons. There's no way to get out of this area as the way in was a large jump.