Eld

Since time immemorial, dense forests have covered the land of Kalabris to its farthest reaches.
These forests and their inhabitants have adapted to the many harsh biomes in each corner of the land.
Yet, with all corners of the map sporting perilous climes, by far the most dangerous wood of all lies in the center of Kalabris.

The Vastwood teems with abominations and horrors; twisting and writhing, bladed, spined, and razor-toothed, and all out for blood.
All of them exist as extensions of a greater Eldritch consciousness lurking in the dark heart of the Vastwood, an unspeakable creature called Eld.
How it came to inhabit those woods is a mystery, but its vile presence has warped the Vastwood into a nightmare forest, capable of reducing even the bravest soul to a quaking mess.

And yet... it is where our story begins... with an incomprehensible choice made by that ancient, stygian mind.
A choice to raise a young child as its own.