Once home to many Children of the Forest Poh-Toc-Lah in elven translates to Plateau of the People. However, most folk who know of it refer to it simply as Whitetree after the Weirwood tree that grows there. Whichever the case Whitetree is a large stone plateau 1,500 feet across and 2,500 feet wide rising up 500 feet above the snowy Haunted Forest.
There is a central artesian lake that sustains irrigation canals which feed into fields for winter crops as well as a small orchard. The plateau also contains naturally growing sheltershrubs and good berry bushes. There is even a restful birch located in the northern most redwood copse. A pale wide trunked weirwood tree with rose colored leaves and a somber face towers near the clear artesian lake. There are also two linked portal oak trees at the north and south copse of trees.
Several large copses of gargantuan redwood trees traces three irregular boundaries along the north, south and east. Among these redwoods are arboreal dwellings that appear old and (at one time) was well maintained. Built into the tangle of redwood tree roots, these dwellings housed families of 5-7 individuals with many redwood dwellings interconnected by underground tunnels and shared rooms.
Animals have returned to Whitetree including several nests of Bald Eagles, a small herd of branta that make regular visits to the Sum-Tah-Wah river waters, as well as other small burrowing rodents, predators and birds.
The Wood’s Woman dwelling: *Arboreal (Augmentation)- Ceremonial Room, Common Room, Sanctum, Study, Shared bedrooms (3), Garden, Kitchen, Mystic Greenhouse (containing
Dreamer's Star, Leechwort, Moly and Nepenthe), Reservoir System, Underground Passage, Escape Route and Secret Cashe
Mountain Cat Temple: the first temple to the Night Queen on Westeros dating back before the
Long Night when the Night Queen was known as the Lion of Night. The Temple predates the settlement. The main corridor in the Temple contains a mural in grizzly detail each culture's history of events leading to the Long Night. From the Rhoynar to the lands of Yi Ti each story depicted an ever-present female of the night presiding over all. Further in, alcoves contain ruined cauldrons and altars where a witch's ceremonial incense, black sand, and candles once burned. A sanctuary at the far end of the Temple is a broken basalt statue- its pieces lost save for the feet. Two months ago a small tribe of territorial feral tundra wemics settled in the empty temple halls preying upon the branta who drink from the Sum-Tah-Wah River.
A Great Totem, carved out of an immense redwood tree 200' tall and 10' in diameter, is located in a clearing at the south east corner of the plateau. The totem predates the settlement and upon close inspection has naturally growing Dream Lichen in patches around the trunk at its base. Three, 2' tall faces- representations of the old gods (
Ouranos, Gaia, and Tartarus) are carved into the totem looking south toward the Wall.
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| Marcyl |
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| Orson- Urskan Ranger |
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| Enga- Elven Ranger |
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| Aiduin- Elven Knife Master |
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| Jorie- Dark Dancer |
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| Black Scale- Wilding Cannibal |
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| Feral Tundra Wemic |
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