The Singing Glades
Step into a forest of pure nature where the essence of life surrounds you and death is never an end. Walk these paths and listen as the winds sing you a song and the trees share their wisdom through the rustling of their branches. Mother earth surrounding you with her caressing protection and warm atmospheric embrace.
Where magic dances playfully through the trees.
These lands are lush with beauty, trees growing tall, animal life co existing with the mythical creatures of the lands. Humanity attempt to bring death and destruction only to face the Goddess Alana whom protects these forests along side the spirit gods. A quite resting place by the river where you could take view of the mountains splitting the west coasts from the south. Never the less, nature doesn't cease to show her true beauty through the sights she offers to the naked eye.
The forests never seem as dense from an over head view or from the outskirts but once you enter there are twists and turns that may lead you into hollowed homes within trees or beautiful clearing where fireflies dance during the day's light.
Streams trickle through the towering large trees with a soft rush of water spitting over the rocks that lay in the small beds. Within these waters, deep within the forests you can find beautifully polished stones of all kinds. Minerals that no one knows the origins of. A taste of magic is within the waters and the airs, everything more than welcoming, this is a home, a safe haven to all.
While some find peace in the woods, others find peace with the waters and the waterfalls that decorate the landscape with their beauty. All natives found living on these lands are here for a peaceful home and a place of sanctuary.
Some have built into the small cliff-sides or within the trees, creating beautiful structures that don't disturb the natural ways of the forest they took up homes in.
Paths are lined with small lanterns forever burning subtly in the day and night. Lighting the path of any who travel the roads so to keep them safe.
All structures found within the forests are built to flow with the land and keep natural order of what nature truly is. Having respect for the lands you walk on is a cherished awareness of the people, no one is to destroy the lands for purely selfish desires.
Anyone finding themselves deep in the woods will feel a sense of relief and a soothing touch to their very souls.
Deep within the center-point of the Singing Glades as well as far south you can find springs and waterfalls of all sizes. Delve deep into the beauty of the natural activities the forest offers as fishing spots, resting points or never forget that it could be a place to build a home. As the waters rush down the falls, the sounds ring through the air in a way that calms the mind, you find yourself sitting on the water's edge inhaling deeply a breath through your nostrils that smells of what could only be rain lingering in the air. You close your eyes and focus on the sounds around you, the music that only the world around you could manage to play. You find yourself lost in something so simple, so beautiful yet
so alive and full of colors, vibrant and dark. A feeling of belonging and a feeling of acceptance.
An energy within the forest is surrounding you, something so alive that it fills your very own essence with life.
A pure and natural balance is held within the lands. The creatures as well as the goddess placed over watch keeps no order but tranquility.
Hatred nor man-made law breeds in the forests which is an allure of its own.
At night, the skies are clear while the stars dance. Clouds mingle with the breeze while the galaxies show off their magnificence and beauty.
Colors decorate the skies as if reacting to the magic and draw the Singing Glades has to its location. Some would say the stars come to life through the insects within the forest itself. They begin to glow and flicker with what one would call star dust when night falls, illuminating the entirety of the forest's darkness.
Faeries that are small enough to be mistaken for a dragonfly also dance through the night while the day sleeps and the moon goddess is out in skies view. Travelers as well as individuals housed in the Singing Glades can all attest to the life the night brings. Darkness is beauty just as the light is, a balance over all nature good and bad, dark and light.
Stepping out to the lake site, fireflies have their own beauty as they tinkle and reflect off the waters surface.
Unbelievable magic stagnates in the air causing visuals of colors. Not everything left to sit loses its beauty or luster. Some see life through eyes that see in pure forms; an emotion rolling off the body in hues of purple while tears fall leaving a soft mist of blue. Love smokes out in such vibrant ways of pinks, yellows, and reds. While the general soul is made of multiple variances, colors that would never possibly be explained with ease but understood by sight alone.
Some lucky enough can see the creatures join hands with the magic that surrounds them. Specks of light one could see as a firefly lifts into the air. The scent hits your nose, a soft lavender? Rolling into the crisp night air that then floods the senses with the warmth of summer. Everything you experience here is something of the senses and to re-tell the story would sound crazy to a friend! Tales of how the nature around you came to life. Watching these soft, small orbs of vibrant, beautiful light join the sky; you may have just watched the stars dance with the lake.
Experience LIFE in a way you never knew existed.
Vibrant flowers, that scent of nature in the air, long stretches of fields. No matter the distance, no matter the travel you will find something new that a natural land has to offer.
A goddess of life and of death, Alana resides within these woods, watching over the lands and protecting it from the dangers of the world it resides in. Hunters from distant and near towns and cities travel to the Singing lades to uncover its mysteries and in doing so, kills the land. Bring in a man-made toxicity and the lands die, slowly but surly and the guardians of the lands will never allow it to happen.
Life will flourish where hatred does not. A sense of peace is the solid foundation for growth and if there's anything one would learn from living or visiting these woods it's about themselves. An inner growth that only one with open eyes.
Rest and relax, lay in the grass beneath a tree, take in the scent of spring that fills the air as it wisps out to a soft scent of summer. Feel the leaking rays of sun cast down over you and just breath. When you open your eyes, the vibrancy of green fills your core with a sense of calmness, a sense of belonging. The intricate growth of the branches look like a work of art, appealing in texture and sight.
One of the many elders residing in the wooded location upon this continent, trees of all types decorate the landscape.
Creatures of the Singing Glades
Multitudes of creatures walk the green land of the Singing Glades. There are many types but all are product of the forest they dwell within. The lands took over their bodies, the magic flows through their veins and it shows.
Nests of butterflies where wonderment fills there air as well as the some forms of creatures you could call a god or a guardian all reside here.
Few of the deer have a headdress of antlers, the show of their age and the Fae look ageless. Though be cautious what you wander close to. Some aren't as friendly as the next. Ones who hold such beauty are some of the most deadly, much more than the thorn of a rose, you may find yourself stuck with needle sharp claws or poisoned by a simple, single kiss.
The land comes to life, stone form into animal, trees lift their roots from the grounds or break their branches on a whim to give life to offspring. Other creatures, beautiful in their own nature are sometimes never seen, hidden in their surroundings with the perfect camouflage.
Even in the wildlife there holds a natural balance, and order that simply holds itself. The food chain isn't normal within the Singing Glades, it's at times backwards and other times outsmarted but the natural course of life affects all.
Nature taking shape, growing from stone, shrubs and moss. Trees giving limbs and flowers pulsing breath into the air. Magnificence is accompanied by danger or tranquility depending on the single onlooker. Are you one with the forest or are you here to harm it?
Some creatures are even more noticeably dangerous than others. Where some might awe you, others could instill pure fear into the gut. Sharp teeth, massive sizes are only a few of the telltale signs that you should run. Aside from the physical traits clearly giving a background, there are poisons, paralyzing saps, and toxins; how do they transfer? Bites, sniffs, tastes and more.
Beauty comes in many forms and teaches the appreciation and respect for the life around you.
Too true that the night bring a variety of beauty. Unfathomable nature and lights, feelings of magic and more but did you ever wonder what lurks?
Formless beings lost in the world, death could not take them and life was no more. Roaming the forests, deeper within the dense wooded locations you can find these shadow people. Some harmless and many curious though your select few are vile and vicious in ways you wouldn't imagine. Any book logged or scroll written upon will warn those who choose to visit the Glades.
True Protectors of the Singing Glades
There are two protectors of these lands. Where the demi-gods or, spirit animals take over their sections you then have the two who watch over them.
Alana and Kenneith give both life and death to the forest. Alana, a goddess of life & death is the soothing soul, calmed touch and sweet scented air of summer you long to have. She is life and, in cases, that soothing, soft touch of death.
Kenneith was a lost soul that found his place, now a hand of death, a darkness of something empty who is still lost yet found. This is a shadowed darkness you never want to dance with or find yourself in his sights as the next target.
Their sole purpose is to protect the raw nature and the peace it brings along.
Have you ever had your soul stolen by a single look?
Demi-gods within the Singing Glades
The demi-gods are creatures meant to keep the forest safe. You have your true guardians who watch over everyone and everything but the demi-gods have a lot to do with the lands just as well.
They can guide you, watch over you or remove you. For the most part, the spirits are playful, just like children and the elders tend to be much more one the serious side of the vine. Many spirits are considered a demi god, they are infinite, immortal.
An elder demi-god will show its presence in a way that allows you to feel them in the air. It's never a calming or soothing sensation but one of mystery and one of knowledge and power. Know this, so long as you are genuine and don't pose a threat to their homes, they won't harm you.
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