A gargantuan wood surrounds the city of Rastaban in a dense, forbidding expanse.

Those who touch the wood or venture into it come back changed. Their blood made of sweet sap. Their actions strange and alien.

Nor is the wood content with keeping to its bounds. It is fast. It is constantly shifting and expanding. Taking who it can. If left unchecked, it will take everyone.

That is why we call it the Wood of Loss.

To help manage the constant threat of the Wood, the Foresters Guild was founded.

There are certain rare and ill-starred individuals who enter the wood and emerge unscathed. These individuals are recruited into the Forester's Guild, safe from the fear and superstition of society.