The High Forest

This district, once a vibrant canvas of elven culture with expansive parks, gardens, and sacred sites, is now a labyrinth of overgrown ruins and dense flora, where nature and the arcane subtly intertwine. The architecture here is more sparse, with occasional openings that once could be theaters and small druidic or bardic residences. Gardens and parks, designed for meditation and celebration, have transformed into wild thickets where the distinction between the cultivated and the wild is blurred. Pathways lined with luminescent stones, intended to guide nighttime wanderers, now flicker under the overgrowth. Magical plants have evolved in the wild, some acquiring sentience, such as Awakened Shrubs, which now guard their territory with quiet vigilance. Old shrines and statues are visible under layers of dirt and foliage, adorned with offerings from the forest itself—fallen petals, berries, and leaves, placed by unknown hands or perhaps by the roaming fey.