Hidden in rotten and decrepit tomes buried in frozen ash are fragments of the tales about this once great forest:
The resources of this world dwindled and many fought to secure or take the resources left for themselves.
An ancient forest lived here, protected by Fae-Wyrm as old as the trees they guarded.
Many tribal armies attempted to take from the forest for themselves and all failed.
A cunning young mage took it upon themselves to 'solve the problem'
The mage took great lengths to enter the forest as a friend and not as a threat. Without ambition or drive they entered the forest without resistance.
For years this mage cultivated an aura of friendship and persistence with the Elder Fae-Wyrm.
Final correspondence from the mage to the Tribal Generals asking for troops to respond to a threat within the forest.
Final reports of these troops finding the forest devastated and the remnants frozen in petrification.
A tablet hidden within the Vault of the Petrified Mage tells of something falling from the sky that caused the cataclysm.