Difference between revisions of "Forests of Hell"

The '''Forests of Hell''' wereare forests on a [[Shardworld]] known as [[Threnody]].{{book ref|sfs}}{{17s ref|post|107560|New planet name|date=09 March 2014}}

The Forests of Hell wereare inhabited by [[shade]]s, dangerous spirits capable of turning people into a new shade with a single touch.{{ref|name=review}} In order to protect themselves, humans developed the [[Simple Rules]] that were believed to help a person avoid the shades. Traveling in the forests, especially at night, wasis extremely dangerous.

The people who livedlive in the Forests often builtbuild forts to live within, to protect themselves from the shades.{{book ref|sfs}} Unfortunately, most of the fortfolk who left the forts, such as merchants, did not have the skills necessary to survive for long in the Forests. Those who livedlive in the forts dressed differently than those without, wearing clothing such as tall hats with a wide brim, or long black coats with lace at the front. The fortfolk imposedimpose taxes on the people who livedlive in the forests, but people often avoidedavoid those taxes by fleeing into the Forests. Fortfolk would postposts bounties for these criminals, which bounty hunters, such as the [[White Fox]], would hunt down in exchange for measures of silver.

Waystops were built as well, neutral places in the forests, such as [[Silence's waystop]]. These waystops servedserve as safe zones for travelers in the Forests. There were also some homesteads that were established.

ThoseFugitives who had broken thefrom lawsjustice often fledflee to the Forests, they were full of criminals, often going by aliases.{{book ref|sfs}} Those who survivedsurvive in the Forests were invariably tough and self-reliant,. theThe weak or foolish would notdon't survive longer than a few weeks.