Sator Forest
The Sator Forest (Living Forest) is a large, dense forest in northern Usareik, home to many unnatural and hostile creatures. The forest has greatly diminished in size since the arrival of the Jarvah, and may soon be eradicated.
Landscape
The forest quite flat compared to the rest of Usareik, with the ground more resembling the plains of Khorrum. It is very dark in the forest, as the large trees prevent much light from getting to the floor, which is covered in small bushes and little patches of grass. In the center of the forest rests the Sator Lake, which has shaped the land around it. The river, leading away from the lake, is narrow inside the forest, but widens vastly once it leaves, heading for the mountains.
Settlements
Owing to the forest's nature, very few settlements exist within it. Commonly the only such settlements a traveller would encounter inside the forest would be a hunter's camp, or a small farmhold. Deep into the forest however, you may run into groupings of Minotaur, who live in small family groups in the forest's heart. Deeper still majestic cities might be found, but these are not to be trusted; in reality, the cities are ghost towns, long since abandoned. The dark spirits of the forest employ tricks to lure adventurers into these places of their power, and enthrall their corporeal forms.
The Kingdom of Usareik established an ill-fated settlement in the forest during the Lords Era, however, the township was infiltrated by the Nothing King, and destroyed. This action led to the final destruction of the Sator Forest, in the Lords Era.