Mindrachel (Old Lore)

Forests
The heart of the Darklands is almost entirely covered in dank and murky forests with unique plants, fungi and creatures living on its black soil. Even after hundreads of years of civilisation, humans have not won the war against the wild. Those who walk the coniferous forests of the heartland of (...) often describe the land as being alive. In its darkest and most overgrown spots the branches appears as eyes following every trespassers step, while the pale rivers gurgling sounds like alien whispers.

These forests, entirely comprised of conifers, are generally divided into three categories:

Open Woods- Usually lying at the offshots of the (...) forest, open woods are far less dark and overgrown. They usually consist of fir trees, yews and pines with sufficient space between each tree to let in enough light in to create rich undergrowth, mostly consisting of large ferns. In the western parts of the (...) forest, the conifers often make way for blood beeches and rust limes. Open woods are easy to traverse and often outline the transition between grassland and deeper woods.

Wildwoods- Every stone, root, or piece of wood is covered in a thick carpet of moss. Lower branches of trees are covered in a dense mix of moss and lichen, often hanging low from them as tatterd curtains.