Before Taedtheobest and the destruction it brought, this are used to be part of the Petty Kingdom of Talemont. The original cities have been unable to be located, assumed to be buried underground. But many places still bear this name, including the samller of the two forests located here.

Regardless, there is banditry afoot, as those who came here looking for money decided that lawlessness and robbery was a much safer, and maybe quicker, way of getting rich. Held up in the forest, nobody is sure where their hideout is exactly, and the whole place is swarming with traps and foul beasts. Still, it is safer than the greater forest. If only for the fact that what lurks within is mostly alive.

Report:
The party went back to where they encountered the wolves and, finding tracks, followed them. Down the winding trail, they found a strange circular grove, which the tracks gave a wide berth.

They then came to the bandit camp, and a hectic brawl ensued, forced to retreat, Mika was unfortunately left at the bottom of a pit trap the bandits had set up. Still alive, he was taken prisoner by the bandits.