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===Stone Forest===

Fragmentary records said to be from ancient days speak of this place, somewhere in the west of the Steppe Wastes. No one since before the Cataclysm has found the place. It is said to be a forest of strange trees, unlike any now known, but all petrified and turned to stone. Nothing living grows in the stone forest, and no water flows there. Some believe that this is the place from whence the Crystal Trees were brought. Others believe that the trees here were a different kind of [[Spirit_world|Crystal Tree]], now lost. The priest-king of Astomo is said to have once had a polished disk of stone wood, proving the existence of this place – but the Voices that rule Astomo now claim it was lost long ago. The Wanderers of the Wastes avidly seek clues as to its location, but the Wandering Peoples of the steppes all say that they know of no such place, and that if it did exist it would surely be haunted by dangerous and powerful spirits. (Actual records recovered from the [[Religions|Wanderers of the Wastes]] seem to show that most of their would-be explorers end up getting eaten by sabertooths, monster birds, or cannibals, long before they find any clue they were seeking.)

--Kakita Kojiro