[quote=@Foster]
Notes:
Shouldn't it be a transition from deciduous trees (such as maple) to conifers (pine)?[/quote]

Not necessarily. Even if they are traveling further north, they did come down out of the mountains into a lower-lying forest, which could easily offer the landscape a relief from harsher weather that might allow deciduous trees, or at least broadleaf evergreens to grow.

[quote=@Foster]Must figure out what sort of conversation occurred between Rilana and Chartose besides a re-hash of the one with Kladissa.
-[url=http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120512041852/turok/images/3/36/9718.jpg]Tricia[/url][/quote]
I'd be happy to either RP this with you in a separate thread (prefer!) or hash it out over PM/Skype. :)

[quote=@Foster]Final note: Chartose [i]Treeshredder[/i].
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lol. Who knows. Rilana may have been wrong in her assumptions. However, I did just get the mental image of Chartrose scratching on an Ent the way my cats go after their scratching posts. XD