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[center][i]"All of your sorrow, grief and pain,
Locked away in the forest of the night,
Your secret heart belongs to a world
Of the things that sigh in the dark,
Of the things that cry in the dark."[/i]
-- [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk37-LpmbII]Princess Mononoke (Main Theme)[/url][/center]

It has been five years since the nation of Haven invaded Fanewick with the intention of tracking down one of its many Faint Deities, Nikta. Known as the Shepherd of Seasons, Nikta's gaze was said to oversee and maintain balance of Fanewick, with her right eye, the Sowing Eye, allowing for growth and creation, and her left eye, the Reaping Eye, allowing for decay and ruination. Both were necessary for the cycle of death and rebirth, but when Haven plucked out the Reaping Eye, they brought forth an endless spring. For the first couple of years, this allowed the forest to become more bountiful than before, and Haven was able to prosper of its newly procured resources. 

However, it wasn't long before this boon transformed into a horrifying curse - the Witherwild, a corruption that causes all flora and fauna to grow unchecked, to the point that it twists them into something far beyond what nature may have originally intended: beasts grow to massive sizes, plants engulf the forest floor and strangle or devour all that ends up in their path, and even sapient beings find themselves changed into monsters that are neither animal nor vegetation, their personhood slowly being whittled away and replaced with an overwhelming desire to continue spreading the corruption.

Despite the damage done by its theft, Haven has yet to show any desire to return the Reaping Eye to its owner, and have kept it stored deep within in the dungeons of its Wizarding School. Attempts have been made to recover it, but none had yet to succeed. Desiring to put an end to this corruption and running out of options, a group of rebels have formed in Fanewick, lead by a mysterious figure known only as the Fanewraith. Rumored to have based their operations in the small treetop village of Alula, they are preparing for their plan to finally put a stop to the Witherwild once and for all... by locating Nikta and plucking out her remaining eye, the Sowing Eye. While this might provide a short-term solution to the problem, there are those in the know, such as Haven's own spymaster, Kreil Dirn, who fear that this plan may only unleash more horrors upon the land.

For one reason or another, your characters have ended up in Alula. Maybe you are one of the rebels (or at least, wishing to join them), or maybe you were sent by Haven's Spymaster to stop the Fanewraith and bring her to justice. Or perhaps, you're there for other reasons, completely oblivious to chaos you have just walked into.

Regardless, you are about to be caught up in a series of events that may decided to fate of Fanewick, Haven and perhaps beyond.

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Welcome, everybody, to [b]The Witherwild[/b], a Daggerheart campaign inspired by Ghibli movies (primarily [i]Princess Mononoke[/i]) and Zelda games (primarily the [i]Breath of the Wild[/i] duology and [i]Twilight Princess[/i]) and using the campaign frame of the same name provided in the core book and SRD. 

Things to note:
- Here is [url=https://www.daggerheart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/DH-SRD-May202025.pdf]the SRD[/url] for those who don't own the rules, or just need a quick refresher. I have never played this game before, and given how new it is, a lot of people probably haven't either. Please be patient  with one another as we learn this game together.
- At the end of the SRD, there is a description of the campaign frame we will be using. However, Daggerheart is very much a game where worldbuilding is a collaborative effort. I am open to suggestions to flesh out the setting, even stuff that might differ from the original campaign frame.
- This roleplay is PG13, and the following things are likely to come up given the subject matter: mild depictions of gore and horror imagery, discussions of mortality, grief, the cycle of violence, and colonialism. That being said, if at any point a player feels like it goes too far in a direction they are not comfortable with, either tell me in the OOC or PM me immediately so this can be addressed and rectified. I want to keep this a comfortable environment for everyone, myself included.

Character sheet:
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[url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kg5gCw_piPwWEVJhGuzAnlkg0Ca53HYl/view?usp=sharing]Blank PDF[/url]
Appearance: (welcome to either put a picture or just describe them)
Background Questions:
(can be found at the bottom of each class character sheet [url=https://www.daggerheart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Character-Sheets-and-Guides-Daggerheart-May212025.pdf]here[/url], though if they don't quite fit your character, you're welcome to come up with your own)

Domains & Cards:
(List the Domains you have access to and what two cards you start with)

Hope tokens:
(everyone starts with two, representing by these little star ✧ icons)

Wither token: 
(everyone starts with none, represented by skull ☠︎︎ icons)
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