In his pursuit after Meli, his weeping childhood friend, Cadmus races across the Orchard and finds himself in the wilderness. He quickly loses her and he finds himself in the massive expanse of trees. It seems like all of them are looming down on him in judgment. All of the broken branches and scattered leaves look the same to Cadmus; It's hard to tell which ones are path made, and which ones were just natural foliage. 

Looking around, he also notes that he's having trouble figuring out where he is, and which way leads back to the house where his retainers are. He is also having trouble figuring out which way leads to the Moonpetal Gathering's home.

In his wanderings, Cadmus does stumble upon something different; Something he's never seen before. In a clearing, he spots a statue of an elderly man in robes. Instead of being hunched and tired, like most statues would depict elderly men, this one stands tall and his expression remains stoic. Despite his age, he maintains an air of regality. Cadmus would even notice that there is a crown of thorns resting upon his brow. Rays of sunlight shine down upon this clearing as though to illuminate the statue.

[hider=Religion DC 13]There is no doubt in Cadmus's mind. This is a religious effigy of someone's interpretation of The Monarch. But...every single depiction of him that Cadmus has seen before always has the God as younger men and women, and always with a crown of fine metals and jewels upon their heads. He's never seen a depiction with a crown of thorns on their head. 

Not to mention, the Moonpetal Gathering are more likely to worship The Fool and the Wild Face more so than the Monarch. So it is unusual to find this statue here.[/hider]

Cadmus is about thirty feet from this clearing and the statue.