The Forest was cold,
Lifeless
But in it, not far from a tree of oil, covered in many faces, no longer shrouded in shadows from the world, a soul was changing, reshaping into something more.
For Many eons, even Billions of years, power had been passed down.
Power
Memories
And Guardianship of the Unknown
The Unknown was a place of light, happiness, made for those who needed to flee from the world and reside there, as well as those in between the realms of life and death. Like two sides of a coin, always together but also apart, the physical and half-death half-life realms of the Unknown coexisted.
And The Caretaker was the center of it all.
He guided those who were lost, bringing those who had fled to the Unknown in need out once it was safe.
He prepared those who were getting ready to travel on the realm of death for the Greatest Unknown of them all and those who were lucky enough to return to life spread the word of the Caretaker and The Unknown. Those on the physical plane stayed there, and their families and lives flourished.
Edelwood trees were in abundance, faceless trees with colorful buds that spread across the land each spring. They were the symbol of the Unknown.
But time passed.
Memories faded
And soon, only a lucky few made their way to the Unknown.