Greenwood Ghosts
The Greenwood Ghosts are legend and ghost story to the people of Old York. A post-primitive Natural One tribe inhabiting the Marine Forest east of the Brokelands and Iron Gardens, they have maintained total isolation from the outside world through a simple and effective policy: every trespasser dies.
Those who enter the Marine Forest uninvited are killed with such speed and silence that they never discharge a weapon. The Ghosts leave neat stone pyramids stacked with the deceased's possessions at the forest border as territorial warnings. Fully loaded firearms sit atop these cairns, unfired. The message is clear enough that most who see one turn back.
The Ghosts travel in small familial tribes that hunt and farm small patches of land within the Marine Forest, living in harmony with the ecosystem that shelters them. The forest itself spans from inland areas to the shoreline, forming a living border between Old York and The Mass. Some rare caravaners claim to have traversed hidden pathways through the forest, possibly through bribes or Natural One intermediaries, but such accounts are exceptionally uncommon and impossible to verify.
The most disturbing legend surrounding the Greenwood Ghosts suggests the forest itself despises technology. Those transporting electronics or advanced equipment through it vanish entirely, with no stone pyramid, no possessions, and no trace. Whether this is the Ghosts' doing or something older remains an open question that no one has survived answering.
Those who enter the Marine Forest uninvited are killed with such speed and silence that they never discharge a weapon. The Ghosts leave neat stone pyramids stacked with the deceased's possessions at the forest border as territorial warnings. Fully loaded firearms sit atop these cairns, unfired. The message is clear enough that most who see one turn back.
The Ghosts travel in small familial tribes that hunt and farm small patches of land within the Marine Forest, living in harmony with the ecosystem that shelters them. The forest itself spans from inland areas to the shoreline, forming a living border between Old York and The Mass. Some rare caravaners claim to have traversed hidden pathways through the forest, possibly through bribes or Natural One intermediaries, but such accounts are exceptionally uncommon and impossible to verify.
The most disturbing legend surrounding the Greenwood Ghosts suggests the forest itself despises technology. Those transporting electronics or advanced equipment through it vanish entirely, with no stone pyramid, no possessions, and no trace. Whether this is the Ghosts' doing or something older remains an open question that no one has survived answering.
