The forest of Constanta was a peculiar swathe of verdure.
Crooked in both nature and purpose, it was, in many ways, a testing field for the whims and inquisitive urges of the Formulaic Hivemind, whose Vermin Sorcerers were considered an uncanny bunch even amidst the already odd practitioners of magecraft.
Officially, the reason it had been ceded to the Neoteric Syndicate for the duration of their Electus Minor was an attempt to solidify the flimsy link between the two independent orders of the Sethian Ennead.
However, the truth of it lay in deeper machinations that neither the Chief Syndic nor the assisting Percipience Intercessors were aware of.
Ushpia slid down a large sinkhole in the westernmost corner of the woods, leading her to an underground patch that contrasted greatly with the surface's vegetation.
