Broken Planet (WIP)

There once was a planet that was teeming with the most brilliant wildlife of all shapes, sizes, and colors. The water was crystal clear, allowing people to see all the plants and fish below the surface. From space, it almost appeared technicolored.

However, one tree appeared to be growing much faster and much larger than the others. No one knew where it came from. They would trim the branches but the tree would grow faster and tried to cut down the tree but no tools could saw through the wood. The tree grew and GREW. It soaked up the planet's waters, drying out the lakes and forests, and became ten times larger than the other trees.

To everyone's horror, the tree refused to stop growing. The roots dug down deep into the planet's crust, strangling the life from the other plants and leaching resources. Then, a loud crack was heard throughout the planet and the ground shook. Then a loud crunch! Everyone on the planet screamed and cried as the planet was crushed into pieces from the force of the tree's roots clamping down on it. The sound was deafening - an entire planet destroyed from the inside out from an greedy tree.

Finally soaking up the last bit of nutrients from the soil and growing out of the atmosphere into the cold void of space, the greedy, evil tree slowly died. All that existed now was a ruptured planet with a dead tree. Not many survived, and those who did were now marooned on the few pieces of rock left orbiting the Broken Planet or left alone on the dying planet itself.

However, time does heal all wounds. It took years - but trees slowly began to grow on the central planet again - the roots that had once crushed the planet were now rotting and were creating fertile soil. The forest of the Broken Planet began to slowly grow back.

The 'Floating Islands', the remains of the original planet, still float around the newly grown forest. It is unknown just how many islands there could be as more are discovered throughout time. The inhabitance of the Broken Planet as a whole have all dedicated themselves to figure out a way to unit and uncover all the history that was either hidden or destroyed during the planet's cracking.

The Purgatory Forest (WIP)

The new forest that grew on the Broken Planet got the name 'Purgatory Forest' for the now strange occurrences and seemingly vengeful nature of the forest. As the planet continued to heal, it appeared to be continuously finding ways to purge the evil that had caused its original destruction. [link to forest lore]

There are many stories of predators fleeing their towns to avoid punishment, only to be found turned to stone or 'consumed' by the roots of trees. Monsters are rumored to be lurking around in the shadows, waiting patiently for wandering weary souls... [link to 'forest victims']