"No one is exactly sure. It happened a couple thousand years ago. But a lot of powerful beings were involved and now... things just... don't work right there. It's a huge forest there, plenty of good land and all, but resettling it has proven utterly useless. I think the longest recent expedition lasted about two years. And only nine out of a hundred people came back. Out of those nine only three were capable of coherent conversation," Trever said.

"And that one was backed by one of the most powerful individuals alive!"