| Category | Rifts | ||||
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| Opened | 19 Bloom 42 | ||||
| Closed | - |
In the Year 42, a group of Ancalimë working with a very old treant named Hemlockdoff, tapped into the Web of Magic. Ignoring the warnings of ancient texts, they remained too long in The Weave, drawing the attention of a weave spider. The magic-draining spider attacked the interlopers, pulling one into the Web. Hemlockdoff, grabbed the weave spider and attempted to drag the beast and the trapped elf back to Bal-Kriav. At this point, the weave spider and Hemlockdoff fought for more than ten minutes, with the hapless wizard's magic useless against the dreaded weave spider. Hemlockdoff killed the weave spider with a great bite. The weave spider's death caused a massive explosion of magic which sent the elves flying in all directions, and killed Hemlockdoff. After recovering their composure, the elves searched in vain for their wizard friend, but no trace of him was found. The search of the area of explosion revealed a spiraling brown nexus of energy. Studied for many months, an intrepid wizard stepped into it. Taken to the other side of Bal-Kriav, the wizard stepped out of a colossal oak tree. Turning around, he saw the outline of the missing wizard, burned into the trunk.
Oaken Gate is a permanent intra-system rift linking two areas on the opposite sides of the world. In the region of Elrohir MithrandÃr, the rift's opening is at the heart of Varnavei. The other opening, or exit depending on which side you are on, is in the southeastern tracts of the Lands of Purity. The entrance on this side is 100' off the ground, in the trunk of a Cloudscraper. Built around this towering tree and its rift is the Elamir Fortress.
The Cloudscraper tree containing the rift is called the Guardian Father. It has spirits of those druids that decided to live out their afterlife as wards of the tree and the rift; giving the tree a repertoire of spells rivaling the mightiest of druids.