Kithicor Woods

Named after the legendary human ranger Kithicor, who once single-handedly defended these woods from an army of dark elves from Nektulos, this dense woodland binds the Western Commonlands and Misty Thicket to the mountain pass of Highpass. During the daylight hours when Ro's rays dimly pierce the thick canopy, this forest is teeming with woodland life – bears, wolves, beetles, bats and more.

The thin winding path that connects Freeport to Qeynos continues through the dense forest, oftentimes running through small settlements of human rangers who continue to defend the forest in the tradition of Kithicor himself.

Prompted by Tunare, a great battle between good and evil was fought in these woods in an attempt to restore the balance of nature. During the battle, Larthik K`Shin, the mentor of the Daughter of Hate, Lanys T`Vyl, was slain. Lanys herself was summoned to the Plane of Hate by her father, Innoruuk, while her nemesis, the great Firiona Vie, survived by the grace of Tunare.

Innoruuk himself ended the lives of hundreds in the Battle of Kithicor, called "Bloody Kithicor" by the bards who spread the sad news and to this day sing of the horrors that befell the once peaceful woodland pass. The evil, undead form of Laarthik K`Shin remains in the forest to this day, along with many others frozen in undeath by the power of Innoruuk.