Keeper of the Dreadwood

The Keeper of the Dreadwood is the regent of Dreadwood Glade.^[1a][2a]

Tensions

Dreadwood has never been a popular glade; tensions with Heartwood and Oakenbrow are long-standing - in the latter case, the enmity dates back to the Age of Myth - and Alarielle has seen fit to reprimand the Keeper's encouragement of his glade's more vicious tendencies on more than one occasion.^[1a][1b][3a] However, the Keeper believes that the Everqueen needs hims and his glade; the fear of Dreadwood is a potent weapon against the enemies of the sylvaneth.^[3a]

Perhaps that is why the Keeper has vocally decried the Huntmaster of Kurnoth joining the Royal Moot and becoming a close advisor to Alarielle on military matters: with the Kurnoth Hunters becoming the Everqueen's shock troops, Dreadwood's usefulness may diminish and he will face more pressure to rein in his followers.^[2b]

Sources

• 1: Battletome: Sylvaneth (2019)
  • 1a: Dreadwood Glade and Heartwood Glade, pg. 29
  • 1b: The Great Cycles, pg. 18-21
• 2: Battletome: Sylvaneth (2016)
  • 2a: Armies of the Glades, pg. 24-27
  • 2b: Free Spirits: Kurnoth Hunters, pg. 52-53
• 3: Soulbound: Champions of Order
  • 3a: Dreadwood Glade, pg. 66