Aeldentree and Camp Lovelorn Lake

Today we've got two very different locations within Krevborna's Silent Forest: a hidden city of insurgent fey and Gothic fantasy take on the slasher genre, complete with an unstoppable (???) masked killer. Aeldentree adds a bit of morally gray political terror (and terrorism!) to the setting. Camp Lovelorn Lake is, obviously, inspired by the Friday the Thirteenth franchise.

Aeldentree

Magical wards keep the once-proud city of Aeldentree hidden from the world. The city is built among the boughs of massive white mournwood trees and is home to a confederation of elves, goblins, and fairies hailing from all four of the fey courts. 

    • Aeldentree’s populace are the pomenysh descendants of fey who were victimized by human pogroms and usurped from their ancestral lands in Krevborna.

    • Aeldentree is a sanctuary, kept secret from the prying eyes and vicious intent of mankind; only those who possess a fetish made of elk bone can successfully find Aeldentree within the Silent Forest.

    • The most militant of Aeldentree’s citizens belong to the Sarabande, a secretive cabal of pomenysh insurgents.

Camp Lovelorn Lake

Beside Lovelorn Lake, a placid pool of crystalline water in the Silent Forest, sits an eponymous campsite consisting of wooden cabins, a dilapidated dining hall, several fire pits, and a small jetty. A hand-carved sign hanging above the entrance of the site reads “Welcome to Camp Lovelorn Lake.” 

    • The cabins are well-constructed, but they show indications that they have witnessed violence in the past, such as aged bloodstains and the telltale marks left behind by a fearsome woodman’s axe.

    • Something unnatural in Camp Lovelorn Lake calls to teenagers on the cusp of adulthood, exerting a pull that draws them to come and stay during the golden months of summer—even if that means shirking their responsibilities or running away from home.

    • The campsite is, of course, a trap; anyone who stays at the camp will be hunted by a demonic, mask-wearing killer who is bound to the site by a lingering curse. 

    • The masked killer believes that every soul he claims from a murdered victim furthers the goal of resurrecting his dead mother—whose decaying head he keeps in a woodland shrine deep within the Silent Forest.