Suddenly, Forsburn appears in a whirlwind of smoke. When she creeps closer to investigate, she discovers the Fire Guard attacking the Smoke Clan's hideout.
With each day away from the Forest, she feels herself growing weaker.Ī few months into her journey, she comes upon an enclave under siege. Maypul crosses the continent scouting and searching, following the sickness within the Earth. Mayreed worries that Maypul is too reckless and begs her to stay, but both sisters feel the danger lurking beneath their roots. Maypul tells her sister to share the letter with any forest dweller who will read it. Maypul gives Mayreed a letter that details all of her discoveries about the purple rot and its source. She leaves Lily in the care of her younger sister, Mayreed. The source of the sickness seems to lie beyond the Rock Wall. Wherever the shadows touch, the plants turn twisted and ugly
Maypul and Lily soon discover that the Forest is infested with a mysterious purple shadow. But Maypul knows the Forest is one they will thrive or perish togetherĪnd now Maypul feels a disturbance through the roots of the Forest. High in the canopy, the Treetop Dwellers look down on the lowly denizens of the forest floor. Maypul, self-appointed Guardian of the Aetherian Forest and daughter of the Treetops, protects the Treetop Lodges and the floor below with her companion plant, Lily.
