The Old Carver

One day Jaxn. A guy with bushy green hair, no shoes and only a set of straw and clothe shirt and pants. Went for a stroll through the trees and shrubs of the forest of Kalispa, the forest of the beginning. The sun brightly shone through the branches that arced over the entire forest shrouding it in a damp yet pleasant air. Small beams shone through the branches only giving short breathes of light and then to suddenly vanish into the darkness as if they were being strangled away by the branches. The village elders that told Jaxn never to enter the forest of Kalispa were for reasons unknown to Jaxn. He had entered the forest anyway due to his arrogance and affinity to block out any type of speech directed at him, which was probably the answer to why he didn't know the reason why the elders didn't want him going in, other than the mention or talk about gluma berry pies.

As Jaxn walked deeper within the forest the very light from the entrance to the forest withered to a dim and silent light. Jaxn churned his head within the direction of the entrance. His mind was boggled that he had traversed so much area within such a small amount of time, because the entrance was about fifty perhaps sixty meters away at least. But he had only entered the forest and went a few steps within.

Silent whispers echoed within Jaxn's ears.
"Go back mortal, for this place is not such a place for the living"
Jaxn twisted franticly around to see nothing but a faint wind that blew past the brow of his head.
"Come play, come play with us...forever"
Another voice whispered, which emanated from the area behind Jaxn's back. A cold blast shivered up Jaxn's spine as he twisted around in panic. Nothing, nothing but the darkness that had enshrouded him was there to be seen.

Jaxn thought he was sinking into madness. He targeted the entrance of the forest and sped through branches, bushes and even rocks that were impossible to even see within the dim light. As Jaxn franticly tried to approach the entrance, it didn't seem to be getting any bigger. Its as if he was standing still. But he could swear on the very gods of Escaler he was still moving. He stopped to catch his breath as he gasped for air.

After Jaxn had recovered from the sprint to the entrance from the ever so taunting light of the forest entrance. He had thought if there was no way to get back out through the entrance. What would happen if he had ventured further, deeper within the crushing darkness of the forest of Kalispa.

Jaxn had ventured deep within in the forest. The light of the entrance was all but a tiny speck in the distance. Jaxn couldn't even see two meters in front of him. Jaxn suddenly tripped over a rock in the darkness and his body landed head first into a small stream of water. Jaxn pulled his head from the stream and pulled his hands over to the water. He cupped his hands and dumped them into the stream and started to swallow the water rapidly. Jaxn could see something within the very corner of his eye in the dark light. A skeleton lay next to him with its bony fingertips reaching for stream of water. Jaxn screamed off his face and launched off in the other direction. He tried to focus on the skeleton. He saw it wearing tattered clothing.
"Poor bloke, he must have died from dehydration."
Then it suddenly daunted on Jaxn. He was never going to be able to get out of this forest.
"No, there must be a way out of this forest" he said shaking his head about to get the thought of it out of his mind. He picked himself off the ground and wondered ever further towards the darkness of the forest. A flick of light suddenly lightened Jaxn's way.
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