Along the southwestern edge of the Fangwood lies a region known as the Chernasardo. Marked by tall trees, wind-swept hilltops, and deep forest glades, the Chernasardo is also home to Nirmathas’ most devoted defenders – a host of backwoods huntsmen, trackers, and trappers willing to defend their host nation to the death. The people of the Chernasardo have long acted as an independent region – though many governments have ruled them over time, none have conquered the forest people, and many have lost much in attempts to do so. The rangers of the Chernasardo, particularly, are known throughout Lake Encarthan as skilled trackers, expert marksmen, and scholars of the forest.

What most folks don’t know, however, is that there are 10 times as many rangers as anyone outside the forest thinks – a secret the Molthune military have learned all too well in their war against Nirmathas.