In stark contrast to the fiery chaos of Highfront, a different kind of darkness unfolded in a distant forest. Here, silence reigned supreme. Not the peaceful hush of a sleeping world, but a dead, oppressive silence that clogged your ears and choked the breath from your throat. The trees, skeletal and twisted, reached towards the gray sky like skeletal fingers clawing for escape. Their branches, devoid of leaves and stripped bare by some unseen force, clawed at the air like skeletal hands.