The Vermillion Forest

The Vermillion Forest is the Ashoyan name for Mesnea's wilderness. The forest covers most of Mesnea-the country considers its borders to be where it ends. Most of the foliage in this forest has orange or red leaves, sometimes leaning towards mauves or violets, and the bark of its plants tend to have a lot of blue and purple tones. The Vermillion Forest has a warm climate and follows different seasonal rules than its neighboring land. Its winters don't involve snow or ice, but rather a dryness of the leaves and flowers that results in what would seem to an outsider as an extended autumn.

The Vermillion Forest has a lot of residual elemental magic, and is home to considerably more magical creatures than any Ashoyan wilderness.

Much of Mesnea's sustenance comes from the forest itself. Some Mesnean agriculture involves creating new farming spaces, but most of it comes from careful cultivation of edible plants and shaping the forest's abundant magics into food. Even heavily-populated areas are usually interwoven with the forest, which some people say explains the innate magic and high levels of skill most Mesneans seem to possess.