Skyshroud Forest

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Skyshroud Forest was an extremely dense jungle located in the frozen wastes of Keld. Previously located on Rath, it appeared in Keld following the Rathi Overlay. When the overlay took place, the forest began to freeze due to the heat difference between the climates, but it was saved by the planeswalker Freyalise, who cast a spell to keep the forest warm. Following the Invasion, she had relocated permanently to this place.

The forest was home to the Skyshroud elves, who lived high up in the trees, as well as to an aggressive breed of merfolk found in the sea below Skyshroud, Rootwater; the merfolk may have died off after the overlay. It was also home to various creatures such as trolls, wild vampires, and other predators. During its time on Rath, the forest was also inhabited by a number of rebellious human tribesmen and druids, most likely of Vec descent, that were allied with the elves against the Stronghold as the forest's thick canopy offered protection against the skyship Predator.

Skyshroud served as a haven from the ravages of post-Apocalypse Keld thanks to its guardian's magic. Following the resurrection of the slivers on Otaria and their subsequent spread throughout Dominaria, the forest was evidently overrun by the creatures, which Freyalise hoped to use as a source of additional mana. With Karona's life and death, the rift in the fabric of space and time, which had been opened around Skyshroud in the wake of the Rathi Overlay and Freyalise's interference, turned into a mana-consuming time-rift weaking Keld's environment. It also linked Keld to its alternate-reality older version, still dominated by Gathans. Soon, these time-displaced warriors attacked the true Keldons and Skyshroud's inhabitants.

After Freyalise sacrificed herself to close the rift, the mana sustaining the forest weakened, and it's inhabitants had to move to another location. The current status of the Skyshroud is unknown.