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Approved Location The Golden Forest | Ession

Guardian Angel | Light of Ashla
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  • Intent: To write the Golden Forest, the centre of the Crown of Ashla at Ession into a separate thread too. This is the reason why many descriptions are the same with the Nexus' thread.
  • Image Credit: Golden Forest | City Ruins | Golden Lake | Headers, dividers made by me.
  • Canon: N/A
  • Permissions: N/A
  • Links: Homecoming | Crown of Ashla | Ession
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  • Structure Name: The Golden Forest
  • Classification: Religious shrine | Place of Pilgrimage
  • Location: Ession
  • Size: Large | approximately 500 km².
  • Population: Uninhabited
  • Demographics: N/A | No permanent residents, only visitors.
  • Affiliation: Eina L’lerim-Vandiir | Geiseric | Ashlan Crusade | Ession
  • Accessibility: Since Ession is a highly industrialised planet, it can be said that the Golden Forest is right in the middle of civilization. The place was a previously quite dark and dilapidated, industrial neighbourhood. Today, however, this place is the jewel of the planet and perhaps the most beautiful neighbourhood. In some places, the place is separated from the rest of the ecumenopolis by streams or just deep fissures. Despite all this, it is easy to reach by bridges and flying vehicles. The Ashlans consider it a religious shrine, so huge crowds visit the place, which is fully open and anyone can visit it if they want to. Everyone is talking about this place and it is shown on the maps, it is very easy to find or go there.
  • Description: Ession is a highly industrialised planet, much of which is made up of megacities, or just the entire planet is an ecumenopolis. That’s why the part where the Nexus was born is a special place. Here the city skyline has changed greatly. The huge buildings disappeared, turned to dust due to the Light Side, and new things were created. A vast expanse of forest forever in a golden light, an island of peace and harmony. The planet's sun above the forest is always warm, shining in golden light. If someone checks the sky, they can see it in golden light, and the place has an effect as if the stars or the moon were illuminating this area much brighter. Clouds and storms over this area are quite rare. The effects of the Nexus are strong across the planet, but the strongest in the Golden Forest because it was the focus of the effects that triggered the birth of the Nexus. Beautiful golden trees, golden plants and golden flowers and grasses grow in the forest, even the streams and lakes splendour in the golden light of Ashla.
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  • Golden Forest: It is rather a fairly large forest, covering an area of approximately 500 km². This forest can be very interesting in ecumanopolis; for forests in such a place are not really typical. The forest is full of special and unique trees that were created when the Nexus was born.

    They are similar in appearance to known species such as pine, oak, acacia, and so on. The difference is that every tree, bush, flower, grass, in short, every plant has a golden colour, and every plant is evergreen, evergold in this case. It’s like someone is coming into an eternal autumn. The power of the Nexus is strongest here in the woods, as this area was the focus of events.

    Countless animals also appeared in the force, many creatures that once lived on the planet before it became an ecumanopolis. They also resurrected when the Nexus was born, the Nexus giving them new life. But other creatures may have appeared that they may have never seen before. The mystery of life and birth, brought to life by the power of the lovers.

    The forest always has a warm colour, sometimes gold will be mixed with red. If one looks up at the sky from the forest area, they see the sky golden during the day; and at night the moon and stars are much brighter than from any other point on the planet. In addition, it is interesting that storms and clouds typically avoid the forest and the area is always blessed by warm golden sunlight during the day. And rain rarely falls, only when the Forest needs it.
  • The Ruins: There is a ruined building right in the middle of the Golden Forest. This was the place where Geiseric fought the parasite that kept Eina's body occupied. This was necessary for the man to get back the woman he loves. After the man killed the parasite, the girl survived and after many months the couple finally reunited after that they were both aware of their feelings and accepted them.

    When they finally kissed each other first - which didn’t just happen in their minds or in their dreams, which seemed real thanks to Force Dyad - the purity of their love and their desires to be together or just be able to protect others, these feelings "launched" a powerful Light Side explosion, rather a wave, on the planet.

    The Force and the planet responded to the power of their desire, wish, and purity, and from this was born the Crown of Ashla. Thus, these ruins can rightly be called the actual centre of the Nexus, which is why it has the strongest effect and power here.
  • Golden Waters: Streams, waterfalls, lakes in the forest's area. When the forest formed, the waters from the depths of the planet also found their way to be on the surface again. All water is perfectly clean, uncontaminated and drinkable for anyone. It’s normal, simple water, but when it’s in its natural environment, it looks quite different, not too transparent or blue.

    Maybe because of the golden plants, or because of the sky, which is always golden during the day, all the water also looks beautiful golden. Numerous interesting and new golden coloured plants have also appeared in the water. In addition to these, fish and the usual waterfront fauna have also been restored after the Nexus was born.

    There are several larger lakes, more connected by smaller streams. The central source is near to The Ruins. The stream originates from here and branches off, feeding several lakes in all directions. Eventually, the streams reach the limit where they fall into the depths as waterfalls, back toward the centre of the planet.
  • Golden Gardens: It is not necessarily advisable to call these places gardens because they are not really exactly them. The forest is full of countless fields and meadows, where more special flowers and grasses can grow. In some places in the forest itself, the canopy is too dense, so fewer flowers or grasses may be present in those areas.

    However, the "Golden Gardens" are exactly the places where these plants survive, turning the already beautiful forest into a colourful area. Countless plants have a beneficial, healing effect, i.e., herbs. A lot of animals can also be found in these places. Even in these areas, most plants have golden flowers, but red is also quite common. Many times, one can also find silver or transparent coloured flowers, possibly flowers with light blue (like Eina's original skin colour) petals, which gives a nice contrast in the golden environment.

    There are even smaller trees in these "gardens" that give fruit that is edible to anyone, and countless animals prefer to eat them as well. The truth is that perhaps the "Cradle of Life" or the "Garden of Life" could have been the name of these places because it would have been much more appropriate than the "Golden Garden".
  • The Borders: The area around the Golden Forest. There is a place where the forest simply ends and the industrial city begins, without any transition. Elsewhere, however, beautiful golden streams form the border. But there are also places where the land has collapsed and there is a huge gap between the city and the forest. In this case, in each case, the golden streams shower into the deep in the form of a waterfall.

    That is why it can be said that the accessibility of the Golden Forest is quite variable. There are parts that are easily accessible from the city, you just have to walk into the area, while others require flying or bridges to reach the area. However, it is certain, the fauna living in the forest area do not cross the border, even in places where they would be able to do so. They stay inside.
What is also common in the area is that the plants glow in dim golden light during the night, so it is never completely dark in this area. It’s just a very faint twilight at night, but it looks like Ashla’s light is shining in this place even at night.
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  • Security Rating: Low
  • Defensive System: N/A | There is no such protection for the Forest alone, only for the planet.
  • Security Forces: N/A | Since it is a religious shrine and there are only Ashlan believers on the planet, there is no explicit protection, it is not necessary. However, there may be volunteer security forces who protect the place. These may be the following:
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The creation of the place is exactly the same as the birth of the Crown of Ashla, as this forest is the centre of that Nexus. That’s why, as we know that story, it’s more interesting than this place to see how it became the centre of a pilgrimage. We know that the place was created by Lady Eina and Lord Geiseric, and that is why religious people thought it was Ashla's will.

Although the majority attributed the place and the birth of the Nexus only to Eina, as she had always been considered a kind of religious person or sign, thanks to her angelic appearance and behaviour, setting a great example for the Ashlans. The truth, however, was that Geiseric Geiseric was at least as "responsible" for the Golden Forest and the Crown of Ashla as the Valkyrja. Nevertheless, it was Eina who began to be revered as a living saint and called her the Light of Ashla.

The forest, which is shining in the colours of Ashla, has become a symbol of Ashla in the eyes of religious people, as has the Nexus, for the forest is the only tangible thing that happened during the siege of Ession. First, the Sisters of Ashla started coming here, then everyone else. At first, they only saw it as a miracle and then they really considered it as a religious shrine. More and more people were praying here to Ashla, feeling that the goddess was closest to them in these forests.

The forest is in the middle of the ecumenopolis, the protection of the planet is great, but since everyone thought no one would defile the shrine, the Golden Forest did not receive special protection for itself, although probably anyone would try to protect it if ever needed. But hopefully it will never happen.

The vast expanse of forest is otherwise perfectly self-sustaining, self-sufficient, and the Ashlans have left it untouched, built no new buildings here, nor even roads, for the place is full of natural trails. In this place, anyone who comes here can really feel as if Ashla is as close to her as possible, and peace and harmony will permeate her soul, perhaps even more so than on the planet itself.

After all, the Golden Forest is the heart and centre of the Crown of Ashla.

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Under Review Eina L'lerim-Vandiir Eina L'lerim-Vandiir

As always with your Ession subs (and your work in general), this is lovely. Nice job.

I have just one question before approval: why did you use the Generic Structure template? I think of a structure as an artificial building, so I think the Geographic Landmark template might work better for a forest. It's not a big deal, the two templates are barely different, but I thought I would bring it up to see if you wanted to change it.
 

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