8.17.3.1 LISTENERS AT THE VEIL

The veil between life and death has always been thin, and this has been
especially the case for Serenwilde.

Is it because some fae magic or primal wellspring that keeps the
ancestors of the forest here? Or does the green blood of the Shelterfolk
call out to those from beyond the pale, tethering them still so they can
maintain their ancient oaths and charges? Who is to say. But what is
clear is that the voices of the sacred dead, the ancestral spirits of
Serenwilde altogether, can no longer remain silent. They have witnessed
the forest's present - mired in self-doubt and broken traditions - and
have foreseen the forest's future - a once, timeless forest then
rotting, fading and lost. Such an ill prospect shall not come to pass,
and instead, they accuse, shout and live again.

And so, the Listeners at the Veil have risen in response to the cries of
the ancestors. Eschewing the traditional roles and communities that the
Serenwilde once maintained, they draw upon the legacies and stories of
the past in these trying times. Guided by a host of ancestors, they seek
to restore nature to its truest form. They remember every lesson that
the long history of Serenwilde teaches, and they will use said wisdom
and the power of the ages to forge a path forward into a brighter
future.