The Grove is an almost perfectly ovular island, and is closest to the mainland camp, it is the only one close enough to be easily visible from the mainland meaning it is often the first people visit. Recently, some Campers have ventured into the island, getting to see it's massive and vibrant forest that indicates powerful natural magic or a great deal of positive vibes, if not both. For those who venture closer to the edge of The Expanse, a singular tree of truly mind boggling scale extends from the center of this forest, it's bark a deep black and its leaves a rich and saturated red, it's trunk winds up and around twisting and turning as it casts a shadow on the rest of the surrounding forest, and as of now nobody knows what lies at its base.
As early parties have explored, more has been discovered, the massive forest that makes up the grove has a distinct inner and outer section. The outer forest trees are all around the size of mature oak trees, which steadily get larger as you go deeper in and all have leaves of various shades of purple, blue, pink, and teal. These leaves are vibrant and semi reflective, this gives them a beautiful shimmer as the light beams hit them through the branches.
Once you reach the inner forest, there are two distinct changes. First, the trees dramatically increase in size, becoming about the size of redwoods instead of oaks. Secondly, a new type of tree of similar scale joins them, these trees are lightly and randomly interspersed among the others and have no leaves, but instead grow odd clear orb like “fruits” at the end of their branches. These “fruits” when they were examined by a Camper, were instead found to be perfectly spherical glass orbs filled with what can only be described as “liquid light”. As of now it is unclear if these trees caused the increased growth of the surrounding trees, but their placement perfectly lights up the forest around them, giving this section of the forest an outright fey-like appearance, mystical and entrancing. The entire forest is filled with Good Vibes and the orbs themselves seem to contain an incredible amount of Chill within them
As of now two major phenomenon have been noted within The Grove.
First, is that despite the usual predator and prey dynamic displayed by these creatures on other planes, animals such as deer and bobcats, birds and butterflies, rabbits and snakes, all coexist here and interact peacefully with one another, and with guests to the forest. One camper who examined the “fruits” of the yet unnamed light bearing trees even befriended a stag who volunteered to be ridden and carried them all the way to the center of The Grove.
Second, and potentially more sinister, are the Crows. Seemingly at random, but without fail, any unknown entities to the forest (usually campers) will be observed by a single Crow, as the entity moves deeper into the forest, the number of Crows increase dramatically, until eventually the ensuing swarm surrounds the entity. It is at this point that the Crows will all take flight, spiraling in a hurricane of black wingbeats and a cacophony of loud caws, assaulting the senses of the entity. Thus far only one result has come of this, where the Crows all calm, land, let out a single caw in perfect unison, and then The Grove Tender reveals herself wearing her strange mask. At this point, she will kindly greet the entity and engage in pleasant conversation. This being said, the “ritual” for lack of a better term, appears to be some kind of test, as Campers have gone on record to say that The Grove Tender herself states that as part of her duties she acts as security to The Grove. This could potentially be concerning, as we have yet to learn what happens when someone fails..