The Fah’Voy Ra are a striving civilization secluded in the Forests of Thokta Dell. It is said that they were given the ability to uproot and move around shortly after a private duel between two gods that met an unfortunate end. These two younger gods, named Gnoh and Veheret, were friends since birth as it was sisters who gave birth to them. The only role they were known to play was their simultaneous deaths by each other’s swords. When their blood spilled, they gave life to a new and still growing race of Dryads called the Fah’Voy Ra.

Fah’Voy Ra means ‘Trees of War’ in Dragontongue. The wooded race, fearful of the dragons which lived amongst them in a village called Granitegrey, stood still and played the role of a certain patch of forest called The Troll’s Bog. When young dragons would wander alone in the forest, the Fah came to life and ripped apart the dragonling, divided the meat amongst themselves and ate. Not even the Dragons suspected the very trees to murder their young, so they made lore of creatures that would frighten even a dragon called the Domiscythe. Only the Dragons could guess what they looked like and how they hunted, but the Fah listened and learned of their fears. Being knowledgeable of Dragontongue, they learned fast, simulating winds and rattling branches to speak in secret about the Phantoms that hunt the dragons. The murder of the dragon fledglings persisted and increased, causing them to keep watch. But if a dragon eye was open, no Domiscythe emerged. One day, an older dragonchild went about on its own and was attacked. The alarmed youth fled and survived, screaming Fah’Voy Ra as it returned to the village, naming the trees what they would be called to present day. For the lack of an explanation the dragonchild afforded, the village was abandoned and never returned to. Since then, the forest was renamed by the Fah, Thokta Dell– meaning “Nothing Shall Live (in the) Forest”, to keep curious passersby out.

Some sections of Thokta Dell are barely forest-like at all. Upon the death of a Fah, its body was used in the strengthening or erection of homes, villiages and the main city called Annayl (AhN-ale). While the flesh of a Fah is wood and bark, it is surprisingly supple, like a coat of Dragonscale. A dying Fah will become a near liquid wood, able to be sculpted and smoothed like a soft clay many hours after death. Soon, it will harden solid, becoming one with the structure the Fah’s body was applied to. It is a wonder to see Annayl’s twisting spires reaching sharply into the clouds. Many who have visited this magnificent structure conceptualize that the Fah’Voy Ra are building a city that connects to heaven itself. A dying Fah will tell them differently; that the souls of the Fah who were made part of Annayl will forever be rooted to it’s mighty walls and will never see a god or an afterlife.

Despite the Rooted Souls of Annayl, the Fah’Voy Ra are an extremely spiritual people. Their spiritual path, Innohkt, centers around the worship of the sky and sea. All healing and life comes from these things if the elements are used correctly and in harmony. Innokias are what they call the priests that live at the very top of the city. The other purpose the Innokias serve is reproduction: in fact, they are the only ones allowed to produce the pollination that would lead to Sapling Fah.

Nearing the twilight of the Dying Season, the Fah females plow a large circumference around Annayl, removing any small plants and other impurities from the loose soil. They walk lightly on the tips of their footroots and kick when walking in the field. During this time of the year, it is unlawful to walk on these softened grounds though there are still paths by which they may enter and leave Annayl. When Growing season starts, the chosen females root themselves waist high into the soil and petrify. When they enter into this trance, their skin becomes thick with amber sap. Though all the females are ready, they may still have to wait weeks before the Innokias release their pollen. What they are waiting for is the least windy day of the Growing Season. Being that the Priests are at the top of the city, the powdery dust that they produce must fall straight down for it to land in the Fertile Circle and onto the waiting Fah. The theory behind this is twofold. First, the seed passes from the highest part of the sky to the ground to simulate rain, the Blessing of the Heavens. Secondly, the Rooted Souls of Annayl reach out and choose the Saplings they would live on through.

The sapling starts to grow immediately after a grain of pollen is absorbed into the coagulated gestation fluid covering the contorted female forms.