Deep within the forests surrounding Oakhaven City, where the trees grew tall and thick enough to swallow all traces of sunlight, a cloaked figure moved like a blur between the branches.
It leapt from one to the next without sound, without hesitation, a shadow passing through green shadows. Below, the forest floor was completely undisturbed, as if nothing had passed through at all.
The figure dropped down at the entrance of a cave hidden deep within the treeline, far from any path a traveler might wander onto.
The opening was narrow and unremarkable, easily mistaken for a crack in the rock face if one didn't already know it was there.
It went inside.
The cave stretched long and deep. Darkness pressed in from every side as the entrance disappeared behind.
But further in, faint light began appearing along the rock walls. It was dim, steady, attached to the stone itself. And beyond that, the tunnel opened up into a wide hidden chamber, properly lit and occupied.
