Scar Thicket

Scar Thicket is a forbidding overgrown area deep in the namesake Scarhusrt region of the Whisperwood of Cheliax, tucked between the flows of the Doracium, Malvesa, and Iseld rivers.

Infrequently visited because of its evil reputation, this area remains a primal woodland and frequently features in hushed conversations and outlandish stories. Everything from monstrous [[insect]s, deformed animals, and enormous bats are rumored to emerge from its depths. Youths in the area grow up learning to deal with evil outsiders, and the inhabitants are quite skilled at leading hunts for them.

Inhabitants

In reality, the central area is home to great quantities of russet mold that are cultivated and managed by a large tribe of surface-dwelling vegepygmies. The entire Scar Thicket contains dozens of small caves that wind deeply into the earth and connect to the Midnight Jungle in Nar-Voth, and the Thicket is one of the few sites on Golarion where peoples of the Darklands live on the surface.

The Scar Thicket is also the site of Blackbough, a community of cave giants named for the charred lightning-split oaks around which it is built. Blackbough's giants launch raids from their lairs here, and the Order of the Pike is particularly skilled at hunting them.