Vale of Green Spears

The Vale of Green Spears is a forest of massive bamboo plants the size of redwood trees, planted 1,000 years ago according to legends by a wizard challenged by Tian Shen] to plant 100 million trees. The reasons for the challenge vary by the legend's telling and include a test of the wizard's abilities and an attempt to house displaced birds.

Harvesting the sought-after bamboo risks becoming the prey of the progeny of the late forest dragon Genseirin, who laired here and had long protected the old-growth stalks at the forest's center.

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