Everwood

Everwood Forest was an area of woodland located to the west Middle-Earth, near where the famous forest trolls founded their empire. It became notable during the Arachni-Troll Wars when the Arachni's greatest general, Tarantulon the Warmaker, brought his power to bear upon the the territory of the forest trolls on the orders of the envious spider queen, Agony.

Florus, King of the forest trolls, had anticipated their advance and sheltered his forces in the thick canopy of Everwood, hoping to ambush and anihilate the Arachni there and then. This plan failed, as the Warmaker was prepared for them, and over a thousand forest trolls were slaughtered by the invaders. Tarantulon, however, went missing mid-battle and though his side emerged victorious he was never seen again; a body never identified.

Trivia

 * The phrase "Everwood moment" is often used in the Aeon of the Champion story series to refer to things that randomly go missing, or people who disappear for extensive periods of time.
 * Lucithel had the one of world's most well-known Everwood moments, when he abandoned the High Heavens for years on end after internal disagreements with the other archangels.
 * The traveller-god, Aimar had the first Everwood moment as he would often go on cosmic journeys that took thousands of years.
 * Everwood Forest was named so because it was thought to be blessed from above, and that the trees in the forest were eternal.
 * This eventually turned out to be the Midnight Glade, which the night elves made their home many years after the forest trolls settled into Everwood.
 * Leaves from the Verdana tree can be used in sarsaperilla ale, and the sarmatians, under Dan'Ariz, used the leaves regularly for this purpose.
 * Elven archers, particularly females, later started using it as a source of poison for their arrows.