Velvin Thicket

The Velvin Ticket is a forest bordering the Saltwallow Bog in the western Zemni Fields of Wildemount.

History
The Thicket is populated almost exclusively by gnomish clans in a loose network of allied families rather than a central township, and they defend the forest with illusions and enchantments. Because of the Velvin gnomes' trade agreement with Pride's Call, the dwarven city was able to request that the empire keep the thicket from becoming formally assimilated into the Dwendalian Empire so long as the Velvin gnomes provided a small but consistent crop of dyolet fruit which grow only there. More recently, the Empire and the Cerberus Assembly have become more interested in taking control of the dyolet crop.

Society
The people of the Thicket are governed by a loose union between the leaders of the local nomadic gnomish clans who convene only when threatened, relying heavily on illusion and enchantment magic for self-defense. Each of the seven nomadic clans handles its own internal affairs. Representatives from Pride's Call often visit to maintain their relationship with the Velvin leaders.

Altars to Melora are scattered throughout the Thicket.