I am less than enthusiastic about this proposed solution to a wood
shortage problem. Just cutting out dead trees is a poor idea, taking
into account the vital role they play in the whole cycle of life that a
forest basically is.

As the wood shortage is a direct result of Vertani actions which, one
would think, have caused widespread revulsion and outrage amongst all
right-minded people in Sapience, I would join Greyda in suggesting that
the existing city-states first try to gain control over the wood market
before chopping down forests.

As far as forests are concerned - there's the Skeletal Forest on
Sartan's island, which is as dead as it can be. I suppose the red fog
hasn't corroded the wood itself too badly, though. Why not start there
in looking for wood?

Narses

Penned by my hand on the 25th of Aeguary, in the year 388 AF.