From the introduction: Banyan is a shard of wildness and mystery. Within its eaves and glades reside some of the most unusual creatures to be found anywhere. Giant beasts that lumber amidst walking trees. Great, avian things with plumage so mad they seem as though made entirely of flowers. Stranger things still walk the remote and misty peaks of the Stonefog Mountains and hide deep within the shard itself. Despite its people’s energetic devotion to the virtue of Compassion, Banyan’s wilderness can eat you alive.