FOREST
OF YOUTH
The Forest of Youth, to the north of
Gurth
City is a massive
collection gnarled ironwood trees, graceful stands of birches, old
melancholy willows, eerie copses of twisted elms, sweet-smelling pines,
ancient oaks, babbling brooks, stately catalpa trees, songbirds, and
unfortunately, vicious
hellhounds,
and
cruel puppets
hiding behind
trees waiting to ambush luckless adventureres--thus residents of the
nearby Gurth City were warned to keep away from this sea of trees.
Within this forest is the
Pool
of Eternal Youth, created by
Eru at the founding of
Zork.
Sometime during the
Great Monster Uprising,
a
man by the alias "
Detective Softly"
discovered the
Amulet
of Aggthora in the Forest of Youth, which
had been placed in a gloriously beautiful clearing by an unknown
person. Here, cute critters
bounced across the emerald green grass where a mighty
fountain sat int he center, the spray of which catched the light and
created a most singularly amazing rainbow.
Also
during the Great Monster Uprising,
Tandric the Trapwright
had his
headquarters for his gang of bandits, a very cleverly hidden treehouse,
within the Forest of Youth.
| SOURCE(S): Beyond
Zork, Legends of Zork, Zylon the Aged |