Belladonna sat outside the grounds of the huge castle, which naturally took the form of a colossal tree that towered over the entire city and protected it with its canopy of leaves. Or at least it used to, but it had seemingly died alongside the city.
All of its leaves had been lost, leaving its branches bare as they clutched at the sky like a thousand long dead hands, reaching for salvation.
This tree was, surprisingly, not the same type of tree as the ones that filled the Elven city, and were used to craft seemingly every house.
That was probably for the best, as an Iron Wood tree of this size would cause serious devastation to the city it was supposed to be protecting if it ever shed any of its giant razor sharp leaves.
In fact, Belladonna did not know what type of tree this was, other than a dead one.
What she classified as its 'grounds' was the area in which its roots were spread out, which had been grown in a protective ring around the central grand tree.
