Located just North of the small fishing town of Tien's Landing, the road through the Great Southern Forest is the only land route connecting the town with the rest of the Jade Empire, but due to the strange sickness that pollutes both trees and wildlife, only the forest entrance is accessible by foot. The land legally belongs to the Yun family, and has done so many generations, but the current Lord Yun is at at a loss as to how to mend the illness afflicting his forest.