Encounter

The Wood Wraith

Combat
The Wood Wraith is a massive, soul-devouring entity that embodies the anger of the forest. It is composed of the soul-stuff of a thousand murdered trees, twisted into a form that resembles a horned stag with antlers of petrified blood. It attacks with a terrifying shriek that causes the leaves to fall in a shower. The ground itself becomes difficult terrain as roots burst from beneath the earth, trying to entangle the party.
The Wraith can also summon the spirits of the dead loggers to fight by its side, creating a chaotic and grim battlefield. Defeating the Wraith requires either using a ritual taught by the Satyrs to purify the ground, or simply dealing enough damage to force its spirit back into the earth. On its defeat, the blight recedes, but the party finds a stone marker identical to the ones at the Desolation Blade Mounts, marking the Wraith's birth.