Feared Forest

Once a fire burnt this forest down to blackness all over. Equines figured it was no good anymore and left it, and eventually it grew back. But not as the beautiful, lush forest it was before. The trees are mangled and scoarch-marked all over. The river is dried out and large rocks litter the ground all over. Rumors started around about lustful hessians hiding away in that forest, and now the well-informed choose to avoid it. Those who don't know any better however, may just find themselves somewhere they very much don't want to be...