I have more questions before you all disappear again! Does anyone recall where the Sylphs lived in 1.x? I remember doing a quest that involved my adventuring fellow and the Sylphs where we were running about the forest under one of the latters' invisibility spells, trying to avoid Garleans. Which makes me think it was still somewhere in the Eastern Shroud. I ask because Professor Erik's information puts the Autumn War firmly in the East Shroud (mentions Nine Ivies etc) but there is no mention of the Sylphs in his account. I wouldn't think they - or the elementals - would be happy about all those pikemen and Ishgardian knights trundling around.

I also think that the Velodyna river, which Erik mentions, is probably the river on the far right of the current in-game map of the Eastern Shroud; anyone agree or disagree?

Thanks for adding the information about the Hedge, Enkidoh, that was really helpful. I'm still a bit bothered by the whole concept of woodsin and Greenwrath though; it's starting to feel as though it's one of those 'useful' devices that SE ignore when it suits them. For instance, why are the Ixali outside Fallgourd (I think it's Proud Creek, anyway at the logging camp past the Gelmorra Ruins) left in comparative peace by the elementals to wreak havoc? Why didn't the elementals intervene in the Autumn War in any way? How do they feel about the Sylphs in the Sylphlands summoning Ramuh?

Also - and I know I'm the zillionth person to say this - but this word count thing is SO ANNOYING!