Wood

The Wood refers to the large forest which separates Mineral Town from the Pass leading into Forget-Me-Not Valley. While often described as an impenetrable forest, the are actually many roads that lead to the Pass and many of the villagers of Mineral Town and Forget-Me-Not Valley travel through the Wood without any difficulty.

However, when Lucia Hawthorne "lost" Murrey Starling in the Wood while he was a baby, the people of Mineral Town and Forget-Me-Not Valley became afraid of the Wood, leading Edward Starling to appoint an officer to be Warden of the Wood, in charge of making sure the lines of the communication remain safe. The first Warden was Ezra Stanton, a rancher from Forget-Me-Not Valley. However, Stanton claimed that the Wood, the Pass, and everything east of the Forget-Me-Not River constituted a new town called the Pass, appointing himself Mayor of the Pass. This lead to the Stanton War. After Ezra Stanton was defeated, he was replaced by the father of Gotz Williams who eventually passed on the title to Gotz himself. When Gotz left the town temporarily, he was replaced by Doug Haverford, but was eventually reinstated.

The Wood is also the home of the Mukumuku s who descended the Highlands in order to avoid the Sickness.