Region: The Blight Woods:

The Blight Woods lies south of Oak Hill and West of Dunklestadt, on the main body of Tesaria.  Once perhaps a vibrant jungle, by the time of Tesaria's rediscovery it had been almost completely covered in fungi and moss, a thriving home of disease for many other plants that still struggle to survive there, the spread of which has been slowed by the lack of trees from which to feed in the space between it and Oak Hill's southern border, creatures that fed on the fungi and moss being prevalent in the forest to the west, and the ocean surrounding most of the rest of it.  Slowly, settlers worked to try to curtail its dangers with little success, but some still call it home.

Outside of the Blight Woods, just west of its furthest border three shops may also be found: Potion Notion, Latif Von Gutten's Friendly Furnishings, and Tailor Made.  Potion Notion is an alchemist shop which was originally run by one of Quinn Xhen's allies, Dhnoki, whose species has never since her death been seen on Lenida, though many referred to her as a Sea-Hag.  When she moved her business to New Hollowstone, the building itself still stood and a century later it was purchased from New Hollowstone's government to be operated by Madame Dhenae and her family.  While the family keeps to itself primarily, it is said that they honor Dhnoki's memory and talents, utilizing the building for the same purpose it had long ago.  While the family is large and made of mixed species adoptions, its twenty-seven members are all skilled in a variety of different specializations, and it has quadrupled in salesfloor and living space since Dhonoki's original use of it.  The most talented of all is the hooded Venerable Grandmother, though few are granted the privileged of meeting with her for customized potent works of alchemy and enchantment.

Latif Von Gutten's Friendly Furnishings has multiple locations, including one in New Hollowstone (which Quinn Xhen convinced Latif himself to open), Rekande, Gormthair and others, though its oldest and largest store is outside The Blight Woods.  There the family-owned chain is still run by its gnomish proprietors, though they have branched out into hiring more non-relatives and non-gnomes in order to keep up with the orders they acquire.  Whether it be normal or enchanted, Latif Von Gutten's Friendly Furnishings is the place to go for quality furniture, be it their popular showroom models, something more custom, or something wholly unique in design and powerful enchantments such as recovering focus at double the rate, healing, a greater chance of good dreams, protection against all manner of attacks and more.

Tailor Made is a tailoring business that has been family owned since before Quinn Xhen visited the Cubi family and convinced them to open an outlet in New Hollowstone.  Every generation of the family running the business becomes more diverse with other species breeding in, but enough Cubi have also joined the bloodline that it still remains half Cubi while the rest is generally too mixed to identify which race the other lineages came from, though not so mixed that the species are unidentifiable.  While the majority of its apparel lines are sold in other businesses as well, Tailor Made's real claim to fame are the custom pieces they make, many of them enchanted to give benefits to the wearers.  Well, that and the somewhat scandalous outfits they have made for less public use, which are kept in a separate section of the store and not sold anywhere but their main location and a handful of outlets with limited supply, compared to their primary location...