The Heartwood roof of the world

This looked lonely - if Terance still joins, then Wraen can leave. Should it stay back-dated or we can forward date it to present day?

It seemed odd to attach such a lovely name as Heartwood to a place that hardly reflected anything that could relate to the matters of the said organ (either figurative or literal). Maybe it was meant to be as an irony of fate or a more likely answer was that this had once been a more beautiful and better place in general. 

Wraen had not intended to stop here or venture any further, had it not been for a pair of roe deer she had been following and, who for reasons entirely their own, had decided to go through the barren place. She lost them out of sight, when they sensed her presence and the she-wolf was left in the middle of ruins that had once been a lush forest. 

With a resigned sigh she was about to turn and leave, when she caught sight of movement out of the corner of her eye. She froze and focused her gaze on the creature, soon recognizing in it's features something familiar. Either a coyote or something very close to it. Intrigued, but without announcing her presence, she began to move in the creature's direction.