The Heartwood the crash and burn

Hydra struck past the Glen and into the Heartwood. Though time had passed, Hydra still traveled with her sisters; they fanned out to scan the perimeter of the woods, and Hydra entered its depths. This place had seen plenty of devastation, it appeared; if that man lurked in their Wilderness still, she could picture him skulking around here. 

But she caught no scent of him as she sniffed at the earth, and could detect nothing that betrayed his presence. A cool wind raked its fingers across her furs, but they had begun to thicken in preparation of winter. The cold was not biting here, and she was able to ignore the gale. Hydra continued on, deeper into the wood.