((Disclaimer, this info is tentative until we've actually seen more of the world.))
"Coerthas. The Drake is the totem and guardian spirit of our tribe. Firedrakes roam the hills and vales of the area and Ishgard resides to the north. It was not a far distance to reach the Black Shroud following the rivers and road ways. It was the Hedge that proved the most arduous trek."
As anyone trying to get into the Twelveswood had to pass the wilds commanded by the Elementals. Seeing as the four of them had made it through in one piece, they must have received the benediction of the local spirits even if they might had to have proven it at times.
"Coerthas. The Drake is the totem and guardian spirit of our tribe. Firedrakes roam the hills and vales of the area and Ishgard resides to the north. It was not a far distance to reach the Black Shroud following the rivers and road ways. It was the Hedge that proved the most arduous trek."
As anyone trying to get into the Twelveswood had to pass the wilds commanded by the Elementals. Seeing as the four of them had made it through in one piece, they must have received the benediction of the local spirits even if they might had to have proven it at times.
