The Day of the Tears of Fire was one of the darkest days in the history of Irollan. Brythigga, the Mother of Trees, was set on fire and burned to the ground, leaving a blackened scar on the earth were nothing grew ever again. Arniel, high king of the Elves, was caught in the fire, as was his family, and they all perished. The place where Brythigga had stood was removed from all maps, and no Elf would go there ever again. Another Mother of Trees was consecrated, deep within the forest, but no outsider was ever told where it was located.