Bleeding Tree

The Bleeding Tree was the source of the core of corruption for the Wandering Woods during the events leading up to the Gobsquad encountering it. It is a tree that oozes blood from the trunk. The tree was created when Korvir's new elven partner made a bargain with a chain demon for power. Instead of providing power, the demon fused the elf with a tree as a mockery of the forest used to summon it, sending a blight throughout the Wandering Woods and providing a font for the demon to move freely through the woods.

Pierre was the first of the Gobsquad to encounter the Bleeding Tree. When he touched it, the tree took his soul and grew a matching sapling to encase Pierre's body. Pierre was released when Korvir cut the first tree down with an axe, revealing the bisected elf's body inside the Bleeding Tree.