Faces in the Tree

It may be a face. There are still meant to be traces of the old animist worship around Thedas and of course it is near enough to the Avvar for them to have made them as well. Uvolla who accepts living sacrifice was associated originally with the Wending Wood but presumably is still acknowledged. Someone had set up old idols to animist gods in the same area. However, it could have something to do with the elves. The constellation Fervanis the Oak Tree is associated with Andruil (also a goddess of sacrifice apparently) and in WoT p.120 there is a picture of a face in a tree just above the information on the elven pantheon.

So if you are seeing faces in trees, it could be a deliberate choice by the design team.

I thought they were just skulls for an effect to make the mire creepier.

Sorry, it's my face that got trapped there, apologize.

Wow I had no idea those trees existed!

I am guessing that they are the remnants of what the ancient Elvhen did? In World of Thedas book has a tree with a face in one of its art work in when talking about elves.

I wonder if it has to do with Mythal? Or maybe Forest Spirits?


After digging up on it there's only 1 (so far) codex entry that talks about faces imprints on trees:

According to Dalish lore, a spirit punished a clan for cutting a tree (that was host of a spirit?) in Brecilian Forest.