[b]It was charred. Ashes fell to the ground around her, the trees becoming more and more destroyed as she progressed. The undergrowth vanished completely, anything left crumbled at the slightest breeze. As she neared the center, the trees thinned considerably, until it was almost a barren wasteland. In the center, however, among the still smoking ruins, some thing, be it a small tree or a shrub or perhaps a person, sat, encircled by a ring of glowing embers. [/b]