Mission: Woods of Wonder or Woe

A mission to the west find a portion of the forest different than the surrounding forest. The trees are a different type and of paler color. Their journey takes them through different glades with the strange experience of having visions in between. Mostly Takeda. Dealing with wildlife, they dodge one pit trap only to be caught in a firebox then ambushed by short forest natives. The group barely survives to trudge on where then encounter a large figure wrapped up in a giant black tree. They wake him, experiences visions of their own and somehow end up back at the forest entrance.