Mother Tree

The Mother Tree was the home of the Berten and a place of worship in Salmir. The Berten believe that the Mother Tree gave them life and so felt indebted towards it. The tree itself is said to have given magical properties to the Berten who would have lost those when the tree was destroyed in 139 P.B.C.

After its destruction by a large flaming mass hurled at it from the southeast, the Berten frenzied due to their lost connection to the tree and the mystical haze it had upon them. They started slaughtering everything in sight - animals, Tieflings, even each other. This caused the Tieflings to flee Salmir and subsequently become cursed by the Wildwood Spirits for disobeying their first tenet of non-interference with the outside world.

This story has been retold many times by the few Tieflings left in Erta, and has been changed to fit many different agendas and ideals over the years. No one knows for certain what happened, as it is all merely speculation.