Thorned Council

The Thorned Council was the ruling body of the Galuyn people during the reign of the Wickers over the majority of their people. They were the original Councillors of the Wicker King, bound to tree-bodies within the city of Wickenden, in the Hall of the King.

There, they ruled over their people for generations, though with time, their sanity steadily declined. The constant defeats of the Galuyn people, the constant schisming of their people's pride and ultimately the downfall of their entire civilization drove the majority of the council mad. However, using their connection to the Realm of Spirits, they eventually revived the Wicker King without a host; the Emerald Nightmare. Using this, the Nightmare taking hold of the city and threatened to consume all of the Galuyn within, turning them into half-plant hybrids just as their king was.

While this was stopped by intervention of the Council of the Coimeádaí and their new allies, the Blades of Greymane], the Thorned Council remained a threat as they attempted to tear open a rift to allow more and more nightmare manifestations through alongside the Wicker King. Ultimately, the Blades and Council faced off against the Thorned Council; one by one they were defeated and their life essence absorbed by the Wicker King. When the Wicker King too was defeatedd, their souls were permanently banished to the Realm of Spirits, as the Oakenborn representative, the only council member not on the side of the King, cast a final spell to banish them all away.

In function, they alongside with the Wicker King, have been replaced by the Council of the Coimeádaí.