“If something natural is killing these trees, like an animal, then we would have to assume that it’s either a swarm of insects or some sort of huge herbivore. The latter is the only way to explain the broken trees, as they seem too healthy and firm to have been rotting or diseased. “So, if there is some sort of population of large animals eating these patches of forest, they have to have their population capped somehow.
We love characters that try to logic their way through problems! It's so much nicer than the "AHH A DEMON SCARY THING!!!" so many characters do
