Misty Valley

Misty Valley.

The Misty Valley is a natural place located east of a small town over three mountains. Its name comes after the fact of how a mist hangs there all year round. The valley also comprises a dense forest. Of note is a large cedar tree. Flowers are always in bloom and trees always have fruit.

Story

The valley was once the residence of elves. The story eventually fell into legend. Rosine, a girl from the small town bordering the valley, ran away from her abusive household trying to convince herself of the existance of these fairies. Once her parents found her, and deeming his father's violent behavior unbecoming in the valley and wanting them to go away, the girl sacrificed her own parents to be reborn as an elf-like apostle. Soon, she began populating it with insect-looking pseudo-apostles throughout the years. Eventually, these beings became known as the "elves of Misty Valley" after its legendary inhabitants.

Conviction Arc

En route to the valley, Jill meets Rosine and her "elves", with the former inviting the girl to the valley, dubbing it as "their land of elves" where she will be able to play and have fun day and night. As both fly toward the valley, Rosine tells Jill the valley is guarded by "dependable grown-ups" within the forest by the valley. In truth, these "forest guardians" are pseudo-apostle men fashioned after various insects.

When fleeing from the elves "playing war", Jill and Puck stumble across the "emergence grounds", where Rosine coccoons captured children so they can become pseudo-apostles. As Guts torches the place, the mist is pushed out by the flames and the valley burns down. Puck says to Rosine while she is dying that elves really did live in the Misty Valley at one point.