They make it through. Fighting mongeese, branches and vines, working together, watching each others backs. Freezing and burning roots, shielding each other, firing leaves at angry mongeese, they begin to make real progress through the defences.

Those that make the push towards the tree break through the roots and branches, the walls of vines until they are at the trunk.

Unlike the trees of the Great-Seasons this one has no safe space, they are not free from attack here though they are a little too close for the branches to get any real momentum.

Most of the danger come from mongeese who begin firing in at them.

Still they are at the trunk now, it is up to them to decide what to do next.