With These Broken Wings: Chapter 10

"find heartwood, he's oake's father, tell him... what happened, tell him to send out the call. talk to your kind and the humans... this cannot be left alone. they took our children.."

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Heart of the Forest ~ Chapter 11

It was a huge, dead oak, bark long since rotted away and heartwood dry and cracked, empty branches stretching out to the sky like so many hands seeking nourishment, that abundant life-water pouring right through their fingers._ _ _ _"i can wait.

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Extracurricular Studies

No tree could survive having its heartwood destroyed like this, remain standing, and alive of all things, without magic. he was not disappointed to see a unicorn walk gracefully down the steps, absorbed in a book, face hidden behind it.

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Klever Kitsuned Kernoodling

Stain grumbles as both he and shishuka make their way through twisting corridors composed of stone and wood, the fibrous roots giving way to heartwood. "i can't tell if we're going in circles, or all this 'cellar' has is empty tunnels." "stain.

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Bond of Brothers - Part 4

The stag ran his callused hands over the exposed heartwood, feeling the vitality that had surged through it until just a couple of weeks ago with an almost spiritual empathy.

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Companions Chapter 28: Dark Horse

The knife easily removed the outer green bark, but required some effort to cut through the heartwood. not a great deal of effort, though. he swung the knife like a machete, knocking off three or four inches of trunk each time.

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Kaiju ga Gotoku 5.3 - A Taste of the Shadows

A sizeable desk of smooth heartwood with a lamp, a long silver letter opener that resembled a small dagger, and several writing tools.

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And With His Many Jagged Teeth 2 - His Blood Ran Cold

Varnished heartwood now cracked and splintered through, oak and mahogany chairs barely able to stand firm for their dignity along with peeling walls stripped of their flesh.

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The Rikifur Chronicles: Chapter 23 - Boot Camp

Their bows were constructed using the heartwood of a rare tree that only grew in the far north near the ice wall.

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Wild Rose Country - Chapter 18

The darker heartwood has good compressive strength and will make the belly of the bow while the outer sapwood is resistant to tensile forces and becomes the back of the bow.

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Kaiju ga Gotoku 7.6 - The Empire Strikes Back

Stepping into the head office, the newcomers were in awe of the large heartwood desk spread out before them. in front of it was a low table with lavish cushions, that shisahara sat at instead of the desk and invited them to sit down.

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