Our witch has always believed her forest was a place of pure safety. Now the veil that protects it is thinning, and she travels beyond the paths she knows to find out why.

She follows a rumor to a meadow she has never seen. In its center stands a tree of enormous age, with a trunk like a wall of bark and a canopy reaching almost to the meadow’s edge. It shelters birds, squirrels, rabbits, and a thousand working insects. Sierra knows that every tree in the wood is linked underground by a web of roots that carries messages, memories, and warnings. This is the Court of Roots.

She asks her question, and after a long silence the tree answers. It has listened to the roots, including the trees near her home in the town she left, and it tells her something difficult. The veil is woven from every living thing in the wood, each one contributing equally. When she entered the forest, she carried every burden of her life with her, and they frayed the weave. The tree does not blame her. It shares its own scars from fires long ago and the rabbit’s twisted ankle, and it asks her to name her burdens, accept them, and live in harmony with the creatures, the fae, the unicorn, and the dragon guards.

She thanks the court of trees and begins the long walk home.

Musically, this is the quietest and most reflective song of the opera. It features breathy alto vocals over harp, grand piano, flute, cello, and a lush string section, with soft drums keeping a slow heartbeat. The tree answers as a low whispered choir of many voices.

Best for a slow evening, a long walk, or a quiet hour under tall trees.

Style: somber, cinematic dark folk, witchy chamber opera, atmospheric, reverent Vocals: female alto, with a whispered choir for the tree Instruments: harp, grand piano, flute, cello, strings, frame drum

Vocals: Suno AI

Written by: Michael Murray (Claude AI assisted)

Arrangement: Michael Murray (Suno AI assisted)

Producer: Michael Murray (Suno AI assisted)

Prompt Engineer: Michael Murray

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