Alright this has gone on far enough. Let me make a few things clear, Sentinels have, from the very start of the whole fiasco, supported Hashan fully in taking whatever forest lands they deem necessary to their cause. So don't decry Hashan's assault upon the forest guilds unilaterally, for the Sentinels have foreseen any such difficulty and accepted them beforehand.
Now, as far as the 'oppression and destruction' of the groves, let me tell you it is far less severe than it seems. The reduced growth rate is eminently manageable by most all of those living in the forest. Unless you harvest large amounts of herbs from said 'oppressed land' and you harvest often, one-fourth regrowth is quite reasonable to live with. Another thing the forest-peoples seem to be forgetting is this: not all of the precious herbs grow within the forest. Valerian in the mountains, goldenseal in the plains, ash and cohosh in the swamps, all of these valuable resources thrive in a clime completely separate from that of the forest, and may forever remain 'unoppressed' and thriving.
I'm just trying to send one message: Adapt to change. For if you gripe and whine every time something different or new happens, others shall find you unaccomodating and rude. Live with the world as it develops or you may just fall off of it.

-Windspirit Gretyl, of the Mixed Messages

Penned by my hand on the 2nd of Lupar, in the year 227 AF.