To any historian reading this, my only source are the voices in my mind sowwy
Ok this is going to be a weird one so you gotta BEAR WITH ME for a hot minute ok? ok.
About 4000 years ago in a continent that doesn't technically exist anymore, there was a Forest called the Yerkeii. It once was the most magical forest of it's region, housing several unique species including gigant deers and mimic frogs.
And for a short, dramatic instant, the Yerkeii Forest had it's Guardians.
The Forest had five guardians to it's name across five centuries.
It's first guardian was a centaur by the name of Asaris. She started her existance in the heart of the forest and lived there her whole life, having a close relationship with the local fauna whom she protected from hunters. While she has as little contact as posible with the outside world, it was such encounter that gave her the moniker of guardian in the towns that surrounded the forest, a title that she never used for herself.