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Deep within Yellowstone National Park (parkpark) lies The Forest of the Recordkeeper. This forest contains many different Groves, each used by The Recordkeeper to record different types of info. The purpose of most Groves is unknown. Rangers speculate wildly on what data each Grove is tracking. However, with time and effort, a few groves have been identified. The most famous of these Groves is Blaseball Grove. The Forest of the Recordkeeper, when viewed from above, is in the shape of a wizard hat. The trees of each Grove, when viewed from above, are in the shape of a star.

The Recordkeeper

Not much is known about the forest’s Recordkeeper. It has never been captured on video or camera. Accounts of the Recordkeeper’s appearance vary, and all claims are dubious at best. The most popular theory among Rangers is “The Mushroom Theory”, that The Recordkeeper is composed of an ambulatory mycelium colony. It is unclear whether they think this is the truth or just frustration at the supposed existence of an uncatchable, unknowable creature. Some Rangers have reported strange movement from the trees themselves at times. Some think it simply may appear in a variety of forms depending on the situation. One theory even posits that The Recordkeeper is the Form of Interconnectedness itself, and that something about The Park has created a nexus for it, allowing it to manifest in any complex ecological network within.

Winning the personal attention of The Recordkeeper is unlikely to be a good thing. Rangers have reported strange encounters during late nights in the remote areas of the Park, and noticed strange moles on their back upon returning to more well-travelled paths. Everyone agrees it is a record of some sort. But of what, nobody is certain. Some Rangers count The Recordkeeper as one of the many mascots of the Yellowstone Magic

There is only one certainty when it comes to The Recordkeeper. Its records are impeccable.

Groves

Each Grove within the Forest of the Recordkeeper, when discovered, is given a code number by the Rangers until it is discovered what that Grove is tracking.

Blaseball Grove

Initial code: G-07

Blaseball Grove consists of exactly 100 trees, each one carved with one possible end-of-regular season record for the Magic, from 0-99 to 99-0. At the end of a season, the tree matching the team’s result is found fallen on its side. Park Rangers who have entered Blaseball Grove to clean up The Fallen Tree in the past have noted that, unlike trees elsewhere that have rings, trees from Blaseball Grove have Blaseball Diamonds when you cut them open. It is suspected, but unconfirmed, that if you cut the tree in correctly-sized slices from bottom to top, each one would be marked for a different play during the season, as though the tree is doing the scorekeeping for the season itself. The day before a season begins, a new tree appears in the place of the previous year’s Fallen Tree, identical in size, shape, and appearance to the previous tree.

Ranger Grove

Initial code: G-15

Most of the specifics of Ranger Grove are unknown. Nobody goes into Ranger Grove. One day in 1992, two Rangers had made a bet about the data recorded in Grove G-15 and took a small excursion out to it. They never returned. The next day, those counting the trees in the Grove from afar counted two fewer. Since this incident, Rangers have learned a few things about this Grove. Ranger Grove grows a new sapling when someone destined to become a Ranger is born. This tree stands throughout a Ranger's life, and remains even after a Ranger’s death. The only known instance of a decrease in trees in Ranger Grove is the Incident from 1992.

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 === Blaseball Grove ===
+'''Initial code: G-07'''
-==== Initial code: G-07 ====
 Blaseball Grove consists of exactly 100 trees, each one carved with one possible end-of-regular season record for the Magic, from 0-99 to 99-0. At the end of a season, the tree matching the team’s result is found fallen on its side. Park Rangers who have entered Blaseball Grove to clean up The Fallen Tree in the past have noted that, unlike trees elsewhere that have rings, trees from Blaseball Grove have Blaseball Diamonds when you cut them open. It is suspected, but unconfirmed, that if you cut the tree in correctly-sized slices from bottom to top, each one would be marked for a different play during the season, as though the tree is doing the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_scorekeeping scorekeeping] for the season itself. The day before a season begins, a new tree appears in the place of the previous year’s Fallen Tree, identical in size, shape, and appearance to the previous tree.
 === Ranger Grove ===
+'''Initial code: G-15'''
-==== Initial code: G-15 ====
 Most of the specifics of Ranger Grove are unknown. Nobody goes into Ranger Grove. One day in 1992, two Rangers had made a bet about the data recorded in Grove G-15 and took a small excursion out to it. They never returned. The next day, those counting the trees in the Grove from afar counted two fewer. Since this incident, Rangers have learned a few things about this Grove. Ranger Grove grows a new sapling when someone destined to become a Ranger is born. This tree stands throughout a Ranger's life, and remains even after a Ranger’s death. The only known instance of a decrease in trees in Ranger Grove is the Incident from 1992.