Love the moodyness this had!
After listening and reading your description, I felt that having another non stringed instrument as contrast to the "forest" of sound that is the string instruments could've helped to amplify the feeling of getting lost in the forest.
What I mean is that all the stringed instruments would represent the dense forest and the lone contrasting instrument the person wandering inside (just a little thematic idea I got while reading your description😅).
Nice one!