Dryad Character, (ELF 002)
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With the destruction of so many of the Stormlands old forests during the Elven insurrections and then the Deathday Massacre, Dryad society has been devastated. Yet it does survive. The Dryads today come from elves who have the mind and blood to integrate into the forest magics. A very few young elves will feel themselves "called" to the ancient forests. Those that answer the call will be taught by the spirits of Dryad ancestors how to survive as Dryads and some history. This history is oral and therefore very incomplete. Essentially the new Dryad learns that the Dryads began separating themselves from elves eons ago as the elves became a rigid cast society. Dryads have always stayed on good terms with draconic spirits and helped the dragons against the elves during the insurrections. They are solidly on the side of the Valarians, Brotherhood Necromancers and few remaining Ancient Dragons. They are against the Pylos Necromancers and there allies.
The Dryad character has been created by circumstances. The forest that they were magically tied to has been destroyed by Warp Storms, Necromancers hunting Dryads or Elves stripping woods for resources. The exact way a dryad lost its forest should be created by the player during character creation. Just make it a fun, playable background. These Dryads have few special powers without there forest connection. Those abilities they retain are on the cards. The Dryad is an unusual character in that they do not get a background card. The Dryad card is both a character card and their background. Dryads, coming from elves, may also have the blood of the dragons and may choose to become shape shifters through the use of the Latent Shifter cards. |