Post by Ichabod Oakenfellow on Nov 13, 2006 17:07:58 GMT -5
[shadow=red,left,300]Ichabod the Oaken Fellow[/shadow]
Ichabod is a treant. His most distinguishing attributes are his height (he's very short for a tree) and the spine and shoulder blades of an orc protruding from his back. He likes to think of this latter item as comedic justice.
Treants come into existence when forests are left to grow virgin for several thousand years. The trace amounts of magic that permeate through the world build up within any living creature that stands as long as trees do and gives sentience to such organic matter. Enough treants have come into existence
to create a small society that shows the reclusiveness of your standard fey; From this, and a growing threat from the
destructive humanoids known as orcs, treants have put themselves into complete isolation with anything that does not naturally grow or "occur" in nature. In the mindset of the treants: humanoids kill vegetation in order to build towers and walls to protect themselves while they prepare to kill more humanoids.
This bastardized interpretation of "Survival of the Fittest" is why humanoids don't "occur" naturally.
Ichabod came to be from an old tree, on the edge of an older forest, that had finally accumulated enough magic to manifest basic emotions but not quite enough to possess a soul. One night, a group of orc scouts set camp near him, in there search for new land. Ichabod found himself being felled, clumsily, for fire wood and entertainment. What is meant by a clumsy felling is that during the whole ordeal, the orcs couldn't help but sling insults at each other, which ultimately lead to one orc pushing the falling tree onto his most bitter companion. Nearby elves, patrolling the area, heard the orcish screams and the loud crash that ensued, found the remaining two brutes and slew them. Ichabod soon found himself alone, full of anger and fear and dying. Through the magic infused within him, his will to survive and the body of the orc under him, which he found strangely nourishing, Ichabod managed to come to full sentience and eventually shaped himself from the bones of the deceased intruder inside him. Ichabod sought refuge in the ancient forest he was born from, found a small population of fellow treants and was Incorporated as is the routine for that race. Decades past and the borders of the woods receded as humans, orcs and so on moved into the area. All the treants kept to the traditions of further retreat which they confidently assured Ichabod would outlast the other races. Realizing the only hope for his home was
to fight, Ichabod excommunicated himself to join the other good races. To accomplish this, he has left the forest and ventured into the thick fog.
Ichabod's ultimate goal is to eradicate all orcs and teach other races to respect nature so that his people might not disappear.
Ichabod is a treant. His most distinguishing attributes are his height (he's very short for a tree) and the spine and shoulder blades of an orc protruding from his back. He likes to think of this latter item as comedic justice.
Treants come into existence when forests are left to grow virgin for several thousand years. The trace amounts of magic that permeate through the world build up within any living creature that stands as long as trees do and gives sentience to such organic matter. Enough treants have come into existence
to create a small society that shows the reclusiveness of your standard fey; From this, and a growing threat from the
destructive humanoids known as orcs, treants have put themselves into complete isolation with anything that does not naturally grow or "occur" in nature. In the mindset of the treants: humanoids kill vegetation in order to build towers and walls to protect themselves while they prepare to kill more humanoids.
This bastardized interpretation of "Survival of the Fittest" is why humanoids don't "occur" naturally.
Ichabod came to be from an old tree, on the edge of an older forest, that had finally accumulated enough magic to manifest basic emotions but not quite enough to possess a soul. One night, a group of orc scouts set camp near him, in there search for new land. Ichabod found himself being felled, clumsily, for fire wood and entertainment. What is meant by a clumsy felling is that during the whole ordeal, the orcs couldn't help but sling insults at each other, which ultimately lead to one orc pushing the falling tree onto his most bitter companion. Nearby elves, patrolling the area, heard the orcish screams and the loud crash that ensued, found the remaining two brutes and slew them. Ichabod soon found himself alone, full of anger and fear and dying. Through the magic infused within him, his will to survive and the body of the orc under him, which he found strangely nourishing, Ichabod managed to come to full sentience and eventually shaped himself from the bones of the deceased intruder inside him. Ichabod sought refuge in the ancient forest he was born from, found a small population of fellow treants and was Incorporated as is the routine for that race. Decades past and the borders of the woods receded as humans, orcs and so on moved into the area. All the treants kept to the traditions of further retreat which they confidently assured Ichabod would outlast the other races. Realizing the only hope for his home was
to fight, Ichabod excommunicated himself to join the other good races. To accomplish this, he has left the forest and ventured into the thick fog.
Ichabod's ultimate goal is to eradicate all orcs and teach other races to respect nature so that his people might not disappear.