Leimoniads and oreads faced near extinction, the number of hamadriads were decreasing with each cut tree. The most shocking cultural impact was however yet ahead: the First Landing of humans.Īt the beginning, humans perceived nymphs as monsters, demons who had to be either expelled or destroyed in order to obtain new lands. Elven genes allowing long life and Elder Speech spread throughout the eerie wives, beautiful elven cities harmonious with nature changed the way the dryads perceived other intelligent races, though the idea of bending nature to one's will was still disgusting for keepers of the forest. The arrival of Aen Seidhe changed dryads both physically and culturally. The nymphs felt hatred for an industrial race polluting the natural environment, while the dwarves perceived them as savage barbarians. Their attitude towards dwarves was more hostile – mutually. Contacts with other Elder Races ĭryads generally ignored gnomes, perceiving them as not worthy of attention as long as they tended to their own matters and did not endanger the nature. There are even assumptions that dryads and other nymphs came here as early as the first trees, thus grouping them among the earliest colonizers of the world. While they are indeed spotted in certain elven ruins as guardians of the nature, according to the dwarves they were already present on the Continent ages before the arrival of either Nordlings or Aen Seidhe. Some legends claim that dryads' origin lies in the elven scheme to use enchanted human women in battles against Nordlings. However, the elder the abducted girl, the more likely for her to have glimpses of past life and not to match skills of the pure dryads. During Eithné's rule this policy went so far so the human children became abducted from areas outside Brokilon. Should any young girl wander into their forest, be her a peasant's child or even a princess, she is subjected to transformation. While originally such fate was rather rare, wars with humans forced dryads to be less benign.
Because of this they may sometimes grumble about witchers and other infertile males.Īpart from the sexual encounters, a dryad can be made by mutating a child of different race through drinking the mutagenous Water of Brokilon. Even though some of them may form romantic relationships, they mostly perceive males as a mean of procreation. While it might seem a pleasant occasion for some jovial men, dryads take mating very seriously. Procreation ĭryads are exclusively female and use males of other humanoid races only for mating purposes, taking strong ones to pass their traits onto their children. Even then she chooses the oldest and the largest tree in the area, to ensure that it survives without complication.
No dryad however, especially a hamadryad, do it without a serious motivation, such as the enemy invasion. The Water of Brokilon often activates the magical abilities in young girls, in similar way the witcher mutagens do it in witchers.Īpart from the common sources of Power, of which the dryads utilize Air, Earth, and Water, dryads are also able to draw it from trees. The relation between dryads and magic might be very strong, though the Sources are practically absent among members of this race. Dryads living in settlements in the heart of the forest, like Queen Eithné, tend to wear more fanciful dresses.
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The exact shade is often unclear due to Brokilonian habit of painting skin into camouflage patterns by scouts and sentinels, as well as wearing clothes patched up out of their natural surroundings, like leaves and twigs, which help them to blend into the forest. At some occasions however they may appear entirely green. Their skin tones can be described as similar to humans, though often take on forest-like tints of olive, chestnut, red or green. Born dryads rarely have blond hair or blue eyes, but these can be inherited from human or elven fathers. Their hair is typically chestnut, green or red and is often dreadlocked. ĭryads and hamadryads are generally similar to humans and can be mistaken for them in certain situations, and vice versa. It is generally impossible to distinguish a naturally born dryad from the transformed one only older girls who became dryads after 10 or up can be recognized due to lack of distinct dryad sweat which smells like willow's leaves.
Characteristics Physical description ĭryads tend to have a slender and small build.
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