Horti

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==Horti, The Blight Druid==
Horti is a walking force of nature, bringing bloom and blight wherever she goes. Her exposed body is covered in plant-themed tattoos, scars and open wounds leaking miasma and rot. Her skin turned sickly green from overexposure to magic, and some small vines and flowers grow between her hair. Thanks to Rakkhus’ magic she underwent multiple mutations, which resulted in her being immune to most diseases and almost immune to pain, able to withstand great heat and cold, slowed down her aging and even made her able to use earth and water magic, although she’s not fully aware of the latest. Horti utilizes her magic through instinctual manipulation of plants, and for the more direct approach she wields a giant wooden scythe which doubles as her all-purpose gardening tool.
Despite her power, she’s very anxious and easy to scare. She avoids other humans, even other followers of Rakkhus unless she’s actively looking for fertilizer for either her flowers or her master, but greatly enjoys the company of other animals. Being alone with nature brings her genuine happiness, and she’s often humming when walking the Ooran swamps. She views killing as a part of the natural cycle, and when she has to kill, she does it quickly and without malice. The only exception is when people hurt “her garden” (which for her meansmost of the fauna and flora of Greavesoyl), who often lose most limbs before the finishing strike is dealt.
==Story==
The older generation of Ooran remember the case of a weird girl who lived at the edge of the village alone. A gardener, pretty good one, often mocked by the youth for being slightly off. The one who never got sarcasm, completely lacked awareness and was obsessed with plants, to the point of tattooing them on herself. Some still recall that her name was Horti. Ooran was shocked when one day she apparently killed a kid who broke into her garden with an intention of burning in and escaped to the swamp to avoid being caught. Not soon after, everyone in the village forgot about it when a demon killed more than one kid and made his lair below the castle.
Funnily, after enough time Horti herself forgot about her first kill too.
Back then, when she escaped the village leaving the bloodied pruner behind, she was terrified. The fear of what will happen to her, to her flowers and to her future debilitated her more than ever as she trudged knee-deep in the mud deeper and deeper into the swamp for a few days. She got completely lost and could not find the way back to Ooran even when she tried, instead unknowingly wandering further into the heart of the swamp – a feared and avoided region, known among the hunters as a place from where one rarely returns from. All the gifts she left for the Tree Spirit would not help her there, where even the nature god to whom she looked up to would not hear her cries for help. Instead, something much more sinister answered her.
A starving demon named Rakkhus, stranded in the heart of the swamp lured the lost girl to himself to feast on her emotion. Horti was terrified, but at the same time fascinated by the creature she found. A horrific amalgamation of thorns and rot. A sapient plant. The true force of nature she could not only take care of, but talk to and befriend. It, unlike the people back in Ooran, accepted her. It wanted her to feed it. To make the people remember they should fear the swamp. For them both, and later for all who server along her to feed of the weak and grow like the everlasting trees. Horti gladly agreed to serve the thorn fiend.
That day the gardener died and the blight druid was born.
==In-game==
Purely offensive enchanter who grants her allies massive damage boosts. Her passive synergises well with any form of CC and brings a massive +3 damage buff, while her aoe root can be devastating for enemies if used in a tight space. She pays for her utility with an abysmal damage output with one of the lowest attack speeds in the game. 
Abilities
Name 	Description 	Damage 	CC 	Cooldown
Twisted Garden 	Enemies within 10 blocks are Blighted for 3 seconds after being immobilized.
Blighted enemies drop a Blightbloom flower upon death, which lasts for 10 seconds.
Horti and her allies can pick the Blightbloom up to gain +3 damage for 4 seconds.	+3 	None 	None
Tangle of Thorns	Horti throws a seed which grows in a 5-block wide tangle over the span of 2 seconds.
All enemies inside are rooted and take 1 damage per seconds.
Tangle lasts 4 seconds.	1 per second 	Root 	20
Miasma 	Horti and her closest ally gain +1 damage for 5 seconds. During this time their attack also poison enemies, dealing additional 3 damage over time.	+1/3 over time	Poison	12
==Trivia==
*“Horti” means “garden” in latin.
*Her title comes from one of the druid archetypes from Pathfinder.
*She is partialy blind on her right eye thanks to a massive wound on that side of her face.
*Horti’s body is immune to most diseases, yet she can still carry and spread them.
*She has a pet alligator names Berry. For obvious balance reasons, Berry is not available to help her in-game.
*The core idea behind the design of her kit was to create a purely offensive enchanter, in contrast to those who came before her who all focused on shielding or utility buffs.
*She was the first non-tank to receive a very slow attack speed. The reason for that was to limit the benefits she would gain from Miasma, as she can only make up to 2 attacks before the buff wears off.
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