Dryad

Category:Bestiarycategory:SaplingsCategory:Notorious Monsters
Job: Warrior
Family: Sapling
Weak to: ,	
thumb|150 px|Dryad
Zone 	Level	Drops	Steal	Spawns	Notes
Cloister of Frost	 	 	 	6 	A, L, H
 	 	 	 	 	
===Notes:===
:*Appears in battlefield event for SMN AF2: Class Reunion.
:*All 6 will automatically attack upon approaching.
:*All manner of ice magic will be very effective due to zone weather.
:*See Class Reunion testimonials.
== Historical Background ==
In Greek mythology, dryads were nymphs of oak trees. Nymphs were female nature spirits of various aspects of nature (others: oceanids [nymphs of oceans], nereids [nymphs of seas], naiads [nymphs of freshwater], oreads [nymphs of mountains]). Only in the 20th century did Dryads get reinterpreted to be tree spirits of all types of trees, not just oak trees. Dryads harmed any mortals who would kill trees in the forests or groves without making proper offerings. Meliae were the nymphs for ash trees, daphnaie were the nymphs for laurel trees, leuce were nymphs for white poplar trees and aigeiroi were nymphs for black poplar trees. Dryad is Greek for "of the tree" (feminine).