Dryad

* Manhwa
* Aeni

**Dryads** are special plants who were born from the World Tree's power, that have a consciousness and a human form, with the power to fight a against the fire, unable to be defeated by anyone or anything than the Dryads.

## Life and Death of a Dryad

* Birth inside the World Tree
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Originally, normal plants are unable to defeat a Fire but if they are reborn, using the power of the World Tree, they receive special abilities and a human body, allowing them to fight against the Fire. All plants are born and raised on the land blessed by the world tree and they must learn the rules of nature.

When a Dryad is defeated, from other means that being burned by a Fire, they will return back to the World Tree, where they will start healing from the wounds, this takes an unknown amount of time, different from species to species of Dryad, but if they are burned by a Fire, their soul will not return, but will disappear. After they are completely healed, they will wait for when another Druid picks them from the tree, still retaining the memories before they died.

### Special Characteristics of a Dryad

* Druids communicating with a Dryad
* Superhuman Strength and Endurance
* Weapon Summoning
* Taking Root
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Dryads are as inteligent as humans, sometime surprising them. A dryad can understand any human language and speak as well, but only Druids can hear them.

They have more strength than normal humans and are also able to survive from things humans would either die of get really hurt, for example, when Elder Flower and Velvet Mesquite jumped over a high wall and dropping down, with no damage received. They are also able to take root in a specific area, when it is needed to either protect or block attacks, but they can be easily moved by stronger attacks or other Dryads.

Every Dryad is able to use skills related to their mother plant and their flower language meaning, also be able to summon a weapon at will, from nothing. Some Dryads are also able to change their clothes or armor at the Beginning and some change their own gear as they gain more XP and become stronger. Sometimes, a dryad can inherit the power from the myth of their mother plant.

Sometimes, when the mother plant is combined with another species, without the use of the World Tree's power, it will become an improved species and that Dryad born from that plant will receive a special power, that is unknown even by the Dryad.

The gear that a Dryad has is similar to the bark of a tree, to protect the Dryad from Fire. When the gear gets damaged or destroyed, it can be repaired by using The Sap of the World Tree. The clothes of a dryad, also known as bark, has some similarities by their value. If a dryad is Attack they will wear jacket or similar clothes, to easily move, if they are Defense they wear armor and if its either Healing or Support, they will wear a robe or similar.

Dryads are able to live without the need to sleep or eat, but when they are injured or in a state of constant pain, like when their connection to the Druid is severed and become wild-like Dryads, they will need to eat and sleep like a normal human.

### Connection between a Dryad and a Druid

* Druid becoming a mini world tree
* Telepathically Communication
* Sharing Feelings
* Connection Severing
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Dryads are instinctively able to recognize a Druid in the soul of their mother plant, born from the world tree. They also are taught that Druid represent hope itself to all Dryads and to not attack one if it's not ordered by their Druid.

When a Dryad is summoned for the first time by a Druid, the intimacy between the two is at zero, making it a little hard to work at the beginning but it can grow when the two fight against Fire, by talking to each other or even by giving gifts to the Dryad, that it appreciates.

For a Druid and a Dryad to establish a connection, the druid needs to give a part of their soul to the dryad to build the bridge that connects their souls to each other. After the connection is established, they will be able to communicate telepathically with the Dryad while in the Terrarium Artefact and also share their feelings.

But, if the soul connection is severed, the Dryad will enter into a wild-like state, where they will start loosing all of their power, becoming contained and finally entering a seedling state, and become more human, suffering from constant hunger pain and cold. When the Dryad finally dies, they will not die in a normal way, they will die a psychological death, from all the pain and suffering they been though.

When the Druid is sleep or eat, the Dryads will also feel satisfied, because of their strong connection.

The soul link between a Druid and a Dryad is so strong, that anything that happens to the Druid will affect all of its Dryads, including feelings, armor, energy and even their current state of well-being. This can also give an advantage, in which if the Druid consumes anything that gives a special effect, everyone will be affected, including its Dryads. The longer a Dryad is out the World Tree and is with a Druid, the more will prioritize the protection and well-being of the Druid, in contrast of the World Tree.

When a Druid dies, the dryad will start to close their eyes, being to be enveloped by darkness and afterwards only a black fruit will remain, bursting after a period of time, leaving a shiny powder nearby.

### Obtaining a Dryad

A Druid can obtain a Dryad through multiple way but the most common ones are the nest two.

* Velvet Mesquite
* Red Daisy
* Red Daisy (28th Terrarium)
1/21 | These Dryads are born when a Druid buys a World Tree's Fruits from an Orchard and awaken them.
* Alpine Moonkshood
1/5 | It is very rare for a Dryad to be born in the wild, but not impossible, it can be archived only when the pollen spread widely by the World Tree finds a very special mother plant that meets all the conditions, the creating that Dryad by using the mother plant.
It is rare to meat natural born dryads.
In places where more Dryads of the same species are born it is called a Colony.

### Leveling up and becoming stronger

There are numerous ways for a dryad to become stronger but Dryads can't level up above a certain limit in comparison to their Druid, to not overwhelm their soul, but if the Druid becomes stronger though various battles, the dryads also become stronger.

1/9 | One of the most common way for a Dryad to become more powerful is to feed it fertilizer.
Fertilizer can be the World Tree's Fruit's that don't contain a Dryad or ones who contain one but didn't bloomed out of the fruit. Some Druid also feed boomed Dryads to their own.
1/1 | Another way for Dryads to gain XP is to go in battle against fire or other Dryads.
The longer a Dryad is in fight with a fire, the harder will be to defeat it because the fire will start eating parts of the Dryad, while fighting it, allowing the Fire to become more stronger.
1/1 | Another way is for the Dryad to in their own natural habitat either by natural means or by using a Terrarium Artefact.
1/1 | The last known way is by either giving the Dryad a piece of equipment that contains the power of their combat bonus month or by simply waiting till is the actual month, to receive that bonus.

## Power of a Dryad by Grade

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There is a theory that is linked to the probability of wild Dryad occurrence. Some Druid scholars believe that power distribution is linked to that.
Because of this, two questions arrived:
*Why is there such a huge gap in strength between Special grade and Normal grade?*
*Why can't a Normal grade defeat a Special grade, unless they form a massive forest?*
They discovered that the only difference is the probability of wild Dryad occurrence. It's hard to acquire Dryads that have a low probability of wild occurrence.
So, it was theorized that Dryads with fewer members of the same species outside the world tree retain more power. It is believed that all Dryads retain the same amount of power when they exist as one whole species within the world tree, but that power is divided based on the number of that species that exists when they leave the world tree.
Even if it's Normal grade Dryad we commonly see outside the World Tree establish a forest and entrusting all of their soul to the queen or king, is no different then becoming a colective whole, which also explains why they become stronger.
But since Dryads are continously being born all over the world, some voice the concern that Normal grade Dryads will only get weaker and weaker.
In response to this, it is hypothized that there is a limit to the number of members that can be born within a species, which means new Dryads cannot be born unless and existing one passes away.
This is actually the truth and only known by a handful of Dryads and humans because if it was known, people will begin to kill other people's Dryads, so they can strengthen their Dryads, because humans are very greedy.

### Dryad's Rank

1/1 | A Dryad who is this rank has only one individual, for every species.
1/1 | A Dryad who is this rank has a handful amount of individuals, for every species.
1/1 | A Dryad who is this rank has a few to small amount of individuals, for every species.
1/1 | A Dryad who is this rank has a small amount of individuals, for every species.
1/1 | A Dryad who is this rank has a decent amount of individuals, for every species.
1/1 | A Dryad who is this rank has a large amount of individuals, for every species.
Normal Dryads have weak battle abilities and their basic skills are not very good, and making them undesirable and sometimes despised when a Druid obtains one.