Dryad Liminal

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## General Information

### Subspecies

* Alraune Liminal
* Barometz Liminal
* Mandragora Liminal
* Matango Liminal
* Treefolk Liminal

## Meta-Physical

### Reality Type(s)

* Manga
* Anime
* Video Game

### Media Source(s)

Monster Musume: Everyday Life with a Monster Girl

### Creator(s)

Takemaru Inui

The **Dryad Liminals**, also known as **Tree Nymph Liminals**, are a species of Liminals based on the Greek tree spirits of myth that appear in the series, Monster Musume. They are an all female race with incredibly long lifespans that prefer to live in forests.

## Physiology

Dryads have a physiology rather similar to that of plants since most of their bodies have plant-like attributes such as bark-like coverings, leaves for hair and their "legs" are actually roots. Even though they can eat like all biological beings, they can feed and absorb nutrients from the soil. To this end they can "eat" plant fertilizer if it is placed around their root system. They can also gain sustenance through absorbing sunlight through the leaf-like hair via photosynthesis. Their root-like legs can be use to dig deep into the soil to extract nutrients and water. However, doing this means they become immobile until they decide to retract their roots from the ground again.

Much like a plant, their body proportions and overall health is depending on the amount of nutrients they are receiving. While their default forms seem to be that of a adolescent humanoid child, their bodies can "grow" to possess the proportions of a humanoid adult with the right amount of healthy nutrients. As nutrients are stored within their body, excessive nutrient intake (absorbing more nutrients than is required) may result in their body becoming chubby much in the same way a human becomes chubby from eating to much food. They can store excess water and nutrients within their breasts as a type of reservoir. The more water and nutrients they have, the larger their breasts become, making their breasts a handy way to gauge their health. The water and nutrients within their breasts mix to become a type of sweet sap. The loss of the nectar means the Dryad will have to reabsorb more nutrients or else become unhealthy.

They also possess prehensile vines and they can move them as additional appendages to ensnare prey once they are within reach. The Dryad Liminals can use them as a defensive weapon, often times the vines themselves possess thorns which may sometimes be laced with sedative, poison or nectar. Much like the Slime Liminals, their body chemistry and form can be altered depending on what nutrients and chemicals they are absorbing from their habitat.

Dryad Liminals are always active during spring and summer. Yet when autumn comes, their mood changes drastically for the worse as the leaves on their bodies begin to die. In winter, they hibernate as their skin turns into a dull brown until spring. These seasonal changes can be done in a control environment such as a greenhouse.

Dryad Liminals' lifespans are comparable to a lifespan of a tree. As an all female race, they use males of other species for mating purposes, taking strong ones to pass their traits onto their children. They don't acknowledge intimacy without reproduction.

## Pre-Apocalypse

Before the apocalypse came, many of these nature women stayed in the forests unless they seek a mate. Contact with these Liminals is limited to non-existent. However, they do attack those that would harm their natural environment. Only a small percentage of them can be seen in rural areas to ensure the soil of farms have plenty of nutrients for planting, checking to find any contaminants in the wilderness or assisting with terraforming (which is even more rare). Many of them prefer to be left alone with very few contacts with other species with only a few friends.

However, some have been taken to other worlds to try and keep poachers out of wildlife reserves and national parks to protect against any sort of illegal activities. They even punish any litterbugs by shoving their own trash down in a certain orifice. On worlds with primitive cultures, they are treated as nature and fertility goddesses. These women teach the primitives about respecting nature and the natural world to prevent any future catastrophes.

## Post Apocalypse

When the apocalypse came, the Dryad Liminals are pretty much the same. Yet they are far more widespread than ever throughout the multiverse. Many of them settled in forests of various worlds and moons with very little sentient lifeforms inhabiting close by their territories. There are also Dryad Liminals living alongside their Mamono counterparts as well. These Dryads prefer to be closer to people and act as a go between them and civilization.