Plantling

## What is a Plantling?

A Planting is an organic living being composed only of plants, Plantlings are a unique race and can only hybridize with plants, and not other races, due to their unique method of procreation.

### How are Plantlings made?

A juvenile Plantling is made when two Plantlings swap pollen.  All plantlings, like most plants, have no set sex or gender and are hermaphroditic, so produce and accept pollen. Inside of each Plantling is a Pollen Sac, usually located in the shoulder area.  Pollen is passed from the Pollen sac to its recipient Seed through a kiss.

Plantlings were originally a race created by the Earth Goddess Gaiuterna. The first plantling was created hundreds of years ago following a strong drought, The Earth Titan Gaiuterna had accidentally given a set of plant seeds far too much energy during growth which resulted in sporadic genetic mutation, resulting in the first generation of Plantlings. From there Plantlings would hybridize and adapt to their enviroment now adapting to become nearly any type of plant commonly seen across the world.

## How do they work?

Plantlings can come in many different forms, they vary in height, and almost any and every plant genus, and species.  The physical look of a Plantling is based on the in-depth care of a Plantling during its growth period.  The physical properties of a Plantling range on a scale from Plant-like to human-like based on physical traits such as faces or even limbs and bodily properties. [Eg, Plantlings could have a Pumpkin for a head, or a human-like face, or a mix-match of both.]  Another important property is the difference between Carnivorous, Omnivorous, and Photosynthetic Plantlings.  Carnivorous Plantlings are Plants that by choice ONLY eat meat in conjunction with natural photosynthetic sustenance,  Carnivorous Plantlings have a stomach inside of them that is filled with an incredibly strong acid so that the nutrients found in meat can be broken down and absorbed.  Omnivorous Plantlings, similar to Carnivorous Plantlings by choice eat anything considered food, they are broken down and digested the same way.  Photosynthetic plantlings uniquely Don’t possess a stomach at ALL, they solely derive nutrition from sunlight and honey.

Plantling bodies, though similar to humans, cannot be MORE different, as they function like plants.  A Plantling only has one proper necessary organ, the heart which can be located anywhere in the body.  The heart functions ALMOST like an Achilles heel of sorts since the heart of a Plantling must be damaged fatally to kill it.  Plantling skeletal systems are made up of the thick coiled roots and vines that were sown to originally grow them, they function as proper bones, that splinter and break.  When sleeping a Plantling’s roots will probe into the ground from the feet to allow the body to remain safe while unconscious.

A Plantling can see and feel things differently from a regular person.  For example, a Plantling with no eyes doesn't see in the traditional way but sees the outlines of things through their energy signature, a Plantling with eyes sees as anyone else would.  Another thing about Plantling bodies is the lack of muscle.  A Plantling doesn't HAVE muscle or muscles in a traditional sense, as they are mainly composed of water, plant matter, and magic, HOWEVER ingestion of high contents of gelatin can emulate the presence of muscle mass as it will coagulate in areas where muscles would be present, this does nothing to enhance strength or speed and is completely aesthetic.

Killing a Plantling is difficult, as Plantlings possess unique traits that either aid in escape or regeneration of the physical body, killing one can only be done in one of 4 ways;  Sunlight/Energy deprivation, Destruction of the heart [to lore-kill the killer must KNOW the location in the heart and state that they have broken the heart], Burning, and Withering/poisoning of the physical body. If a Plantling is unable to pass on their genetic material to another Plantling, or trusted friend, they cannot be propagated/regrown into a new being with the same soul.