Terra the Dryad

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Terra the Dryad sitting on a hill next to a pile of Purification Powder.

## Overview

**Terra the Dryad** is a dryad in the Terrasteel & Photon universes, shown as a stickman with light green hair in a long ponytail and dark green skin. Terra the Dryad is the only living Dryad, as shown in Terraria lore. All depictions of the Dryad in Photon animations are depictions of Terra.

She is named after the Terraria YouTuber Terrasteel, as a prank by Photon due to the Dryad's gender being female. This is because Terrasteel is male, and Photon would taunt Terrasteel for his bad naming decisions (since the shorthand of his name was a female name).

Terrasteel's first video was also a video about the dryad, a video that was later remade by Photon into the animation *The Dryad is Broke*. However, Terra the Dryad and Terrasteel are canonically the same entity.

Terra the Dryad is the longest running and most frequently used single Photon character other than the Player.

## Chronology

***Why the dryad is broke (funny explanations)* (by Terrasteel) (June 27, 2017)**

This video is the first video of "Terra the Dryad" and is the first video made by Terrasteel.

In the video, the Dryad loses profit due to the Steampunker gaining more sales of the Clentaminator. It is very badly made with poor editing, and due to Terrasteel's bad decision to not turn off his mic, you can hear an *Adam Ruins Everything* video in the background as well as a lot of noise.

This video would be fleshed out and remastered by Terrasteel and Photon in two later videos.

Technically, due to the fact that the wisp shown above the player is Terrasteel, as is the player below it and Terra the Dryad, it is talking to itself in three different bodies simultaneously.

***Why the Dryad is Broke - Remastered* (by Terrasteel) (June 27, 2017)**

This video is Terrasteel's 100-subscriber special. It was an animation made in Krita by Terrasteel. Due to Terrasteel's poor art skills (drawn with mouse) and his decision to use a raster art program instead of a vector art program, the animation is of quite poor quality, even worse than Photon's first animations. The Dryad is portrayed as a green Wisp, while the Player is portrayed as the Blue Wisp. This further adds credence that Terrasteel is Terra the Dryad.

It follows the same plotline as the original, except that the Dryad moves for opportunities in the beginning.

This is the first remaster of the initial video.

The video is currently unlisted.

***Pre-Hardmode in under 40 Seconds* (December 26, 2019)**

Terra the Dryad is shown at the end of the video, advising the player that hardmode has started, meaning the Corruption will be spreading rapidly.

*"Just killed WoF? Your world is now full of corruption. You have a lot of work to do. Good luck."*

Shortly after this, Terra the Dryad is killed by a Red Devil. She was later revived as she makes more appearances.

This is the video that gives Terra her name.

***Hardmode in 64 Seconds* (July 2, 2020)**

Terra the Dryad is shown at the end of the video once more, telling the player that their world has already been destroyed with Corruption and Hallow, and that it is too late. She taps the player's shoulder once with an extremely long arm.

*"Lorem Ipsum is 22% hallow and 55% corruption. You are screwed."*

***Zenith in 89 Seconds* (September 4, 2020)**

Terra the Dryad is shown at the end of the video again, once again using her extending arm to reach for the player's shoulder. The video cuts before the Dryad taps the Player's shoulder.

The abrupt cut may suggest that Terra the Dryad was very angry or demanding at the Player for neglecting the Corruption in their world.

***Post-Moon Lord in 105 Seconds* (November 15, 2020)**

Terra the Dryad is shown scanning the percentage of the Corruption and Hallow inside of her house while the Player is cleansing the Corruption using a Clentaminator.

*"Keep going"*

During the scene, the Corruption percentage falls by 0.024% per second (0.001% per frame) while the Hallow percentage gains 0.001% during the short scene.

***The Dryad is Broke* (November 24, 2020)**

*The Dryad is Broke* is the episode where Terra the Dryad recieves the most exposure (since it is her own episode).

The story is a more fleshed out variant of the original made over three years prior. In the beginning of the episode, Hardmode starts with a poster created by the Player. Terra reads the poster, asking the player to purify the world. The player reacts by spawning the Destroyer, which nearly kills the Dryad. Terra is healed by the Nurse.

The Dryad then sees the Player holding the Clentaminator. The Dryad tries to sell him purification powder, but is denied on the fact that the Clentaminator is superior. After a bit of mild depression, she just gives up.

The Dryad is then seen as a failure by the Tax Collector next quarter, and is redelegated to the "dynamite hole", the worst housing in the world.

CrabBar is then seen buying Planter Boxes from her. This is due to CrabBar's planter box video, advertising the Planter Box as a superior but expensive alternative to Platforms. This is presumed to make the Dryad "un-poor".

This is the second and most recent remaster of the first video. It did fairly well on YouTube and its quality is far superior than the first remaster a year prior.

This is the last appearance of Terra the Dryad.

## Trivia

Terra the Dryad died in her first appearance in Pre-Hardmode in under 40 Seconds, shown being killed along with the player by a Red Devil. However, she makes many appearances after this, so this death will not be regarded as canon.

The Red Devil she was killed by would be illegal, as a Mechanical Boss would need to be killed for a Red Devil to spawn.

Terra is one of the few characters in Photon who has been drawn with a mouth, the others being the Player and the Goblin Advisor.