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Druid Steven, usually just called **Druid**, is the first alternate timeline Steven seen in Walk the Line. He originates from the Monster Line, a timeline ravaged by an illness he calls the Withering, which wiped out not only the humans on his version of Earth, but also most of the plants and animals as well. He is the oldest Steven seen in the AU at well over 3000 years old, and as result, has much duller colors and a grumpier personality than his canon counterpart.

## History

The Monster Line is the oldest timeline in comparison to the Prime Line, having branched off from it over 3,000 years ago relative to where Prime Steven is currently.

This AU splits from the Prime Line around the time Steven turns 21, with Druid's decision to not revive anyone over the age of 16. He is forced to reconsider this philosophy however when his child, Vonvon, is stillborn. He chooses to revive them, and when Connie dies in a car accident a few years later, chooses to revive her as well.

While Druid's stance on revival is the split point, this Line's biggest change comes in the form of the Withering, a deadly disease that destroys organic compounds. It arrives on Earth 300 or so years after the split, through this Line's version of Padparadscha. Over the course of the next 100 years, humans become extinct on Earth, either having died or evacuated. Though gems aren't killed by The Withering, they do become corrupted, and unable to be healed through Steven or the Diamond Essences, and this soon leaves Earth devoid on any intelligent life except Druid and his family.

Vonvon, in an effort to prove themselves, dies to White Diamond when they're around 600 years old. Connie dies when she is around 3000 years old, also at the claws of White.

For the next 500 years after that, Druid wandered the Monster Line alone, with only living plants and bubbled gems for company. This isolation causes him to hear the voices of bubbles gems and hallucinate. It's often enough of an occurrence that When Prime Steven and Prime Connie arrive in his timeline, he assumes that they're visions.

After realizing that the pair are indeed real, he lets them travel along with him as he hunts down White Diamond, though once he's found her, he requests that they stay behind while he fights her. He manages to finally poof her after centuries of chasing her, but in the process he becomes fully corrupted.

## Personality

Druid is among one of the first Stevens we meet in WTL. Though he appears disgruntled and angry at first, there are many different dimensions and facets to him. He's a caretaker more than anything, having been around longer than any human ever was and been through pains most Stevens would never dream of. He's everyone's rock, really, able to run to for anything, big or small.

## Abilities

Druid's powers are the same as Prime's, but after years of experience, his are stronger and more refined. He can use his powers at a level where his eyes glow for hours or even days at a time without rest. Notably, his shapeshifting abilities are slightly stunted, as he is incapable of shapeshifting away some of his corruption, specifically his ears, tusks, and claws. While he can still summon his star shield, he's more partial to the hexagon-shaped shields first shown in "Fragments".