Sylvari

Various Sylvari Based On Classes

The **Sylvari** are a botanical humanoid race born from the Pale Tree on the world of Tyria. These magical creatures are usually honest, direct and focused, taking most things at face value as they are eager to learn, experience and understand everything while having an affinity for dreaming.

## Physiology

The physiology of the Sylvari may seem like green humanoids with some plant parts, that is because they actually are. They have hard wood for bones, foliage and petals for hair and bark acting like flesh. They don't have hearts but they have golden sap in their veins that act as blood and pollen falls off of them as they move. Sylvari can gain "meditative supplement" while using photosynthesis yet they do eat the same foods as other humanoids in order to gain nutrients. They do have a fully functioning digestive system as well as able to produce mulch. Sylvari also have thermoreceptors, along with hating the cold as they prefer to be in someplace warm. They do have genders and able to mate, but they cannot reproduce. More Sylvari are produced from the Pale Tree as they emerge fully formed from golden or cyan fruit pods from the branches. They are human in shape but a head shorter with a fey cast to their features such as tilted eyes and pointed ear tips.

The Sylvari are immune to the Elder Dragon's corruption. Though not true immunity, as a Sylvari will simply die when touched by corrupting magic. It is unknown that Sylvari can die from old age since many have died from violence, poison, or disease and show no signs of aging. Wounded Sylvari can regrow parts of themselves, though never to the strength of the original part. Whether this applies to limbs or just petals, is uncertain. They heal at the same general rate as humans; and Sylvari who suffer extensive wounds may scar forever. Sylvari also have luminescent cells in their skin, causing them to glow in the dark.

## Pre-Apocalypse

Many of the Sylvari have lived on Tyria for as long as they can remember (in reality, eight years) with the Pale Tree being their parent. As an avatar species, many venture out and take on quests, fighting monsters and participate in wars. When they become part of the psyche mutliverse, they venture out into the vast unknown as they bring special seeds from the Pale Tree to have their kind spread out. They usually go for planets that have forests and avoid planets with very low temperatures. The Sylvari also join many other nature loving species to colonize worlds with an abundance of life and protect the natural life on those worlds.

As a race made for adventuring like many other Avatars, they go forth and explore the unknowns, help those in need, and go out fulfilling whatever motivates them. Those that aren't Avatars stay close to their home trees to protect them to ensure the survival of the Sylvari race. There are a few that adventure outward to fulfill their curiosities about the worlds they live on.

## Post Apocalypse

Many Sylvari Avatars got infected by the parasite that have been infecting all the other Avatars as they enter into our reality. However, many of them try to resist and try to free many others. Once the cure has been administered, many have been suffering from PTSD with the guilt of what they've done and isolate themselves in the most remote planet where they die out to form new soil that plants grow. As for the other Avatars, many prefer to try to redeem themselves after banishing themselves to various areas, including the Cascadia Galaxy where they meet up with growing micronations that do respect nature along with other Avatars. Some of them head out as scouts to fight danger while others stayed behind to tend farms. They even bring in some seeds of the Pale Tree in the hopes that the new generation would be better.

As for the other Sylvari, many of them head out to plant more seeds of the Pale Tree while making some friends (and enemies) along the way.