Yggdrasill

**The Yggdrasill**, also known as the World Tree, is the inheritor of the wisdom of the first Awakened and most ancient among all plantfolk on Mogar. It is also the most powerful violet-cored individual among the plantfolk and is an important member of the Awakened Council. Every member of the Yggdrasill species is a tree, hence incapable of moving around. The latest Yggdrasill was over 11,000 years old until it was executed by the Council for scheming to endanger the Council apprentices during the Urgamakka trial in an attempt to study Lith's new Tiamat abilities.

## Abilities

The Yggdrasill is a powerful mage, but its inability to move makes it physically helpless. A tree can't speak, but the Tree's mastery over wind is so great that they can form words simply by rearranging their leaves, without the need for magic.

## Background

When the original Yggdrasill felt its end approaching, its only worry was that all the knowledge and secrets it had accumulated would be lost, so it found a way to preserve them. At the moment of its death, its consciousness travels through its roots to meet all of its offspring. Once the World Tree finds a worthy candidate, their consciousnesses merge and a new World Tree is born from the Awakening of a World Sapling.

The latest Yggdrasill sends a farmer elf named Aalejah to the fake ruins of Urgamakka created by the Awakened Council to test their apprentices. The Tree orders her to investigate the ruins as well as study Lith's new Tiamat species and convince him to visit its Fringe as he might be a threat to the balance.

After Lith accepts Aalejah's offer to study him, she helps him discover his Voidfeather Dragon and Abomination forms. Aalejah relays her findings to the Yggdrasill. Lith asks about what happened to the First Ruler of the Flames Ripha Menadion but the World Tree is unable to give an answer. After a near disastrous experiment with Lith's Abomination form, Aalejah inadvertently reveals to the Council that the Yggdrasill is nearing the end of its life cycle and is nearly insane as a result. The Yggdrasill confesses to sending the naive Aalejah for Lith to exploit as well as using the Council in order to expose Lith's abilities.

After witnessing Aalejah's interactions with Lith, the Yggdrasill lures Vareen the Plaguespreader to the city to force Lith to expose his true potential and abilities. The Council test ends when the city is suddenly attacked by Vareen. Aalejah gives Lith her Yggdrasill staff to help him safely use his Abomination form's Possession ability. The Yggdrasill contacts Salaark for help and observes Lith's battle through the staff. After Aylen Nagaar intervenes and kills the Eldritch, the Yggdrasill reveals to Aalejah its ploy, prompting the elf to remove its essence from her staff. She renounces her connection to the World Tree and moves to the Distar Marquisate with Athung Soranot.

Having already chosen its successor, the Yggdrasill is subsequently executed by the Council for endangering their apprentices. The elves leave for the new World Tree and the Chroniclers exchange its new communication rune with the Council.

## Quotes

* *"The birth of the first successful mix of two Guardians' bloodlines might be a threat to the balance. If my fears are correct, we need to snuff [Lith] out before it's too late."* (Yggdrasill to Aalejah, Chapter 1492)
* *"Call the fucking Guardians!"* (Yggdrasill to the Council representatives, Chapter 1523)
* *"Only in a battle to the death will people be forced to reveal their true potential, not by sitting comfortably in their labs."* (Yggdrasill to Aalejah, Chapter 1530)

## Trivia

* The Yggdrasill's hologram is a bonsai tree, as it would be too large to depict whole otherwise.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 826: World Tree (Part 2)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Chapter 1492: Changes and Moving (Part 2)
3. ↑ Legion on Discord
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chapter 1533: Two Sides of the Same Pain (Part 1)
5. ↑ Chapter 1507: Odd Companions (Part 1)
6. ↑ Chapter 1513: Trees and Fallen (Part 1)
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Chapter 1516: Seeds of Knowledge (Part 2)
8. ↑ Chapter 1530: Mirror Magic (Part 2)
9. ↑ Chapter 1527: Chaos Unleashed (Part 1)
10. ↑ Chapter 1531: Unveiling the Truth (Part 1)