Elemental Plant Folk

Anthropomorphic plants with inherent elemental powers.

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Bryonian

Moss people.

• Lifespan : 100 years
• Diet: Photosynthetic
• Habitat: Moist places
• Socioeconomic Status: Oppressed

Bryonians appear to be 7' tall figures with hulking, hunched bodies that are covered in shaggy moss on their backs, and the backs of their arms and legs. The other side has tiny roots hanging there to absorb nutrients.

Bryonians have the ability to submerge into earth, soil, or loam - not stone, metal, wood, or plastic - and appear to be non-sentient moss. They are cool to the touch and can heal other plant folk with a bit of their moss. They also have the power to latch onto anything wooden or stone with their tiny roots that hang off the underside of their arms, legs, and torsos. These roots can drain energy from anything they latch onto.

The bryonians of the colonies are mostly enslaved.

There are those who lived in remote areas who maintained their original culture, which was based around an ancient nature religion. Those in the cities have half-assimilated, though they tend to have a more pro-nature sentiment simply because the pollutants of the industrial world are severely bad for them.

In Ranu, many bryonians resemble fir clubmosses, haricap mosses, red bog-mosses, or sphagnum bog-mosses.

PRO 8 ATH 7 STR 12 AWA 9 WIL 8 PRS 7 STH 7 ESS 8

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Dudum

Gourd people.

• Lifespan : 300 years
• Diet: Photosynthetic and vegetarian
• Habitat: Temperate to tropical pastoral
• Socioeconomic Status: Oppressed

Plant people with gourd shells. They stand about 2' to 3' tall. They have green or brown bodies and large gourds as shells that cover their backs. Their gourds can resemble any kind of natural gourd.

Dudums have the ability to hide in their gourds. They can also extend the protection of their gourd to others magically by expanding the gourd over them. They can only cover one other person, and then only if that person is no more than thrice their size. They can do this for 5 minutes a day.

A dudum who is mortally wounded may hide in their gourd and stop the risk of death. However, their full recovery will take longer than it might with other species.

Dudums can store water in their gourds and transform it into a medicinal drink, but this costs them their own nourishment.

Dudums live in small communities, mostly farming communities or small towns, and they have a culture of pastoral living and simple pleasures. Though not fey, many live in Gradina, the principality of the Pumpkin Prince, a powerful fey.

PRO 7 ATH 7 STR 4 Gourd +8/+8 AWA 8 WIL 8 PRS 8 STH 10 ESS 8

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Ebikoola

Fern people.

• Lifespan : 200 years
• Diet: Photosynthetic and vegetarian
• Habitat: Temperate to tropical
• Socioeconomic Status: Oppressed

People with ferns growing out of their bulbous heads. They have green and black skin, leaf fronds on their arms and legs, and stand about 4' tall. They often resemble specific ferns, and ones common in Endruin include bracken, clubmoss, great horsetail, holly fern, least adder's-tongue, marsh fern, oak fern, quillwort, ribbon fern, royal fern, wall-rue, and water fern. Their feet look like roots.

Each ebikoola has different powers. Some common abilities include poisonous fronds, whip-like appendages, granting good fortune at certain times of year, invisible travel through marshes, sending guidance, and special protections from poison or other substances. Their root-like feet allow them to bond emotionally with other ebikoolas.

The ferns growing from their heads always move independently from the rest of them, often reflecting their moods.

Ebikoola live in small comunities in humid areas of the the empires where they engage in ancestor worship, root-bonding, and rites aided by powerful substances. Locals are integrated with the native nations. They are deeply oppressed in the empires and often end up working in harsh conditions. Many in Ranu resemble ostrich ferns, common horsetails, or marsh horsetails.

PRO 8 ATH 9 STR 6 AWA 8 WIL 8 PRS 7 STH 9 ESS 8

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Fluer

Flower people.

• Lifespan : 200 years
• Diet: Water, sunlight, and soil
• Habitat: Anywhere plants can grow
• Socioeconomic Status: Oppressed

Flower people. Fluers appear to be anthropomorphic flowers. They can resemble any flowering plant. The smallest of them are about 2’ tall, while the largest stand at 9’ in height (flowering tree people), depending on the size of the plant they resemble. Some are more flower-like, appearing to be mobile flowers with faces amidst their petals and others appear to be humans with flower-like features, or somewhere in between.

Fluers have the ability to speak to and understand flowering plants. They always have a power based on their colors, and every fluer has special powers based on the flower they resemble. Consult the GM for these powers.

Fluers can attract specific insects with their aromas. Every individual has a different insect, native to where they are from, that they attract and can influence and communicate with.

Every fluer nation is based on the flower species they resemble, and there are many all over the world. There are many commonalities between them, however.

They create wondrous communities of buildings made of colorful plants, great wooden structures, and fountains and pools. Locals are integrated with the native nations.

They often work in gardens or on farms, and they avoid working the factories as much as possible.

Common flower nations in the region include the following: [Adriatic] bellflower, [Albanian] lily, alpine aster, alpine snowbell, annual fleabane, autumn crocus, [Balkan] cyclamen, bee orchid, betony, bigleaf hydrangea, bird’s-foot trefoil, black broom, black hellebore, bladder campion, [Bulgarian] columbine, carob, [Carpathian] bellflower, chicory, common agrimony, common bistort, common bluebell, common cowslip, common dandelion, common dog-violet, common heather, common lilac, common mallow, common peony, common poppy, common snowdrop, common valerian, common yarrow, cornflower, creeping cinquefoil, [Dalmatian] laburnum, daphne, dark columbine, dittany, dog rose, early purple orchid, early spider-orchid, edelweiss, [European] wallflower, field poppy, field scabious, florist kalanchoe, foxglove, gaillet, garden petunia, germander speedwell, globe-flower, goatsbeard, golden lily, golden pothos, grape hyacinth, great burnet, greater celandine, greater pasqueflower, hairy pink flax, hairy violet, harebell, hepatica, [Herzegovinian] bellflower, honeysuckle, [Hungarian] crocus, [Illyrian] fritillary, [Illyrian] iris, immortelle, [Kosovo] bellflower, [Kosovo] peony, lady’s slipper orchid, lily of the valley, looking glass, marsh gladiolus, marsh marigold, meadow buttercup, meadow clary, monkshood, mountain avens, mullein, musk mallow, oleander, orange foxtail, oxeye daisy, peace lily, pink rock-rose, poet's daffodil, purple loosestrife, ragged-robin, red campion, red clover, red goosefoot, [Romanian] peony, round-leaved sundew, saint john's wort, saffron crocus, sand iris, sea buckthorn, sea daffodil, sea holly, selfheal, [Serbian] ramonda, sloe, snakeshead fritillary, spring gentian, spring pheasant’s-eye, spring snowflake, sticky primrose, sweet gale, sweet violet, tatra saxifrage, violet larkspur, viper’s bugloss, wall bellflower, water avens, wax begonia, waxy bedstraw, white clover, white water lily, wild carnation, wild pansy, wild peony, wild rose, wild tulip, wisteria, wood anemone, wood avens, wood bedstraw, wood sorrel, yellow azalea, yellow gentian, yellow iris, yellow water lily, and yellow-banded daylily.

PRO 8 ATH 9 STR 4 to 11 AWA 9 WIL 8 PRS 10 STH 9 ESS 9

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Green Folk

Anthropomorphic trees.

• Lifespan : Varies

• Diet: Varies

• Habitat: Varies

• Socioeconomic Status: Oppressed

They appear to be walking trees with faces, with some branches coming from their heads, but two thick, strong branches forming arms. Their feet are roots.

There are many, many kinds of tree folk, but those in the Ranu resemble the native trees there, unless they come from afar.

[Common] ash folk: 13' tall anthropomorphic ash trees. Ash folk are nomadic, wandering the region in small tribes that follow the wind. They are associated with the axis mundi of the region. They are also known to make good sailors.

PRO 8 ATH 6 STR 15 AWA 8 WIL 8 PRS 8 STH 5 ESS 8

Black alder folk: 10' tall anthropomorphic black alder trees. Black alder folk are so-named for their dark barkskin, but their leaves are vibrant green. They are known for their belief in elemental chaos and honoring of the birth of the cosmos via ancient rituals. They have a knack for medicines. They live in small communities in forests and fields.

PRO 8 ATH 7 STR 12 AWA 8 WIL 8 PRS 8 STH 6 ESS 8

Black pine folk: 25' tall anthropomorphic black pine trees. The towering, undisputed elders of the taiga, black pine folk are seen as sacred by those in the deep woods. They are rare, living in small communities where they commune with the forests they protect. They are feared by imperials.

PRO 8 ATH 2 STR 27 AWA 8 WIL 9 PRS 8 STH 2 ESS 10

Box elder folk: 10' tall anthropomorphic box elder trees. A community of enslaved, immigrant, or formerly enslaved folk from a far southern continent, the box elder folk are a small group living in clusters throughout Ranu where they try to hold onto their distant, nearly forgotten culture. They are skilled crafters and believers in special elementals that guide their fashioning work. They tell tales of giant stone monsters from the stars that destroy the world, which they once fought.

PRO 8 ATH 7 STR 12 AWA 9 WIL 8 PRS 8 STH 6 ESS 8

[Mediterranean] cypress folk: 15' tall anthropomorphic cypress trees. Known for dwelling near wetlands or the seas, these cypress folk have an affinity for wet winters, dry summers, and acidic soils. They are also known for their complex mourning rituals and honoring of the dead. They live in small communities near watery regions.

PRO 8 ATH 6 STR 17 AWA 8 WIL 8 PRS 8 STH 5 ESS 8

Downy birch folk: 11' tall anthropomorphic downy birch trees. They have a deeply spiritual culture that honors their connection to the trees they resemble. They are known for their plant-based art and their intricate crafts, but all of it is in service to their worship of elementals and spiritual practices of making deep, magical connections to them.

PRO 8 ATH 7 STR 13 AWA 9 WIL 8 PRS 8 STH 6 ESS 9

Downy oak folk: 16' tall anthropomorphic downy oak trees. They dwell throughout the region, but mostly near the southern seas. They are known for their belief in physical activities - they love sports and exercises - but they are also known for their healing magic. Their communities are rambunctious.

PRO 9 ATH 7 STR 18 AWA 8 WIL 7 PRS 8 STH 5 ESS 7

Field maple folk: 7.5' tall anthropomorphic field maple trees. They are widespread throughout the region, living in small farming communities or working as serfs or peasants for the lords. They are good with planting and tilling. They are seen as stupid by others, but they are just reticient, culturally.

PRO 8 ATH 7 STR 10 AWA 9 WIL 8 PRS 8 STH 7 ESS 8

Golden-chain tree folk: 6' tall anthropomorphic golden-chain trees. Known for their bright yellow flowers that give them their name, their flowers and leaves are poisonous, which they are not afraid to use if someone is harming them. They are worshipers of the sun, which they claim gave them their golden hue, and their people live where they can greet it each morning.

PRO 8 ATH 7 STR 9 AWA 9 WIL 8 PRS 9 STH 6 ESS 8

[European] hornbeam folk: 13.5' tall anthropomorphic hornbeam trees. Protectors of their forests, they are a tough community who dislike outsiders. They are known for their heavy weaponry by imperials, but others know them as deeply religious people who honor and serve the trees and forest above all else.

PRO 9 ATH 6 STR 16 AWA 8 WIL 9 PRS 7 STH 5 ESS 8

Juniper folk: 20' tall anthropopmorphic juniper trees. Knotty, strong, and tall, they are known for their survivalism and determination. They worship the winter elementals and dwell throughout the region, even far north. They live in small communities and dislike outsiders.

PRO 8 ATH 4 STR 22 AWA 8 WIL 9 PRS 7 STH 4 ESS 8

Lobed elm folk: 10' tall anthropomorphic lobed elm trees. Elm folk from the south east, they came to Ranu as immigrants or slaves, but now they live near Vesturia and Burev in small communities. They bring with them a faith in nature that focuses on five ordinal elementals rather than four, a belief in balance with nature, and a weakness to local diseases.

PRO 8 ATH 6 STR 12 AWA 8 WIL 8 PRS 8 STH 6 ESS 9

Rowan folk: 6.5' tall anthropomorphic rowan trees. Rowan folk are known for their worship of sky and thunder elementals, which they commune with via ancient rituals during powerful storms. They wear their berries proudly and defy imperial incursions.

PRO 9 ATH 7 STR 9 AWA 8 WIL 9 PRS 8 STH 7 ESS 8

Sessile oak folk: 26' tall anthropomorphic sessile oak trees. They are feared by imperials, loved by elemental communities, and respected by all else for their enormous size and strength, as well as their connection and power over plants. They have an innate ability to speak to any plant, and their communities live attuned to the greenery around them.

PRO 8 ATH 2 STR 28 AWA 8 WIL 9 PRS 8 STH 2 ESS 9

Silver fir folk: 29' tall anthropomorphic silver fir trees. They live in remote mountain communities in the frost and cold. They are known for their resistance to cold, their evergreen needles, and their beautiful music. They live longer than other tree folk, and they never let imperials into their fortress-communities.

PRO 8 ATH 2 STR 31 AWA 8 WIL 9 PRS 6 STH 2 ESS 8

Silver poplar folk: 15' tall anthropomorpic silver poplar trees. Considered beautiful by the other tree folk, they are beloved and well known. They dwell in their own communities, but they are very welcoming. They live longer than other tree folk, and they are known for their healing magic.

PRO 7 ATH 6 STR 17 AWA 8 WIL 8 PRS 8 STH 5 ESS 8

Smoketree folk: 4' tall anthropomorphic smoketrees. The shortest of the major tree folk in the region, they are also the most warlike. They live in larger communities and have been fighting the imperials for centuries. Many of their people have been enslaved, and they never forget it.

PRO 10 ATH 7 STR 8 AWA 8 WIL 8 PRS 7 STH 8 ESS 8

[Serbian] spruce folk: 11' tall anthropomorphic spruce trees. They have a powerful shamanic tradition that honors their ancestors and believes they all come from a single, common tree millions of years old. They dwell in a small, tight-knit community that resists the imperial overlords who have terrorized them in recent years.

PRO 8 ATH 6 STR 13 AWA 9 WIL 8 PRS 8 STH 6 ESS 9

Stone pine folk: 12' tall anthropomorphic stone pine trees. They live in small communities in the taiga and other forests; they believe in the power of the earth and stone, which they honor and control via their connection to powerful earth elementals. They are very stoic.

PRO 9 ATH 4 STR 14 AWA 8 WIL 9 PRS 8 STH 5 ESS 8

White willow folk: 14' tall anthropomorphic white willow trees. They dwell in communities near lakes and ponds, living quiet lives. They maintain special rituals for the dead and for funerals, which they are well known for. They practice air, water, and earth burials.

PRO 8 ATH 4 STR 16 AWA 9 WIL 9 PRS 8 STH 4 ESS 10

Whitebeam folk: 16' tall anthropomorphic whitebeam trees. A spiritual people who dwell in large communities throughout the region, they are known for their bright berries, their pale bark and leaves, and their deep faith.

PRO 8 ATH 4 STR 18 AWA 9 WIL 8 PRS 8 STH 4 ESS 9

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Radixian

Root people.

• Lifespan: 80-120 years
• Diet: Nutrients and water
• Habitat: Subsurface soil or some slight variations
• Socioeconomic Status: Oppressed

Radixians vary in size from 6” to 12’ tall, depending on what kind of root they resemble. Most are on the smaller size. They are all anthropomorphic roots or root-parts, tubers or subsoil parts of plants, ranging from carrots and potatoes to thin fibrous roots and heavy taproots to climbing or floating roots in some cases (these latter might be rare radixians who live above ground).

Radixians can burrow under soil or earth with ease. They have kinesthetic and seismic senses while underground, and they can communicate with any radixian or plant within 50 miles who is underground or has their roots or parts underground. They can absorb water that touches them and draw nutrients out of soil and dirt with a touch as well.

Most are extremely tough.

If enough radixians live in an area, they can purify and enrich the soil, give protections to plants from disease or fire, and generally make them stronger.

Radixians live in small cluster communities. They live completely communally and equally, sharing everything and having few secrets, sometimes even merging into communal organisms. They are very powerful magically when this happens. Their culture focuses on seeking deep knowledge beneath the ground, connecting with others, and building networks of sharing and protection of the earth and plants. They honor the plants around them.

In imperial society, they are often enslaved and used for their powers in agriculture. Many resemble carrots in Ranu.

PRO 8 ATH 6 Burrowing 10 STR 2-20 Toughness +2 AWA 9 WIL 9 PRS 6 STH 2-14

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Sushenny

Tiny pinecone people.

• Lifespan : 500 years
• Diet: Snow and ice
• Habitat: Subarctic to arctic forests
• Socioeconomic Status: Oppressed

Sushennies are 1' tall pinecone people. They have twig arms and legs, pine needle hair, and pinecone bodies, with tiny heads that pop out the base (top) of the pinecone. Their little wooden heads have glowing orange eyes.

Sushennies have the ability to absorb cold air and release it to make it even colder. They can fling sap in greater quantities than their bodies should be able to hold, using it to entrap targets. They can hide their limbs and heads in their bodies and hide as pinecones, adding +6 to their toughness when they do this. A sushenny can speak to conifers of any kind.

Sushennies live in the northern boreal forests and taiga. Their original culture is a nomadic one, wandering the taiga in small communities, following the snow and ice, tending the forests, protecting the trees and animals. They worship ancient trees. In the empires, they are deeply oppressed.

PRO 8 ATH 9 STR 3 AWA 8 WIL 8 PRS 8 STH 11 ESS 9

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Trevaluge

Grass people.

• Lifespan: 50-80 years
• Diet: Meat, water, sunlight
• Habitat: Grasslands
• Socioeconomic Status:

Trevaluges are anthropomorphic grass, reed, or grain people. They can resemble any kind of grass, reed, or grain. Most are about 4' tall.

Trevaluges have the ability to hide themselves by standing still for a full minute. They are physically slender, usually, and they can blend into an area easily. They are able to speak to all grasses, grains, or reeds, and they always have sharp blades on their arms.

All trevaluges will also have magical powers specific to the kinds of grass, reed, or grain they resemble. Consult the GM.

Trevaluges are nomads on the grasslands and steppes, living in sprawling communities that wander amidst the plants they resemble, hiding and hunting. They are known for their distinct whistling that they communicate over long distances with, their affinity for centaurs, and their distrust of anyone else. They have a complex culture of nature worship, honoring and speaking to the winds, and wandering seeking water and prey.

In Ranu, they often resemble common reeds, great bulrushes, mountain rye, reed mace, rice cutgrasses, and sedges.

PRO 8 ATH 9 STR 6 AWA 9 WIL 8 PRS 8 STH 10 ESS 8

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Vitian

Vine people.

• Lifespan: 60-90 years
• Diet: Water, nutrients, and sunlight
• Habitat: Anywhere
• Socioeconomic Status: Oppressed

Vitians appear to be 5’ tall people made of an entanglement of vines, shaping into a vaguely hominid form. They vary in appearance in that some are more bulky and neckless with thick, complicated limbs, others are whip-thin and have long necks and limbs, and some are in-between. Some are flowery, some are thorny, some are ropey, some are knotted, some are looped. Most are green and brown, but some are more colorful. Some rare ones are all black or all white, and these have unexpected powers.

Vitians have vines within them that can extend out thrice their body length. They use these to grab or climb or otherwise like extended limbs. They need to drive their extended vines into the earth at least once a day to draw in nutrients, to get at least an hour of sunlight, and to use these same vines for water absorption as well (though only for a few minutes).

If there are any vining plants within 30’, they can speak to them. If they take a cutting from a vining or climbing plant, they can incorporate it into their bodies and make part of them similar to the cutting (thus sometimes making themselves both thorny and flowery, ropey and loopy, etc.).

If they resemble specific viney or climbing plants, they may have other powers associated with those plants. White vitians can entangle souls; black vitians can entangle hearts.

Vitians live in places where vegetation is dense. They make themselves part of it, forming their communities within forests, wetlands, even gardens. They live communally, share as much as they can, and form powerful defense systems against dangers to their verdure. Their culture is very much about cultivating wondrous green sanctums. They are a little xenophobic because of the constant threats to their homes from imperials. In imperial society, they are often exploited or enslaved for their powers.

Ivy and grape vine people are common in Ranu, as well as milkwort.

PRO 9 ATH 9 Climbing 11 STR 9 AWA 9 WIL 8 PRS 7 STH 8 ESS 8

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Xyloskian

Plant people who need no sunlight.

• Lifespan: 200 years
• Diet: Darkness or moonlight
• Habitat: Dark regions
• Socioeconomic Status: Oppressed

Xyloskians appear to be 9' tall, pure white anthropomorphic bromeliads.

Xyloskians feed off shadow and not sunlight. They can get by on moonlight, but pitch darkness is best for them. Most of it is absorbed for sustenance, but some is used for magic. They can draw in darkness or moonlight and use it to become invisible (if there are shadows touching them), blind someone (via a spray of black nectar), or open dark passages (with their root-feet). Direct sunlight harms them.

Xyloskians live in secret communities in the darkest places. They often live underground or in the deepest thickest forests. Their communities are led by a council of secret masters who know more than the others, and the rest of the community works for them as seekers of arcane knowledge. They create strange art works and architectures, shaping the stone and roots and earth into unseen structures. Imperials are mostly unaware of them.

PRO 8 ATH 7 STR 9 AWA 9 WIL 8 PRS 7 STH 10 ESS 9