RE:Aldryami

From: Kevin Rose <vladt_at_interaccess.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 23:30:04 -0500 (CDT)

No, the official line is they are not tied to particular trees. Dryads are tied to trees. Otherwise the moonburn and skyburn would have killed all the elves when the forests were burned down. Instead they marched out and went somewhere else, causing fairly significant havoc along the way.

Kevin
(Who feels elves is an appropriate term for the common varieties of mobile huminoid Alyryami.)

> Also, my gamesmaster rules that an elf is inexorably linked to a tree, the
> older the tree, the longer lived the elf (we already know they have
> lifespans in the centuries range). Whether this is official, what would
> happen if the tree was destroyed or contracted a disease, I'm not quite
> sure. Maybe the noble houses are all connected to long lived trees, or
> magical trees (and perhaps gain additional powers through this link)?
> Finally, Simon Hibbs -- I hope you're on medication (but hail the Bat
> anyway :) )

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