The Fighting Trees

The Fighting Trees are a race of kuberas that inhabit the once great forests of Oz. They are a strictly gladeling culture. There are two main copses remaining in Oz. The first is the last of the Emerald City Fighting Trees. This copse is very small and is the remainder of the forest that is located where the land is still green on the border of Gillikin Country. The Copse of the Great Purple Forest is the only other copse left in Oz and the largest. The still wild lands of the north of Oz are home to this last group. They have managed to hold off Ironheart's advances so far, but, as is the way in the mortal world, it is only a matter of time before wood gives way to steel and concrete.

The strict gladeling only rules enforced by the Fighting trees were even more strictly observed with the rise of Ironheart. The kuberas have looked into the eyes of the Kroft, and those eyes are set in the maddened head of King Ironheart. Only one Fighting Tree has had their mortal anchor Krofted. She was exiled from the Emerald Copse.

The Fighting Trees hate Ironheart with every fiber of their being. Everyday more forest is destroyed and even more kuberas are forced into slumber. The Fighting Trees know that if Ironheart is not stopped soon they will all perish. The Great Purple Forest's copse have attempted to contact Endora and petition her for protection, but the mysterious witch remains silent in her hidden palace. The Fighting Trees are a tough race, and have been doing a heroic job of repelling Ironheart but they are fighting an uphill battle. They are not as noble as the Winged Monkeys and are quite irritable. It was a great blow to their pride to ask the Witch of the North for aid as the Fighting trees were always quick to anger when intruders entered their forests, but now they are oaken pillars of rage. With powerful woodland magics at their disposal, the very forest itself rises up to defend against the Great Cog Army... and with the advent of the use of flamethrowers in Ironheart's army, acre by acre slowly burns to the ground.

Fighting Tree

Attributes: Strength 5, Dexterity 4, Stamina 5
Charisma 1 (+2), Manipulation 1 (+2), Appearance 2 (+2),
Perception 3, Intelligence 3, Wits 2

Abilities:
Alertness 3
Brawl 5
Intimidation 4
Athletics 3
Survival 5
Crafts 2

Glamour: 6
Willpower: 4
Banality: 3

Slivers:Petros 3
Verdage 3
Aquis 2

Realms: Spirit 4
Fire 5

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