Leif

Name: Leif "Cervine"

Species/Race: Spriggan

Gender: Male

Age; Physically Alive for 28 years; conscious for over two centuries along with the other spriggans

Occupation: Park Ranger

Playlist: Here

-Physical Aspects-

• Tall and thin
• The upper torso is entirely hollow, with a few holes that show the inside
• Has no mouth; Instead, he talks by vibrating the air in his chest cavity
• Made out of bark and tree material
• Eyes glow with a relatively low luminosity
• Grows a new set of branches/horns each day
• Has a faint accent that hasn't been traced, seeming more like an amalgam of different accents
• Always wearing the same outfit, which is almost always impeccably clean
• Elongated fingers
• Constantly followed by a few fireflies, regardless of the season
• Has a natural immunity from normal diseases, but he can get various plant-related blights and sicknesses
• Stiff, stilted movement; barely bends knees when walking

-Mental Aspects-

• Reserved, but cordial
• Skittish and jumpy
• Has love for learning new things
• Easily overwhelmed
• Extremely reverent and protective of his forest that he spawned from, to the point of self-sacrificial means
• A practitioner of harsh Spriggan law in his stretch of woods, a code that treats the life of a tree as important as a human. The punishments of the law are similar to Hammurabi's code.
• Religious/devout to an entity known as the Canopy, who is revered amongst all Spriggans
• Seems to have a disdain for an entity known as Rotmaw, who seems to be an antithesis to the Canopy
• Becomes despondent and isolated during the winter
• Pointed, satirical humor
• Silver tongue
• Worried about the passing of time; prone to anxiety about outlasting those he cares about

-Talents and Abilities-

• Can grow plants and fungi at a fraction of its normal rate (Ex: Can create a full-grown tree in about half an hour or death caps in mere seconds)
• Anything he forcibly grows has amplified qualities. This can be as anything from better-tasting crops to the size and medicinal qualities
• Can transport himself distances of up to 50 kilometers so long as there are at least two trees within that radius; one to enter and one to leave
• Assumes many deer-like qualities due to his head, including acute hearing, increased speed, etc.
• Avid violin player, and has an aptitude to learning new instruments
• His clothes seem to be self-repairing, returning to near-perfect come the next day. This may not be a quality of him, but the clothes themselves

-Likes-

• Forests
• Rain
• Fireflies
• Violin music
• Spring months
• Other Spriggans
• Learning new things

-Dislikes-

• Fire
• Deforestation
• Death/Decay
• Winter
• Bright Lights
• Surprises
• Pine Beetles

How long had he really been "awake" now? He had always had felt like he was in a dream, watching the world from the holes in the trees, never to interfere until the Combined Era. He had always thought it to be a myth. After all, it was extremely unlikely that magic would ever come back to the ley lines. But here he was, out in the open. He felt the breeze on his bark, the soil pressing over his feet, and the ebb of the ley lines surging through his body. In a simultaneous connection with all other dumbfounded Spriggans around the world, he uttered out the name chosen for him by The Canopy.

Though he uttered "Leif" to the open and isolated air, he heard a cacophony of voices in his head, being able to discern them all. Vitori, Needle, Eric, Spiren, Argus, Delvino, Aggamand, Mantle, Bekah, Beam, and so many others ran through his head. None of them disagreed with their name but instead had another unanimous thought.

If they were out, then they needed to get to work. They knew their purpose and place, they just needed to find a way. Regardless of whether the threat was human, natural or magical, their job was to make sure their forests stood the tests of time.

So Leif and all others did just that, having am individual thought in the back of their minds on how best to achieve their task.

For Leif, working with humans seemed necessary, so he headed towards the nearest park ranger station, hoping dearly that they would understand that they had the same goal at heart.