Editing List of Others (section)

==Dryad==
Embodiment of the trees in general or singularly. Connected to [[Nature]] and as varied as the trees themselves.<ref>'''Dryads''' may feed on other sentiments than the negativity laden scraps, such as [[connection]]s, and build a human form from that.  They typically come about when there is an excess of Nature in an area, and that excess combines with the aforementioned sentiments.  Being of [[Nature]], they are often linked to specific sub-facets, and can be unpredictable as a result.  One could meet one interested in the sub-facet of breeding and sex, a flighty dryad with prey animal instincts, or they could meet one with a carnivorous, predator mindset, stalking those that invade her territory.- Bestiary [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oy1HZnIFENXNvHpdCdR6W3UUYpzbV9w214823c6H9Ps Gnarling]]</ref> Most seem to be connected to the tree they inhabit with the environment and [[power]] of a place effecting them.<ref>“Uhhh, I won’t name names, because the teachers might have magical ears set out to keep us from dredging up too much of that stuff, but student A asked student B to look after a fragile and really important dryad.  Student A’s dad offered access to some places that are warded off to anyone that isn’t from A’s family, if B would complete the job.”<br><br>“What made the dryad so special?” Verona asked.<br><br>Corbin answered, “The tree was used in the killing of a lot of people, and all of them became strong Others who could sort of practice.  But it was a lot of death energies, the tree had its own intelligence and a feminine body that acted separate and she got sick with the death energies.    Anyway, that’s beside the point.  Student B got a better offer than A’s dad was giving them, and took the dryad and her tree apart for materials and raw power, gave the materials to the rival of A, took the raw power, got a bunch of favors and stuff.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/11/07 Excerpt] from [[Cutting Class 6.4]]</ref><ref>The Dryad of Dryad Tree Market nodded.  She stretched up, skin like bark, in varying thickness ranging from something that looked as soft as skin to bristling bark where a normal person would have clothes.  She stretched easily, body blending into the tree behind her.  A whole fairy colony had set up in the branches, like a huge, miniature treehouse. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/09/20 Excerpt] from [[Let Slip 20.9]]</ref>

===Trivia===
*A [[Wikipedia:Tree|"tree"]] is a descriptive term, several unrelated plant species are called "trees" despite not being remotely related; an example of convergent evolution on masse.
*[[Wikipedia:Dryad|Dryad's]] are specifically the [[Nymph]]s of Oak trees but have become a general term for any tree spirit in public consciousness, further those dryads who had their lives tied to a tree as their [[Hallow]] or their physical body were called [[Wikipedia:Hamadryad|hamadryads]], this term too has been used for different purposes.