WIP/ Dryads (Patreon)

from one of the requests! il make a small series on the mythical dryads. with some modification and a broader outlook for this project. if you have any thoughts on expanding or incorporating some things, please let me know! id love to add all your big brains into this short fantasy series.

thoughts-

 these forest fae like humanoids will be based off of tree and plant species, and the first test of concept will be sugar maple! ill be detailing their IRL counterparts from their bark, leaves, and of course the maple syrup lol. 

different types of trees in different forests or regions will of course have their own cultures and even outfits. all this is in the experimental phase, with trying to set parameters on the scope of the world of plant people.

the common conception of dryads are nymphs inhabiting a forest, largely in a oak tree but now in all forms of wood or greenery, with of course, different interpretations from the original source and in future renditions/adaptions.

tree spirits essentially. somewhat divine with long life and some abilities. i want these spirits to inhabit the forms they come into contact with depending on region and over the millennia, have been inundated whole from the chosen IRL counterparts. 

this in part, to make these spirits have some form of logic or groundedness in a historical/social ((what habits, technologies, fashions, and types of behavior they'll exhibit based on region and plant tendencies))  standpoint as well as especially from an evolutionary look.