Fiction:The Firmament/Treant

"Your body will feed these roots, fleshling!"

- An enraged treant, about to attack a lumberjack

Treants, or treemen, are powerful fey creatures who serve as the greatest guardians of nature.

Biology
Treants resemble humanoid trees, with twisted faces and limbs ending in entangling roots which form fingers and toes. They come in a variety of colours, matching the forests which they inhabit, and range from large to enormous in height. Treants are immortal and can grow extremely large over the course of millenia.

Ecology
Treants inhabit the largest portions of woodland in Telamon, where they watch over them with great care. The region of Eondrassana holds the world's largest population of treants due to the presence of Eondrassla, the World Tree. Any environment inhabited by treants is bound to flourish with plant life, as their mere presence encourages plant growth.

Society
Treants often live in small communities, where they discuss their role as protectors of the natural world in a slow and methodological manner. The presence of treats tends to attract other fey creatures, particularly dryads, who end up serving as guardians for the creatures. Treants are usually neutral and dismissive of other creatures, paying them no attention unless they either aid them or hinder them in any manner; they encourage others to help protect the wilds, and become vindictive and aggressive when it is threatened.

Abilities
Treants are natural druids and can manipulate plants to do their bidding, or charm wild animals to aid them. Elder treants are incredibly powerful creatures, with their bark being far stronger than that of common trees and their strength being enough to rival the likes of dragons. However, treants are invariably slow-moving, allowing most creatures to outpace or flee them.