![[TurlangPic.png]] # Turlang _Treant Guardian | [[High Forest]] | [[Turlang's Wood]]_ ## Summary An ancient, xenophobic treant who's guarded the northwestern [[High Forest]] for over eight centuries, commanding a hundred treants from [[Turlang's Wood]]. Sworn caretaker of the [[Shadowtop Cathedral]] since [[Eaerlann]]'s fall, he felt [[Vulkazar]]'s destruction of the sacred site from miles away and rushed to the ruins—arriving to find his greatest failure in eight centuries of guardianship. When he discovered [[Kan'Rahd]] holding a seedling containing the Cathedral's preserved memories, his xenophobic nature warred with desperate hope. %% ## At a Glance A massive treant covered in moss and glowing fungi, bark-like skin weathered by millennia. His eyes burn with ancient wisdom and barely contained grief over the Cathedral's destruction. Gestures with gnarled branches that can animate nearby trees at will. ## Personality Xenophobic but not cruel. Protective to the point of obsession. Speaks slowly and deliberately—each word carries the weight of centuries. Uses analogies from nature, the ocean, and tides. Burdened by ancient responsibilities he takes more seriously than anything. ## Quote _"I was sworn caretaker of the Cathedral for eight centuries. When Vulkazar's flames consumed those ancient memories, I failed in my most sacred duty. This seedling... it carries what I could not protect."_ ## Background Fought in the defense of [[Eaerlann]] against orc hordes in -111 DR. Slept for nearly a century before the [[Mistmaster]] awakened him to help seal [[Hellgate Keep]]. For over 400 years, he's slowly expanded the forest northward while serving as caretaker of [[Shadowtop Cathedral]]. The [[Emerald Enclave]] views his expansionist efforts as potentially dangerous, but Turlang remains focused on ancient duties above political considerations. ## Stats **Treant** (MM 289) with 200 HP and the following spells (Wis DC 15): - At will: *druidcraft*, *speak with plants* - 2/day: *entangle*, *pass without trace* - 1/day: *commune with nature*, *conjure woodland beings* %%