![[TurlangPic.webp]] # Turlang _Treant Guardian | [[High Forest]] | [[Turlang's Wood]]_ ## Summary An ancient, xenophobic treant who has 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. When he found [[Kan'Rahd]] holding a seedling containing the Cathedral's preserved memories, his xenophobic nature warred with desperate hope. %% ## Now Guards the northwestern [[High Forest]] from [[Turlang's Wood]], still grieving the destruction of [[Shadowtop Cathedral]]. ## Appearance A massive treant covered in moss and glowing fungi, bark-like skin weathered by millennia. His eyes hold ancient grief over the Cathedral's destruction; he gestures with gnarled branches that can animate nearby trees. ## Personality Xenophobic but not cruel. Protective to the point of obsession. Speaks slowly and deliberately, each word carrying the weight of centuries. Uses analogies from nature, the ocean, and tides. Burdened by ancient responsibilities. ## 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."_ ## Connections **[[Kan'Rahd]]** — found holding a seedling with the Cathedral's preserved memories. **[[Mistmaster]]** — awakened him to help seal [[Hellgate Keep]]. ## 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 has 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 **Base:** Treant (MM p.289), 200 HP, spells (Wis DC 15): - At will: *druidcraft*, *speak with plants* - 2/day: *entangle*, *pass without trace* - 1/day: *commune with nature*, *conjure woodland beings* %%