The Heart of Stone

The ritual is long, and complex. Hundreds of druids participate in the month long preparations as two life forms prepare to merge into one – the first, a human druid, the second, an aincient world tree with a living emerald at its heart. Even with both participants willing, it is a terribly dangerous operation.


At its culmination Oma takes on the living embodiment a plant, permanently transmorphed into a being of wood for flesh and sap for blood. The change in irreversible. At the same time, the World tree submits to have its emerald heart transplanted into living flesh. Then, the two must become one, a hundred druids chanting in rhythm, as Oma steps into the world tree. With great care and practiced precision, his most trusted assistant Lima then removes his wodden heart and replaces it with the living emerald. There is a brilliant flash of green light, and the tree closes around his body, crushing it, permanently making it a part of its own even as his spirit is merged forever with the Tree’s. For a moment, nothing happens. Everyone waits with bated breath for one minute, then two. Then fifteen.

“This isn’t going to happen till the next full moon people.” Lima explains.

Mumbles of disappointment and confusion ensue, and the witnesses depart, upset at the lack of fireworks.

Two days later the ritual naturally completes itself, as during the first full moon of it’s new life, the now Fey Lord Oma steps silently from the World Tree, finally perceiving itself as a living and moving humanoid, finally experiencing himself as the perfect union of sentient nature as the World Tree.

It is Oma – Fey Lord of the World Tree…

The Shrine

We were those who died so that others might be free, we were those whose sacrifice you promised not forget. No greater love is there than this, than to die for those you love. This is our sacrifice, this is our legacy. Remember, Remember. Do not forget.

- Ikendri is now an epic level artifact (+3, superior cold 3d6, superior holy 3d6, cold iron intelligent greatsword with immunity to fire and the special mission of defeating evil outsiders, at another +3 and 3d6 superior bane ability. that's a +12 sword, by my calculations worth over 1 million GP. Yep.)

- You are all now level 17. You'll need to make a plan for where to go next. The enemy is approaching, and time is compressing. You had two years. You don't have that much time now. You don't know how much time there is left at all...