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vik_thorI don't think there are many stories about sentient trees, and the fact that I read one this week makes me want to wrote about it here. (I may try to do some fanfic based on it at some point... maybe.)
The book is The Wrath of Trees, (c) 2011 by Bard Bloom (aka Sythyry from LiveJournal.) This exists in the same multiverse as the World Tree RPG, or more specifically Sythyry's Journals. The main character of The Wrath of Trees is Melyl, a maraleni from the World Tree. She was sold into slavery on Kono (where this novel takes place) by Vae in Ambassador to a Monster: Sythyry's Journal V.2, for a used garden trowel. This exchange is mentioned in passing in Sythyry, when Vae gives zie the trowel to sell in Vheshrame. The exchange is described in the past in Wrath, in the beginning.
Maraleni are dioecious plants, with two types of fruit. The common type, when eaten, allow the maraleni access to the being's mind. She can talk telepathically if the being is sentient, otherwise she can somewhat control their actions. She can also cast some spells through her immara (beings who have eaten fruit.) Spells mentioned are: levitation, invisibility, quiet, illusions, talking using fur of feathers, healing. These spells do not seem to be cley based (as much of the magic of the World Tree universe is, but not all.) The common type do not have seeds so would not technically be fruit, but they are describes as such. The second type of fruit is reproductive, which Melyl describes but doesn't grow in the story, as she is the only one of her species on Kono.
Kono itself is an odd world. (Bard has a habit of dreaming up odd worlds.) Kono is a conical opening in a surrounding matrix (which is not described). There are patches of light on the inner surface of the cone, which rotate around the surface of the cone, faster as get nearer the tip of the cone. The bottom portion of the cone is comprised of a fresh water ocean of an unknown depth. There are at least 3 land masses floating on the ocean surface, along with Mount Myru in the center. Mount Myru is the hub of Kono, and is the tip of a tentacle of a vast being known as The Twisting Queen. It will periodically (centuries or millenia) reach out to another world and grab portions of it, setting it down on the main continent of Ozotta. Each time bringing new ecosystems, each with their own intelligent beings. There have been at least 4 separate 'kidnapping' events, with 4 separate types of life.
<img src='https://vik-thor.dreamwidth.org/file/787.jpg' alt='World of Kono, a conical world, showing the 3 landmasses and the various suns, with an inset of The Twisting Queen' title='Kono' />
The main beings that Melyl interacts with are the Lakku, a bipedal doglike species from the 3rd wave, that are currently the most common on Kono. Melyl ends up being a spy-master for one faction.
The book is The Wrath of Trees, (c) 2011 by Bard Bloom (aka Sythyry from LiveJournal.) This exists in the same multiverse as the World Tree RPG, or more specifically Sythyry's Journals. The main character of The Wrath of Trees is Melyl, a maraleni from the World Tree. She was sold into slavery on Kono (where this novel takes place) by Vae in Ambassador to a Monster: Sythyry's Journal V.2, for a used garden trowel. This exchange is mentioned in passing in Sythyry, when Vae gives zie the trowel to sell in Vheshrame. The exchange is described in the past in Wrath, in the beginning.
Maraleni are dioecious plants, with two types of fruit. The common type, when eaten, allow the maraleni access to the being's mind. She can talk telepathically if the being is sentient, otherwise she can somewhat control their actions. She can also cast some spells through her immara (beings who have eaten fruit.) Spells mentioned are: levitation, invisibility, quiet, illusions, talking using fur of feathers, healing. These spells do not seem to be cley based (as much of the magic of the World Tree universe is, but not all.) The common type do not have seeds so would not technically be fruit, but they are describes as such. The second type of fruit is reproductive, which Melyl describes but doesn't grow in the story, as she is the only one of her species on Kono.
Kono itself is an odd world. (Bard has a habit of dreaming up odd worlds.) Kono is a conical opening in a surrounding matrix (which is not described). There are patches of light on the inner surface of the cone, which rotate around the surface of the cone, faster as get nearer the tip of the cone. The bottom portion of the cone is comprised of a fresh water ocean of an unknown depth. There are at least 3 land masses floating on the ocean surface, along with Mount Myru in the center. Mount Myru is the hub of Kono, and is the tip of a tentacle of a vast being known as The Twisting Queen. It will periodically (centuries or millenia) reach out to another world and grab portions of it, setting it down on the main continent of Ozotta. Each time bringing new ecosystems, each with their own intelligent beings. There have been at least 4 separate 'kidnapping' events, with 4 separate types of life.
<img src='https://vik-thor.dreamwidth.org/file/787.jpg' alt='World of Kono, a conical world, showing the 3 landmasses and the various suns, with an inset of The Twisting Queen' title='Kono' />
The main beings that Melyl interacts with are the Lakku, a bipedal doglike species from the 3rd wave, that are currently the most common on Kono. Melyl ends up being a spy-master for one faction.