The elven man in the tree — the man who now is the tree — does not have long. He should already be dead. It's magic that's sustaining him, and it's magic that's killing him, as any attempt at chopping into the tree will reveal he cannot be removed from the tree that has encased him because he is becoming part of it, and more so by the minute. They have until the process advances too far into his vital organs and brain to try to get information out of him.
The expression on his face when anyone approaches, a mix of pained grimace and furious sneer made more aggressive by the angles of his red vallaslin, suggests this will not be pleasant. Depending on one's approach, however, it may at least be unpleasant in a simple way.
[ OOC note: multiple threads are allowed, and multiple participants in a single thread are fine too if you want to team up. To facilitate the time-crunch vibe you can expect the NPC to die within 5-10 tags, with the upper limit of that requiring attempts at healing or Templar abilities to slow the progress of the spread. NPC tags will be network/action-spam levels of brief, so feel free to do the same. ]
TREE GUY
The expression on his face when anyone approaches, a mix of pained grimace and furious sneer made more aggressive by the angles of his red vallaslin, suggests this will not be pleasant. Depending on one's approach, however, it may at least be unpleasant in a simple way.
[ OOC note: multiple threads are allowed, and multiple participants in a single thread are fine too if you want to team up. To facilitate the time-crunch vibe you can expect the NPC to die within 5-10 tags, with the upper limit of that requiring attempts at healing or Templar abilities to slow the progress of the spread. NPC tags will be network/action-spam levels of brief, so feel free to do the same. ]