#arborea

[justavulcan]

Airmark's Guide to Planar Vegetables: Heartshare Rose

This thick, vibrant green shrub grows best in a mild climate in partial shade, making the heavily forested first layer of Arborea its ideal growing conditions.  While the stems and stalks of the plant are covered in thick, curved thorns, the plant lacks much that would draw in predators save its beautiful, deep red flowers.  These flowers, both the main attraction of the shrub and the rarest element of its biology, do not bloom under any circumstances but under the care of a gardener.  This is because, due to some unknown mechanism, the heartshare rose only blooms if it is being tended by one who is in love.  This makes the shrub’s reproduction solely dependent on acts of care by the ardent, the other reason it flourishes most successfully in Arborea.  The ambient emotional climate of unrestrained but well-intentioned feeling is necessary to the heartshare rose’s growth, and the plant rarely flourishes in large quantity elsewhere, although potted plants are often the centerpiece - and passion project - of the dedicated interplanar gardener.

[adndmonsteraday]

Cyclopes (sing: cyclops; pl: cyclopes or: cyclopses) were a race of giant-kin distinguished by having a singular, central eye.

Cyclopes were one of the smallest types of giants, standing only 12 feet (3.7 meters) and weighing 1,200 pounds (540 kilograms),but they were as strong as the average stone giant. Cyclopes had earthy skin tones that blended with their surroundings. Males and females cyclopes of the Feywild were notably bald and had spiked heads instead of hair. Other cyclops had hair and more human-like appearances.

The most peculiar and distinguishing thing about cyclopes was the fact that they only had one large eye in the middle of their foreheads. It tended to be the same as the color of their skin. This eye was rumored to cause fear in any who looked at it. Their single eye gave them poor depth perception, however, and therefore they couldn't use missile weapons very well.

Source: https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Cyclops

[mehanizem]

Arborea, Casa del Balilla

[karaliscollezioni]

Centenario della Banca Popolare di Sassari Medaglia che riproduce la "patacchina" , moneta coniata a Sassari da Guglielmo III giudice di Arborea tra il 1410 e il 1417. La medaglia è stata coniata dallo Stabilimento Stefano Johnson #iudex #arborea #bancadisassari #sassari #bancapopolaredisassari #medaglia #giudicato #giudicatodarborea #argento #karaliscollezioni #stefanojohnson https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm9-R7ro-Cu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[witchstone]

Tree Heath  Erica arborea Mount Kenya National Park, Kenya -0.167718, 37.229259 by gerald_keneth_kaniaru

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: American Tree Sparrow

Photo: Aaron Maizlish

"This sparrow nests and winters farther north than any of its close relatives. Despite the name, it is not particularly associated with trees, and many of its nesting areas are on the tundra north of treeline. In winter in the northern states, flocks of Tree Sparrows are common in open country. They often come to bird feeders with Dark-eyed Juncos and other birds. Males may begin singing their musical songs in late winter, before they start their northward migration."

- Audubon Field Guide

[utilitycaster]

The more I think of it the more I agree with the anon from yesterday re: Arborea being a really great possibility for the portal location, so anyway here's a bunch of reasons why it is both good, and also extremely funny:

Only one deity (Arch Heart) makes this their permanent realm, but the Wildmother and Moon Weaver are frequently there, and also both the Changebringer and the Platinum Dragon wander the planes as well; you could literally have almost half the Prime Pantheon present.

I simply think FCG did so well this past episode they should get to meet their god in person behind the divine gate, and also in general I think the party meeting some gods face to face would be productive in resolving any lingering debate once and for all, in one direction or the other.

Chaotic good realm full of elves who will fight for any cause (at least in D&D 5e canon), which sounds fun

Was this portal in this structure already, or did the gods specifically put it there as a back door into Ruidus just in case? Interesting implications either way.

In general the plane Fearne is on (if it is extraplanar) is EXTREMELY funny if it is specifically a divine realm, since we know that it's not unheard of for mortals to be granted access to the divine realm of a god giving them favor.

Also in D&D lore it is home of the World Tree which feels really consistent with some of the other trees recurring in this campaign, thematically. We need more weird magic trees.

Absolute long shot but: there is genuine reason for Fjord to be there.

[sictransitgloriamvndi]

[justavulcan]

Airmark's Guide to Planar Vegetables: Whitesand Sentinel

Roaming the white sand deserts of Mithardir in Arborea, whitesand sentinels are so named because they claim to be keeping watch for (or against) some unknown phenomenon. This conviction has bought them some measure of acclaim among the layer's inhabitants, most famously among the undead who inhabit Mithardir's tombs and abandoned cities.

Whitesand sentinels are ambulatory cacti growing usually approximately twice the height of the average humanoid; they weigh more than four men put together. Their skin is usually a dark brown or greyish tone with lighter green appearing after they have received a good soaking. They do not adhere rigidly to a humanoid body plan, and often have more than two legs or arms, although two always seem to be primary and the rest secondary.

Like much of the celestial life found in Mithardir (such as the unrelated guiding beetle), the sentinels are willing to help those who find themselves lost in the vast desert, affording them drinks from their own bodies if no other water can be found and curing sunstroke and illness with a touch of their spiny hands. In extreme cases, they have been known to petrify the dying with their breath, assured that they can return them to their previous state when circumstances are more friendly to life.

They extend this courtesy to the undead, and are most often found traveling other planes when they are seeking to conclude the business of a wayward spirit. When interviewed about the subject, they claim it is related to the eternal watch they keep over the desert, although the individual I interviewed was vague on the subject. Whether this is an attempt to protect the knowledge or out of lack thereof, I cannot say.

[podartists]

Heidelerche, Lullula arborea | Die Vögel (1913) | Alfred Edmund Brehm (1829-1884) | Biodiversity Heritage Library

[pizza-kity]

the aurora is looking incredible here

[elf-indulgent]

Brugmansia arborea, the angel's trumpet.

[raccaryusui]

近所を散歩していたら、

住宅の塀の中で咲いていた、

「ダウニー・シャッドブッシュ」の白い花。

ザイフリボク属。

欧文名：Amelanchier arborea

撮影：iPhone14 Pro Max

[ace-kage-from-wetland-woods]

Look at it. Just look!

Sooo pretty...

[xaykwolf]

So they're just back on Exandria, and not on another plane like Matt's words suggested last week?

Boooooooooooooooo ;n;

[mothmiso]

Monaco (2) (3) (4) (5) by Le Gronk