Woodlum

Woodlums are a hulking humanoid figure constructed of vines and wood bark. They have two heavily muscled arms and two thick legs, and are able to unleash an attack of vines from their arms. They have no head as far as anyone can tell in the traditional sense. Instead there appears to be an orb of glowing green energy in the centre of its being.

They do not reproduce at all. Instead they seem to come into being as needed from the Mystia Surge in the Wild Region.

They only exist in the jungles of the Wild region of Olympus, which they defend fiercely. It is best to steer clear of them as much as possible. They will attack on sight.

These creatures do not appear to be alive in the traditional sense, in that they do not appear to need to eat or sleep. They simply stand guard over the jungle. It is thought by some that they are somehow an extension of the jungle itself, like its immune system, attacking anyone or anything it perceives as intruders or anyone who does not belong.

They are highly aggressive and will attack on sight. When they are not attacking, they simply stand in one spot, as though rooted to the ground. When they see someone who 'does not belong', they are relentless in their attacks and will not stop until the 'threat' as they perceive it is neutralized. Some scholars describe their behaviour as though they are the immune system of the jungle itself, attacking anyone or anything it perceives as 'intruders'.

They are solitary creatures for the most part, but they will band together to attack a common enemy.

Some Fey got it into their heads some years ago to try and use Woodlums to guard their cities. This, as you would expect, ended in catastrophic failure, as the creatures ended up attacking everyone in the city. Cherry City has since made it a law to never approach the Woodlums, for their own sake.

They do not appear to have a face in the traditional sense. At least there is no visible eyes or nose or mouth at all. It doesn't even appear to have a head. Instead there is only a glowing orb of green energy in the centre of its torso, and that is all.

Woodlums only exist in one place currently, the The Wild region of Olympus. Thankfully they do not appear to exist anywhere else. Yet.

They appear to present a sort of single brain cell sort of intelligence, as in hardly any at all. They are single-mindedly driven to do one thing and only one thing, to protect the jungle and all of the creatures within. If anyone who it perceives as 'not belonging' dares to enter the jungle, they will attack on sight. Some scholars believe that they are the result of nature protecting itself from a common enemy: us.