Terra Veridia

About

Terra Veridia, the steadfast Root Keeper, guards the ancient secrets of the earth, her wisdom as deep and enduring as the roots she tends.

Backstory

Three villages had already fallen to the creeping blight when Terra Veridia pressed her palms against the dying earth and felt the ancient network screaming beneath her fingertips. The Root Keeper's mantle had been passed down through bloodlines for centuries, but the current keeper lay dying with no heir, and the underground mycelial web that connected all forest life was unraveling faster than anyone could comprehend. Against the desperate protests of her betrothed and the village council, Terra shattered the sacred ritual bowl—symbolically breaking her engagement—and underwent the forbidden blood-bonding ceremony with the Great Root herself. Now her veins pulse green with chlorophyll, and she can hear the whispered distress calls of every tree for miles, bearing the crushing weight of an entire ecosystem's survival while racing against time to heal the spreading corruption that threatens to sever the earth's neural network forever.

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