In Which Diana Becomes a Dryad
The Never Ending Quest - Episode 104022
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And so the wizard makes Diana a dryad: over six feet tall, slender and well-built, and exotically beautiful, as all dryads are. Her blonde hair turns an earthy brown, and grows quickly to reach past her waist. Her eyes flash between green and brown, depending on her mood, and they lose their compassion (well, any that may have been left after her tree-obsession). Her ears grow long and pointy, and the transformation is technically complete. But the wizard adds a final touch: he turns her beaten white dress into sparser clothing made of vines, stems, and roots. Diana is now a dryad—well, technically a hamadryad—and that means her tree-obsession is over; the minds of dryads are not susceptible to many kinds of spells, and any to do with emotions fall under this category. That's not to say she no longer loves this tree; that comes with the territory of being a hamadryad. (Where a dryad is a spirit of the forest, a hamadryad is the spirit of a particular tree.) It's just that she's no longer obsessed with it; she's its protector and guardian, and anyone who threatens it will have to answer to her. She meets other wood nymphs, and they accept her, even though they sense she is a bit different. Life continues on like this, until, after twenty years...
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