The Meeting
Barada waits for the others to speak their piece before rising.
"First of all, I would like to be the first of my people to greet the newcomers who have joined us. We have brought the Hradani here. We have made bargains with them for defense in exchange for teaching. My people have invited them to join our alliance, but we were wondering if perhaps the Lady would be willing to extend an invitation herself, as she is the one who makes the decisions. I am interested in meeting these Saradites that have been introduced to us. I believe that our allies from the Order of Narade have been working to secure new allies as well, am I right?"
The Baradian Forest
The Baradans remain busy in Barada's abscence. Splittree continues to grow and thrive as a community, and they soon make contact with the Children of Uso themselves. Having met them before at Suncliff, dealings with them are congenial right from the get-go. They notice the unique hunting traditions of the merfolk, and ponder if such techniques could be applied on land. They ask the Children of Uso what they might consider a fair exchange for teaching this to the Baradans.
In the forest, a great miracle comes to pass. The circle of druids Barada has created to rule the Baradans in her abscence notice a group of mandrake plants that seem to have a spark of life in them. The Baradans perform an ancient fertility ritual, bathing the roots in milk, and feeding them drops of blood. The roots soon move, kicking and mewling like babies. The druids are in awe, and continue to tend to the plants, treating them with the love and care they would give their own children. The plants soon learn to speak and walk, and before long, they are a fully grown people. The druids take the newborn race under their wing, christening them "Killoren," an ancient word meaning "children of the forest." They teach the Killoren their ways, and many Killoren take to the Baradan way of life.
The druids then decide that in order to rule the Baradans more effectively, their influence must extend to everywhere the Baradans are. They form a system of government/religion, that sends one representitve from the Great Circle to each Baradan settlement, where they head a smaller circle that governs the settlement, the Great Circle gathering to discuss policies that affect the Baradans as a whole. They studied the ancient secrets of the fey and the wild places of the world. It wasn't long before the Baradans had set up something truly resembling a religion. No longer was it just a small cult surrounding Barada, but a faith for all people in connection with nature. They named the whole the Fellowship of Leaves.
SpoilerBattle: Heal
Creation - Race: the Killoren
Expansion: None
Religion: Convert the killoren
Technology: Way of the Forests