Dryad

The Dryads are a matriarchal tribe of separatist Elves who withdrew to a western island many moons ago. They live a secluded life in harmony with their environment. They go hunting, they are skillful in using poison and traps and they observe their traditions diligently. Most of them never see life outside their homeland and generally, they are not interested in affairs beyond their borders.

Their tight bond with nature bestows abilities deriving from the very strengths of the wilderness upon these fighters of the forest. The most powerful of the Dryad hunters are even knowledgeable of the dark arts of Voodoo.

Despite being cut off from the rest of the world, even the Dryads are being affected by the changes that the Great Machine is causing. Entire areas of their habitat have been destroyed by uncontrolled T-Energy, and creatures that the energy didn’t destroy mutated to powerful monstrosities, which are now haunting their forests.

The Paths

Which way will the hunter choose?

Their iron will to save their homeland may enable her to combat the consequences of the T-Energy infestation, to make amends for the betrayal that the world had to endure, and to restore the order of nature.

Will they have the strength to achieve these goals?

The nations of Ancaria are to blame for the devastation of this world, and one way to punish them is through using the T-Energy against them.

There must be only one power controlling the T-Energy…

"The Dryads respect nature and ever since the Great War they have hated T-Energy. It makes sense that their special mount is a Monitor Lizard because these giant lizards compliment the Dryad's preference for ranged weapons very well."

Bow and Arrow

The High Elves work mainly with elemental magic, but their enemies, the Dryads, focus on nature. Capricious Hunter, Cabalistic Voodoo and Nature Weaver are the aspects used by the Dryad. She is also the ranged combat specialist among the character classes. She starts out with a blowgun and a better than average dexterity value. No one can beat this character when it comes to bows and blowguns. At the same time her magic is relatively weak at the start of the game, which means the Dryad is mainly a character for advanced and veteran players.

What is a shrunken head?
Some slain opponents drop a shrunken head that can be equipped by the Dryad (only one at a time). Shrunken heads can give several possible bonuses to armor and attack values, for example the shrunken head of an Ogre grants the Dryad an attack bonus against Orcs.