Nature's Prophet/Lore

From the vast remains of Verodicia, the Nature's Prophet sprouts into full leaf, rolling the great wheel of life once more. With the foresight to watch over the creations of his goddess and the power to protect it in times of need, the favored son of Verodicia preserves his life and all of her creations to never squander the fated yet selfless sacrifice that his goddess underwent with great sorrow.

Biography
Nature's Prophet is entrusted with the burden of keeping the woods safe. With his foresight, he can always know where he is needed and respond to the wild places and their natural inhabitants, from the things of leaf and petal to the beasts and fauna alike.

Birth
The being we know as Nature's Prophet came to be from the remains of his progenitor deity Verodicia, the Goddess of the Woods. Long ago, Verodicia toiled to prepare a nurturing environment for her living things to grow in. She planted the burgeoning spirit in the seed, lured the groundwaters deep within the aquifers, and made the sun swear its full attention to her children. But she soon realized that she will soon die without seeing her children grow. On one of the leaves inside the seed that she had planted, she saw the unswayable fate of her fall imprinted within it. Although it pained her that she would leave her seeds vulnerable, she was determined to do something about it even if she couldn't defy her destined demise.

Verodicia found one last seed in her seed pouch and spoke a single word into the seed, swallowing it as she fell. Her vast body decomposed throughout the winter season, becoming the humus that would feed her seedlings in the spring. On the morning of the vernal equinox that marked the beginning of the spring seasons, the last seed ripened and burst in an instant before the other seedlings could even grow. From the last seed sprouted Nature's Prophet, who inherited Verodicia's power to foresee the forest's future in the very leaves of destiny, staying vigil over the green places where danger or great need may beckon the aid of the goddess' sole descendant.

Battles
The riverlands hero Castor Twin-Tusks once challenged the Nature's Prophet to an arcane duel. The prophet won the duel and now wears Castor's upper jaw on his shoulder.

The Oakfall Horn was used to summon the Nature's Prophet to Virga Truebark's side, who defied the Iron Princeling. Together, they fought their enemy side by side.

Personality and Mannerisms

 * The Prophet's disposition is like that of nature. In equal parts, nature is both caring and unforgiving. At times, the Prophet may be peaceful and gentle,  but those who fail to see the other side of nature will learn that he is no stranger to violence. Embodying the violent half of nature, he is ferocious, savage, and punishing if he needs to be.

Family
Born from the final breath of his goddess Verodicia, the Prophet is said to be her favored son. The Prophet honors his goddess and tends to all of her creations.

However, it is said that the Prophet is actually her avatar.

Allies
is related to the Prophet, who seems to share an unnamed goddess with his lore. Kaolin's goddess may possibly be Verodicia with the following speculations. The Prophet once fought alongside the ancient forest warden Virga Truebark, who once wielded a spear that now belongs to the.
 * When meeting the Prophet, Kaolin will claim that they are both of like spirits. Kaolin will also say that the Prophet must revere him, which hints that Kaolin has authority over the Prophet.
 * Just like the Prophet, Kaolin is dedicated to a goddess who is said to tend to all life.
 * Upon her death, Verodicia's body became humus and got absorbed into the earth. It's possible that, with Verodicia's remains being one with the earth, Kaolin now fights in honor of the Earth which includes Verodicia herself.

Enemies
Nature's Prophet bears a great hatred and rivalry towards the Society of Likeminded Keenfolk, especially and. He believes that they are a scourge on nature with their inventions that pollute and quell the forest and its inhabitants.

He rejects the presence of and his plague wards in the forest.

Physiology
Born from a special seed that was blessed by Verodicia's last breath, Nature's Prophet is made out of plant matter. Because of this, plant matter that gathers upon him may flourish again.

He possesses the ability to shapeshift his physical form, taking on the aspects of a tree, a predator, or prey.

Foresight
He got his name from the foresight that he inherited from his goddess Verodicia, whose seeds contained a coiled-up spiritual plant with leaves that are imprinted with the fate and destiny of those who read it. These are the same leaves that portended Verodicia's demise. Nature's Prophet can read the future through these leaves within the seed that birthed him, and the many branches of this plant may signify the many futures that he can see.

Equipment
Nature's Prophet possesses a copy of the Orchid Malevolence and the Scythe of Vyse.

Before the Prophet's seed was made to sprout, Verodicia imbued a sapphire gem with a spark of her essence. This gem was a fail-safe left in the wastes of a war-torn land to restore life and restart its cycle in places that may lack it.

The Prophet wears a set of natural garments made of fungi and moss infused with the essence of the Father Mushroom. He also wears a coat of leaves that were common apparel among the druids of Verodicia. He wears the spiked and goddess-blessed pauldron of Al-Fusha, a fallen satyr general in service to Verodicia, to honor him.

To work his magic, the Prophet owns a variety of magical foci to help him with his sorcery. He has a staff capped with a Sinorian gemstone that provides a magical focus for nature's incantations, a staff engraved with Verodicia's name in shining runes, a staff made from the limb of a gnarliest tree of the Manglewood Forest, and a staff that bears a set of gilded spectrolite crystals that can focus mana to it.

He wears a pair of ailettes (shoulder armor) engraved with runes that grant the user the strength to carry the heaviest burden. There is also a pair of bracers made of fastened stone slabs where two sigils bear the sign of an "Elder Ecology". What this "Elder Ecology" means is unknown.

Powers
All of the Prophet's powers come from the blessing of his goddess Verodicia. With his power, he can bend nature to his will even if they are harmful or aligned against nature, such as the parasitic Cordyceps and corrupting Sufferwood. Rather than using mana or blood magic, the Prophet relies on the wrathsome will of his goddess to use his powers, tapping directly into it to work his arts.

allows the Prophet to grow a ring of trees to fence in his opponents. In its lore, reports of the Nature's Prophet's fury state that he frequently uses this against his attackers.

does not have much lore to it, so it can simply be assumed that it is nothing but a teleportation ability.

is but one of the many abilities bestowed upon him by the woods-goddess. With this boon, he has the ability to summon the Treant Guard, a mythical sentient army in service to the greenery of Verodicia. In gameplay and lore, he can summon them using the trees as a catalyst, but he can also use simple animation spells on trees to make treants. Calling upon Verodicia's fury, Nature's Prophet summons the to strike down all who wish to threaten and destroy the green places with its powerful, far-reaching energies.
 * It is said that not only can he summon them, but he even bends them to his will to place them under his complete control.
 * The Prophet can construct a fungal familiar named Shroom Thing, made from fungus and moss and infused with the Father Mushroom's essence.
 * He can also summon the Shroomlings to his side. A sentient, walking fungi who hail from the Drowned Forest, they are fearless and are fond of dark and damp places.

Friendships and rivalries
Allies meeting Nature's Prophet
 * vo_dark_willow_sylph_ally_117.mp3  I'm more of a city girl meself.
 * vo_dark_willow_sylph_ally_118.mp3  I know you like making trees. I don't suppose you can add an addition to my little hollow?
 * vo_dawnbreaker_valora_ally_127.mp3  It's surprising trees don't hold more influence in these lands.
 * vo_drowranger_drow_ally_02.mp3  Prophet, you and I will reclaim these woods.
 * vo_earth_spirit_earthspi_ally_14.mp3  Come Prophet, we are of like spirits.
 * vo_earth_spirit_earthspi_ally_15.mp3  My Prophet, we shall defend these lands.
 * vo_hoodwink_hoodwink_ally_123.mp3  You always think you know best, Prophet. I don't care who sprout you, no one bosses me around in my woods.
 * vo_lone_druid_lone_druid_rival_29.mp3  Tell me what you see for us, Prophet.
 * vo_lone_druid_lone_druid_bearform_rival_29.mp3  Tell me what you see for us, Prophet.
 * vo_monkey_king_monkey_ally_113.mp3 vo_monkey_king_monkey_crown_ally_113.mp3   Just don't go moving the trees when I need 'em, Prophet.
 * vo_monkey_king_monkey_ally_114.mp3 vo_monkey_king_monkey_crown_ally_114.mp3   Forcing trees to fight goes against their nature, Prophet.
 * vo_pangolin_pangolin_ally_121.mp3  So do the trees like what you do to them, Prophet?
 * vo_pangolin_pangolin_ally_122.mp3  I prefer a straight up fight to all this sneaking around, but sometimes victory does require a bit of subterfuge.
 * vo_snapfire_snapfire_ally_126.mp3  I don't share my nephew's prejudice, Prophet.
 * vo_shredder_timb_ally_02.mp3  You.. make.. tree-people… Okay P-prophet, I don't think we can be friends.
 * vo_treant_treant_ally_08.mp3  Greetings, little tree.
 * vo_ursa_ursa_ally_01.mp3  Nature's Prophet, your presence foretells our victory.

Enemies killing Nature's Prophet
 * vo_dark_willow_sylph_rival_117.mp3  You think trees are going to stop me?
 * vo_dark_willow_sylph_rival_118.mp3  I'm not afraid of the forest, Prophet.
 * vo_death_prophet_dpro_rival_07.mp3 Nature's Prophet? Nature's loss.
 * vo_death_prophet_dpro_rival_08.mp3 What could be more natural than death, Prophet?
 * vo_drowranger_drow_rival_17.mp3 The woods have spoken, and they chose me.
 * vo_drowranger_drow_rival_18.mp3 Let's put it to a vote.
 * vo_earthshaker_erth_rival_16.mp3 Thus I confound the Prophet.
 * vo_earthshaker_erth_rival_17.mp3 It was time to clear the underbrush.
 * vo_earth_spirit_earthspi_rival_24.mp3 My greatest prophet, I had to put you down.
 * vo_earth_spirit_earthspi_rival_25.mp3 Prophet, you turn against the one you should revere.
 * vo_earth_spirit_earthspi_rival_26.mp3 I prophesied your treachery.
 * vo_earth_spirit_earthspi_rival_27.mp3 You are no prophet of mine.
 * vo_ember_spirit_embr_rival_13.mp3 A forest fire begins.
 * vo_ember_spirit_embr_rival_12.mp3 Your minions, my fuel.
 * vo_grimstroke_grimstroke_rival_72.mp3  Death doesn't suit you. Perhaps you'll grow into it.
 * vo_hoodwink_hoodwink_rival_123.mp3  Look, I told you I'm not big on affiliations. Stay outta wherever I am.
 * vo_legion_commander_legcom_rival_30.mp3 vo_legion_commander_legcom_dem_rival_30.mp3  Never trust a tree.
 * vo_leshrac_lesh_lasthit_09.mp3 Two legged freak!
 * vo_life_stealer_lifest_rival_14.mp3 Nature's Prophet…bleh…your life tastes like sap!
 * vo_lone_druid_lone_druid_rival_17.mp3 vo_lone_druid_lone_druid_bearform_rival_17.mp3  Even you must respect my mission, Prophet.
 * vo_lone_druid_lone_druid_rival_18.mp3 vo_lone_druid_lone_druid_bearform_rival_18.mp3  Why would the Prophet stand against me?
 * vo_lone_druid_lone_druid_rival_19.mp3 vo_lone_druid_lone_druid_bearform_rival_19.mp3  I never thought the day would come that the Prophet's blood stained my hands.
 * vo_mars_mars_rival_96.mp3  Ugh, that almost felt like...work!
 * vo_medusa_medus_rival_11.mp3 Oh, look — a petrified forest!
 * vo_monkey_king_monkey_rival_113.mp3 vo_monkey_king_monkey_crown_rival_113.mp3   Pulling root was your ruin, Prophet.
 * vo_monkey_king_monkey_rival_114.mp3 vo_monkey_king_monkey_crown_rival_114.mp3   Trees offer no protection from me.
 * vo_outworld_destroyer_odest_rival_03.mp3 It was in my nature to destroy you, Prophet.
 * vo_outworld_destroyer_odest_rival_20.mp3 False prophet!
 * vo_pangolin_pangolin_rival_119.mp3  And so you find your head on the chopping block, Prophet.
 * vo_pangolin_pangolin_rival_120.mp3  And that is for dulling my blade on your bark!
 * vo_puck_puck_rival_04.mp3 What is this nature you speak of?
 * vo_pudge_pud_rival_04.mp3 You call him Prophet. I call him roughage.
 * vo_razor_raz_rival_13.mp3 My lightning shattered that old stump.
 * vo_sandking_sand_rival_13.mp3 So much greenery is unnatural.
 * vo_sandking_sand_rival_14.mp3 I have no time for shrubbery.
 * vo_sandking_sand_rival_15.mp3 What a shrub.
 * vo_snapfire_snapfire_rival_126.mp3  You set about me n' mine and this is what's coming to ya.
 * vo_snapfire_snapfire_rival_127.mp3  Grew a bit too big for your grassy britches.
 * vo_spectre_spec_redux_rival_02.mp3 Your death was in this one's nature, prophet.
 * vo_stormspirit_stormspirit_rival_09.mp3 When you strip away his leaves, Nature's Prophet is just plain gnarly.
 * vo_sven_sven_rival_26.mp3 Stay awhile, Prophet!
 * vo_terrorblade_terr_rival_06.mp3 vo_terrorblade_terr_morph_rival_06.mp3  vo_terrorblade_terr_shards_rival_06.mp3  Down with false prophets.
 * vo_terrorblade_terr_rival_07.mp3 vo_terrorblade_terr_morph_rival_07.mp3  vo_terrorblade_terr_shards_rival_07.mp3  You'll imprison no more in your ring of trees.
 * vo_shredder_timb_rival_07.mp3 Trees do have a way of dying around me!
 * vo_shredder_timb_rival_05.mp3 Your friends are next, Prophet!
 * vo_shredder_timb_rival_06.mp3 Oh don't die yet. I'm not finished with you.
 * vo_tinker_tink_rival_05.mp3 Science: One. Nature's Prophet: Nothing!
 * vo_tinker_tink_rival_06.mp3 Nature's profit, your loss!
 * vo_treant_treant_rival_02.mp3 By my bark!
 * vo_treant_treant_rival_03.mp3 That's enough now, little tree.
 * vo_ursa_ursa_rival_10.mp3 I'll sharpen my claws in your bark, Prophet!
 * vo_void_spirit_voidspir_rival_71.mp3  Living things die.

Enemies dying to Nature's Prophet
 * vo_dark_seer_dkseer_rival_01.mp3 Couldn't see the forest…for the trees.
 * vo_lone_druid_lone_druid_death_19.mp3 vo_lone_druid_lone_druid_bearform_death_19.mp3  Prophet, why?
 * vo_lone_druid_lone_druid_death_20.mp3 vo_lone_druid_lone_druid_bearform_death_20.mp3  Betrayed.

Others
 * vo_oracle_orac_prophecies_061.mp3  Your life shall be uprooted by a shaggier prophet than I.
 * vo_legion_commander_legcom_duelhero_22.mp3 vo_legion_commander_legcom_dem_duelhero_22.mp3  Defend your beard!