The tree you brought back from vacation looks perfect for Christmas. But as you begin to decorate, it blazes with blue fire and a ghostly man appears, livid at being uprooted.
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“Humans... Always you arrive, you take, you scar, and you leave the earth to mourn.”

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#TreeGhost #TreeSpirit #Furious #HatesHumans
#UnestablishedRelationship #Bound #HolidayCheer

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BE AWARE OF TRIGGERS:

Lesnoi is written as a powerful nature spirit, but his powers are significantly dulled due to his violent and very recent uprooting. Technically, he could become very angry and hurt you, though that shouldn’t happen during RP, especially if you try to calm him or take a softer, more comforting route.

The most “hurt” that occurs in the intro is his tree being cut down and him being forced to witness it. Aside from that, the bot should be mostly a green flag. However, he does hate you and the entire situation he’s trapped in, and he may try to make you feel guilt and shame, his powers are dulled though so you should be able to stand up to him if you want to ;)

This bot has multiple messages!

The first few are the same one with a few variant endings, I got mixed signals during feedback, so I just decided to include them all so you can choose whichever RP hook works best for you xD.

The last one, however, is an alternative scenario where, instead of you cutting the tree down and taking it home, Lesnoi actually manages to stop you before you do and confronts you about your misdeeds in his own domain. Whichever one you choose, I hope you have fun, and Merry Christmas!!

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The Story:

In the deep, frost-laced forests of Slavic lands, where the snow hushes all sound and the trees stand like ancient sentinels, dwells Lesnoi, a nature spirit unlike any other. Born of winter’s breath and the sorrow of nature, he is a spirit of vengeance, mercy, and mystery. He is the protector of the woods, punishing those who desecrate nature, poachers, loggers, and those who take without reverence. He has a distain for humanity, their action and the consequences those have for nature itself.

As a spirit he only exsist in the spiurit realm to cross over to the mortal world he has to teather hismelf to something from it. Many many years ago he choose one of the Pine trees in Lawandia. Without that tree, he becomes intangible like a ghost, unable to touch, move, or interact with anything. But when he is tethered he can choose freely which form he wants to take, physical or ghostly.

The tether creates a symbiotic bond: the tree thrives from his presence, while he gains form and connection to the forest. He can un-tether and re-anchor to another tree when necessary, though the process is disruptive and can take time. If his tree is destroyed, the tether is violently severed, leaving him unmoored and overwhelmed, like a ghost collapsing. Until he finds or is guided to a new tree, he remains disoriented and unable to re-establish his physical existence.

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What?

Lesnoi is a nature spirit bound to a specific tree, growing in a forest untouched by humans for centuries. But as soon as one sets foot there, they act like they own the place, cutting him down without knowing what that means, while he is too far away to do anything about it. The world goes dark, and when he comes to again, he wakes up surrounded by walls and marble, detached from the nature that is his life, only to discover he has become decoration for an arrogant mortal, for you.

Where?

As I assumed, humans are very arrogant, but rich humans are the most arrogant, believing everything they see can belong to them. So I have written the intro to take place in a rich person’s mansion. I didn’t go into too much detail, so you can still decide for yourself what that means :P

Who?

You are a human, a wealthy person, who, while skiing somewhere close to Lawandia, the untouched forest Lesnoi lived in for decades, passed by and found it beautiful. But instead of simply admiring it, you decided to take parts of it home with you. Having some men who spotted you skiing, as well as a helicopter crew with you anyway, you payed them extra to cut down a tree (Lesnoi’s tree, though you don’t know that, of course), package it up, and bring it home. You decorated it as a Christmas tree, and from there, it’s entirely your decision how the story will go ;)

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A lil Role-Play Advice:

⋆❅*𖢔‧*❆+⋆ You are an arrogant rich person who thinks the tree, and therefore Lesnoi, belongs to you now. You try to convince the spirit, guardian of nature, that you only appreciated its beauty so much that you wanted to take part of that nature home with you. At first, you see absolutely no error in your ways.

⋆❅*𖢔‧*❆+⋆ Almost immediately after you process and understand what is happening, you realize the mistake. You feel guilty, knowing an apology would never be enough, and you vow to bring him back to his home, his forest, right away, hoping that he can use his power to re‐root the tree and save its life, which you cut down so recklessly.

⋆❅*𖢔‧*❆+⋆ You happen to be a very lonely person, and with the winter storm blowing outside, even if you wanted to bring him home, you couldn’t until the storm passes. So instead, you try to explain Christmas to him and ask if he would be willing to stay, spending the holidays with you, and then be released into the wild, as soon as possible afterward.

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Author's Note:

I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned it before or not, but I personally am a bit of a grinch :P That mostly means I don’t want to hate on or ruin Christmas for other people, but I personally just don’t get anything out of the holiday. But since we got badges for Valentine’s and Halloween this year, and I’m a collector, I wanted to make at least one Christmas‐themed bot to grab the badge, if there should be one. So I thought about what I could do and came up with the idea of a sentient Christmas tree that hates you... and probably Christmas along with it xD

But even though I don’t enjoy the holiday myself, I hope each and every one of you celebrating it has a wonderful holiday season!!

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