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Most Layonarans have a stereotypical image of druids: druids are nature loving elven defenders of forests and worshippers of [[Katia]]. As druids can be quite reclusive, the visibility of druids such as Legodia of the [[White Horn Forest]] and Freckled Owl of the [[Wolfswood]] Forest certainly lends support to this stereotype. But do not be fooled, druids are an extraordinarily diverse group. | |||
<span style="line-height: 1.63em;">The one thing that druids most certainly do have in common is that they derive power and all of their amazing [[abilities]] from nature. Many think that druids control nature. This is not true. Rather than standing outside of nature's energies seeking to dominate them, druids strive for harmony and unity with nature. Many think that this means druids have some supernatural gift, a heightened connection with nature. For all but the most powerful druids this is not true either. Most druids aren't magically engrained into nature. Rather, they are simply more aware of the connections -which everyone shares -to the various ecosystems they find themselves in. This awareness of connectivity allows druids to feel energy coursing through their bodies and spirits. With increasing focus and awareness, druids become able to channel these flows and connections through the force of their well-trained will. During this process, nature's force is channeled toward ritualistically established forms. Some of them are astounding and to most onlookers seem magical. When a [[druid]] morphs into a bear or wolf before your eyes for the first time, or when she makes grabbing vines grow miraculously from the earth to snatch up your feet, you will be amazed. Druids can focus weather and materialize thick tree-bark around almost any living thing. They can twist energy into a barrier against magic or suspend a creature in a similar swirling flow. As awareness and focus increases, druids also become more in tune with the fundamental elements which compose all things, living and inanimate. As such, and with great concentration, a druid can transform herself into a pure form of these elements and maintain her mind and spirit.</span> | <span style="line-height: 1.63em;">The one thing that druids most certainly do have in common is that they derive power and all of their amazing [[abilities]] from nature. Many think that druids control nature. This is not true. Rather than standing outside of nature's energies seeking to dominate them, druids strive for harmony and unity with nature. Many think that this means druids have some supernatural gift, a heightened connection with nature. For all but the most powerful druids this is not true either. Most druids aren't magically engrained into nature. Rather, they are simply more aware of the connections -which everyone shares -to the various ecosystems they find themselves in. This awareness of connectivity allows druids to feel energy coursing through their bodies and spirits. With increasing focus and awareness, druids become able to channel these flows and connections through the force of their well-trained will. During this process, nature's force is channeled toward ritualistically established forms. Some of them are astounding and to most onlookers seem magical. When a [[druid]] morphs into a bear or wolf before your eyes for the first time, or when she makes grabbing vines grow miraculously from the earth to snatch up your feet, you will be amazed. Druids can focus weather and materialize thick tree-bark around almost any living thing. They can twist energy into a barrier against magic or suspend a creature in a similar swirling flow. As awareness and focus increases, druids also become more in tune with the fundamental elements which compose all things, living and inanimate. As such, and with great concentration, a druid can transform herself into a pure form of these elements and maintain her mind and spirit.</span> | ||