GAZETTEER · THE MIRRENMERE

The Weeping Banyan

A vast strangler-fig on the highest Drook island, its roots descending into the mere, where the delta-folk hang offerings and the Asheni hermit Olu roosts in the crown.

The banyan stands taller than the surrounding canopy, its aerial roots so thick and numerous they form their own forest descending to the water. The delta-folk call it the Reedmother's sister and hang split-reed bundles in its lower roots at flood season. Olu of the Asheni has lived in its crown for years and has learned to read the mere's moods from the wind through the upper branches.

KIND

great_tree

CLIMATE

humid canopy, high-island breeze

DANGER TIER

Tier I

MAP X

-1390

Connected

Veil-of-Reeds OluCHARACTER · Olu roosts in the Weeping Banyan's crown and reads t…Canopy LurkCREATURE · The Weeping Banyan's canopy is prime Lurk territory …Veil-of-Reeds OluCHARACTER · The Weeping Banyan is the hermit Olu's home — the de…The Drowned RoadCONCEPT · The Banyan's height makes it the Mirrenmere's primar…

Type Fields

kindgreat_tree

parent_place—

climatehumid canopy, high-island breeze

danger_tier1

controlling_faction—

points_of_interestthe offering-root gallery, Olu's crown roost, the mere-view platform

map_x-1390

map_z1010

All Relationships (4)

located_in

←Veil-of-Reeds Olu — Olu roosts in the Weeping Banyan's crown and reads the mere's moods from the wind through the upper branches.
←Canopy Lurk — The Weeping Banyan's canopy is prime Lurk territory — its aerial root network is ideal cover.

references

→Veil-of-Reeds Olu — The Weeping Banyan is the hermit Olu's home — the delta-folk hang offerings in its lower roots and she reads the mere from its crown.
→The Drowned Road — The Banyan's height makes it the Mirrenmere's primary visual waypoint — a navigator learns to read the tide by sighting the crown.

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