Editing Treeman (section)

==[[Warhammer Fantasy]]==
Treemen are the most powerful and fearsome of the forest spirits allied with the [[Wood Elves (Warhammer Fantasy)|Wood Elves]].

They are spirits in tree form that ''sprouted'' from the power of Oak of Ages, and it happened way before the Chaos invasion. Since the Old Ones are hinted to be the ones that planted the Oak of Ages' seeds, these Treemen have a sort of extraterrestrial lineage. They're also more resilient than most mortal beings (good ol' flaming attacks work though) in addition to dealing brutal physical and magic attacks if you're unfortunate enough to piss one off up close OR at range. That's after considering the rare chance of laying eyes on one as a non-Elf.

Treemen were peaceful before Chaos invaded, even willing to communicate with outsiders like the Elves from Ulthuan. It was Treemen who taught the arriving Elves the secrets of the forest, which the Elves took to heart and taught them their language in return.

After the chaos invasion, many Treemen grew vengeful for having to acquit themselves to warfare and desperately defend the devastated portions of [[Athel Loren]]. They also became more xenophobic and are now naturally wary of outsiders, though still cautiously accepting the Elves' presence. 

Speaking of Dwarfs, those beardy axe fuckers came to [[Athel Loren]] after the [[War of the Beard]] to find some Elves AND trees/tree spirits to split down the middle. Unfortunately for the Treemen, they are weak and slow to rouse during the winter and became easier targets for the Dwarfs. Much of (the then much larger) Athel Loren was destroyed before the forest spirits drew their borders back until the Elven colonists were exposed to their attacks. These Elves in particular promptly kicked their bearded asses back the way they came and eventually settled in to become the [[Wood Elves]].

[[Durthu]] is one of the toughest and oldest Treemen of all, constantly haunted by his need for vengeance and fueled by hatred for the Dwarfs that almost killed him (but really anyone that fucks around on his lawn), although he is also weighed down by blame for himself. He also has a giant Treeman-sized fucking sword forged by Daith (a blind Elven smith who is supposedly not only older than Orion and Ariel themselves, but also forged Aenarion’s Dragon Armour).

In [[Total War: WARHAMMER|Total War: Warhammer]], tree spirits like [[Durthu]] and Treemen speak in a deep, rumbling, alien-sounding language in their voiced dialogue.  

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