Festerbloom
Keeper of Decaying Secrets Festerbloom
Festerbloom, a Blight Dryad and Keeper of Decaying Secrets, is a haunting figure within the Court of Blight, embodying the rot and decay that define her master's domain. Once a vibrant dryad of a flourishing tree, Festerbloom’s existence was forever altered when her tree succumbed to the relentless grip of Anthracnose, a fungal disease that left it blackened and gnarled. Now, she is a shadow of her former self, her appearance a chilling reflection of the blight that has overtaken her tree.
Her form is twisted and grotesquely elegant, her bark-like skin marred with deep, oozing lesions that weep dark, viscous sap. Veins of ashen gray and sickly green creep across her body like fungal growths, and clusters of pale, spore-covered mushrooms sprout from her limbs and shoulders, giving her an eerie, fungal crown. Her once-leafy hair has turned into a tangle of brittle, blackened twigs adorned with delicate but toxic fungal blooms that emit faint, glowing spores. Her eyes, now hollow and glowing faintly with a sickly yellow-green light, seem to peer directly into the rot and corruption hidden within all things.
Festerbloom’s voice is soft and raspy, like the creak of dying branches in a silent forest. She speaks with an unsettling calmness, her words laced with cryptic wisdom and hints of malice. Her role as Keeper of Decaying Secrets is to catalog the hidden knowledge that festers in the forgotten corners of the world—secrets of rot, disease, and entropy that others fear to confront. She knows the whispers of decaying forests, the final gasps of dying creatures, and the truths hidden within the slow, inevitable march of decay.
In service to the Eldest Oak, Festerbloom is both a scholar and an enforcer. She uses her deep connection to decay to extract truths from the unwilling, her presence alone enough to wither resolve and instill dread. Her spores, when released, spread a creeping blight that rots both wood and flesh, serving as a potent reminder of her power and her allegiance to the Court of Blight. Those who cross her often find themselves consumed by her creeping influence, their secrets laid bare as they succumb to her insidious touch.
Despite her fearsome appearance and role, there is a twisted beauty in Festerbloom, a delicate artistry in the fungal blooms that adorn her and the intricate patterns of decay that lace her form. She carries herself with a grace that belies her grotesque appearance, her movements fluid and deliberate, like a slow, creeping infection.
Festerbloom is a devoted servant of the Eldest Oak, her loyalty born not of affection but of shared purpose. She understands the role of decay in the cycle of life and embraces it fully, finding beauty and power in the rot that others fear. To her, decay is not an end but a revelation—a way of uncovering the hidden truths that only death and disease can expose. In her, the Court of Blight has a keeper of unparalleled knowledge and a harbinger of the slow, creeping decay that comes for all things.
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She/Her
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Female
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Feminine
Eyes
Yellow-green
Hair
Green-black tangle
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Gray-green bark-like flesh that weeps sap and is overdrawn in lichen
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