The Forest Champion! Apr 2026

"Go back to your stone cities," Elara called out as they fled. "Tell them the Champion is awake. And she is very protective of her garden."

With a wave of her hand, the roots retracted, depositing the terrified men and their ruined machines back toward the edge of the tree line. The Forest Champion!

The ground didn't just shake; it buckled. Thick, ropey roots—veins of the forest itself—burst from the soil like breaching whales. They didn't strike the men; they dismantled the machines. They threaded through gears and popped rivets with the slow, unstoppable force of a seedling breaking through pavement. "Go back to your stone cities," Elara called