[RPG] learn more about the World Tree

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I am going to be taking over the role of Dungeon Master soon, with a group of players that have leveled from 1 all the way up to epic tier. The characters will be level 21 at the start of my campaign. I've asked each player to choose their epic destiny a little early so I have time to work all of them into the story.

One is getting me stumped though: World Tree Guardian.

The epic destiny description has a little information about the World Tree and why a character would choose to defend it. But I am struggling to work that storyline into the campaign path we have been following. We are running the WOTC published modules dealing largely with Orcus and the Raven Queen.

So, where can I find more information about the World Tree and its influence on Toril? What books/magazines/etc have published more information about it?

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I have done extensive searching on material on the World Tree and only found a small sample of info.

Adventurer's Vault and AV2 both have a few items "of the world tree" but no supplementary information.

Primal Power, the book in which the World Tree Guardian epic destiny was published, has this to say:

The World Tree

The most ancient primal spirit of the forest, the World Tree is closely associated with Tree Father, but they are not the same spirit. The roots of the World Tree extend to the foundation of the earth, circulating life and primal power throughout the world. In fact, some shamans say that the World Tree is the spirit of the world itself--not any particular aspect of it, but the entire creation, its interconnected inhabitants and precariously balanced environments.

Some say that Corellon planted the World Tree and in that way seeded all the forests of the primeval world. Other legends say that Corellon or Tree Father, or the god and the spirit working together, gathered seeds from the World Tree and spread them across the world to plant the first forests.

Only characters who adopt the World Tree Guardian epic destiny in this book can call on the might of this ancient and powerful spirit, as they strive to protect it--and the world itself-- from destruction and corruption.

I searched through probably 90% of published 4e books and as many magazines as I could, and this is the only information out there.

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