The World Tree in Akenash.
The World Tree is a location in Styx: Master of Shadows and referenced in Styx: Shards of Darkness.
Description
The Tree doesn’t have green leaves and its crown is small compared to the space its roots can inhabit. It has a vital organ referred to as its heart, which sits right on the top of the stem, seemingly exposed to all elements (potentially), moving towards the sky as the tree grows. Through the Tree's veins flows Amber, a sap of great value to some and great destruction to others.
The Tree seems to be a structure of twisted roots, stems and branches, intertwining and growing into a shape resembling a common tree. Akenash’s tree is big enough for several such small levels, one of which is location for the final boss fight.
A tangle of world tree roots with small amber cocoons.
Either way, it seems to live just fine without any much access to light or water. It does in fact deliver more to the outsides that it does consume in resources. It gives, it doesn’t take. The name ‘World Tree’ is a fair one. And if it’s not in such confinement it may just be a true and essential provider of life to all living beings.
The cocoons growing from it in the root region allow Amber-creatures to rest inside and absorb the power of the Amber flowing through them.
Other World Trees
One Akenash guard tells another guard that there are several World Trees but this particular one is the only one in human hands.[1] When Styx remarked in Korrangar that the Akenash World Tree was the last one[2], he therefore probably meant that it was the last one available to humans. Orc-Styx left for an unspecified World Tree far away from where his clan lived. After finding himself changed he started his quest to undo the damage. Since 250 years later his sight is set on the Akenash World Tree, it is possible that the tree he studied on was another.
It is not known how the trees reproduce, whether they bear fruits of any kind, shed their leaves, or in any other way resemble a normal tree.
Gallery
References
- ↑ Styx: Master of Shadows, Master Key, Area 1, right when Styx enters the area and gets close to the first guards.
- ↑ Styx: Shards of Darkness, Korrangar, The Residential Quarters, when Styx enters the Amber store room.
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