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Mehangel
08-10-07, 04:37 PM I was looking through Champions of Valor when I came across mention of the tree temple Teumyshaaril, which is to Rillifane Rallathil page 138. States that it is located "in the heart of the High Forest".

Then later when reading in the book Silver Marches I discovered mention of the grandfather tree which is supposedly the "mightiest tree on the face of Faerun" page 27. At first I thought that these two were one and the same, but when viewing the map, it shows the grandfather tree being located at the border of Turlang, the Treant's Wood. This is clearly not at the Heart of the High Forest. If these two trees are the same why does it only say that it is sacred to Silvanus, and if these two trees are not the same tree, is it also sacred to the leaflord?

As I went to investigate further into the matter I found that the only tree that Rillifane Rallathil truly holds in regard is The Moontouch Oak by the forest of Cormanthor. (I do not mean to say that the leaflord does not care for the other trees but his description only mentions one.) As I did more research I found that the Moontouch Oak is the largest tree in faerun.

So my questions are these:

1) Which of the two/three trees are the tallest/grandist.

2) Which of the above trees in mention is "most favored" of Rillifane Rallathil.

3) Both the grandfather tree and Teumyshaaril are home to Wood Elves, does he also have many wood elves in addition to wild elves?
Faraer
08-10-07, 06:05 PM They're not the same. 'Those few elves who have encountered the Grandfather Tree in recent centuries typically venerate it as a manifestation of Rillifane Rallathil' (see the "Mintiper's Chapbook" article ([url=http://wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/mc/mc20010829h)).

1. Indeterminate: I don't imagine anyone measuring them like Midwest 'World's Largest Ball of String'-style roadside attractions, or that spiritual elven tree-worshippers are too concerned with whose is biggest. If you had to bet, Grandfather Tree is 'Without a doubt the mightiest tree' while Moontouch Oak is 'believed to be the largest living oak'.

2. Probably, in as far as it can be known, Moontouch Oak, from its prominent mention in Demihuman Deities and the tenor of the descriptions, including the relatively recent religious use of the Teymyshaaril tree. But it's self-involved priests who worry about who's 'most favoured', not the truly devout. See the kerfuffle between Eldathyn and Mielikkians over Eldath's Water in Cloak of Shadows.

These are sacred sites. The holier of Mount Olympus and Mount Fuji is whichever you're close to, and it's irrelevant which is physically tallest.
Mehangel
08-10-07, 08:11 PM Thankyou, I was seeking the answer all over and could not find it. For that I appreciate it.
:)
msatran
08-13-07, 12:10 PM Number Twenty Three...

The Larch...

The....Larch...

:)

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Mehangel 08-10-07, 04:37 PM	I was looking through Champions of Valor when I came across mention of the tree temple Teumyshaaril, which is to Rillifane Rallathil page 138. States that it is located "in the heart of the High Forest". Then later when reading in the book Silver Marches I discovered mention of the grandfather tree which is supposedly the "mightiest tree on the face of Faerun" page 27. At first I thought that these two were one and the same, but when viewing the map, it shows the grandfather tree being located at the border of Turlang, the Treant's Wood. This is clearly not at the Heart of the High Forest. If these two trees are the same why does it only say that it is sacred to Silvanus, and if these two trees are not the same tree, is it also sacred to the leaflord? As I went to investigate further into the matter I found that the only tree that Rillifane Rallathil truly holds in regard is The Moontouch Oak by the forest of Cormanthor. (I do not mean to say that the leaflord does not care for the other trees but his description only mentions one.) As I did more research I found that the Moontouch Oak is the largest tree in faerun. So my questions are these: 1) Which of the two/three trees are the tallest/grandist. 2) Which of the above trees in mention is "most favored" of Rillifane Rallathil. 3) Both the grandfather tree and Teumyshaaril are home to Wood Elves, does he also have many wood elves in addition to wild elves?
Faraer 08-10-07, 06:05 PM	They're not the same. 'Those few elves who have encountered the Grandfather Tree in recent centuries typically venerate it as a manifestation of Rillifane Rallathil' (see the "Mintiper's Chapbook" article ([url=http://wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/mc/mc20010829h)). 1. Indeterminate: I don't imagine anyone measuring them like Midwest 'World's Largest Ball of String'-style roadside attractions, or that spiritual elven tree-worshippers are too concerned with whose is biggest. If you had to bet, Grandfather Tree is 'Without a doubt the mightiest tree' while Moontouch Oak is 'believed to be the largest living oak'. 2. Probably, in as far as it can be known, Moontouch Oak, from its prominent mention in Demihuman Deities and the tenor of the descriptions, including the relatively recent religious use of the Teymyshaaril tree. But it's self-involved priests who worry about who's 'most favoured', not the truly devout. See the kerfuffle between Eldathyn and Mielikkians over Eldath's Water in Cloak of Shadows. These are sacred sites. The holier of Mount Olympus and Mount Fuji is whichever you're close to, and it's irrelevant which is physically tallest.
Mehangel 08-10-07, 08:11 PM	Thankyou, I was seeking the answer all over and could not find it. For that I appreciate it. :)
msatran 08-13-07, 12:10 PM	Number Twenty Three... The Larch... The....Larch... :)