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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dreaddisease" data-source="post: 1445047" data-attributes="member: 3548">What would happen if someone was completely still (in this case on their knees with their hands on their knees) for 20 years in a dense forest?  I ask this understanding the catatonic state (which will be relieved through spells) and sanity problems (which does not matter in this case).  What I am interested in is how the forest would wrap around this person, what would this person's skin be like, would their hair embed the dirt and grow stuff out of it?  Could they possibly have roots that grow under the skin, would the body be able to protect all orifices (clothes do not matter)?  Why do I ask this question?  I had a dream last night that I'm trying to create an actual in-game side story.  I dreamt of an elven maiden who was sold to the flesh trade of the kingdom at a very young age (25-30).  She was sold as servitude for over 20 years and then sold to a sick man who used her as a  ......... slave.  20 years of this trying to fight and keep her sanity and hopefully escape.  She finally made her escape but had to kill the man in the meantime (he now being an up and coming political figure) so she had to flee.  She goes to the high elders of her society and because she is still underage the crime of murder is punished harshly at this age.  Because of the nature of the circumstance (and including the circumstances) the elders finds an old tome from the wood elves and 'cleansing' underage elves through this strange ritual (i.e. the question above). Now this is where my dream ended.  So now I am left with the after effects.  I want to make it true to life so if the party meets this person and they have a tree growing out of their head it could be possible.</blockquote>

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