Ta-Lasau-Kori (pronounced TAH-lah-SAH-KOH-ree) is both a type of tree native to the Wounds and a faith centering around the veneration of the trees. The most devoted of the religion's adherents attempt the difficult task of propagating the trees to new islands.
Edicts and anathema
- Edicts
- Plant and tend to Ta-Lasau-Kori trees, travel as widely as possible, offer shelter to travelers and those without shelter of their own, protect flora and especially rare plants
- Anathema
- Harm a plant unnecessarily, start an uncontained fire or allow a fire to spread, pollute water or soil, remain in one settlement or community for more than a year
Ta-Lasau-Kori trees
Description
Ta-Lasau-Kori are immense palm trees. Most are somewhere around 150 feet tall, though they seemingly never stop growing taller, albeit very slowly.
Locations
The oldest known Ta-Lasau-Kori tree is located on the island of the Roots, one of the easternmost islands of the Chain. At over 200 feet tall it is larger than any other of its kind - it has been growing on the Roots for as long as the oral histories of the nearby peoples can recount. Its seeds are particularly sought after for propagation.
Elsewhere in the Wounds, Ta-Lasau-Kori trees can be found on scattered islands throughout the Chain, Ha-Rase-Metu, the Protectors, the Wisps, and the Angry Kings. While the trees are quite rare, most of the major archipelagoes are home to at least one. Several once grew on the Greivous Islands but were long ago cut down by the dwarves of Harv Taruhm.
Only one Ta-Lasau-Kori tree is known to exist outside the Wounds - the settlement of Great Seedling, in the southern Laqto Rainforest, is built around one.