the dryad's story

a love between a dryad tree spirit (Charis) taking human form and a man turned vampire (Victor) to be with her. she has help with her new friend, Riona, a wood nymph.

Background from where this idea came from:
Dryads are a rare, supernatural species thought not to exist that made her debut on the fifth episode of Legacies. The unnamed dryad, the only one known to exist, was killed by Dorian Williams while protecting the supernatural knife. While it remains inconclusive, the unnamed dryad stated that there were many of them that populated a grove until something attacked her and her kin and only she awoke in an endless darkness. Alaric believes that whatever happened to her and the other creatures, it erased all memory of them from the world.

History

Very little is known about the history of dryads. The only known dryad claimed a great many of her kind lived in a grove. This particular dryad fell in love with a man named Oliver. After turning himself into a vampire, so he and the dryad could live together forever, the two made plans to meet in the clearing where they fell in love. Through circumstances not entirely known, this dryad was attacked and found herself in an endless darkness. Calling this dark place Malivore, the dryad claimed that she could feel the presence of others. It has been theorized by Alaric Saltzman, this was part of an event which erased all memory of several different types of supernatural creature, dryads included.

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