Throwing back to my other post, my world originated from my obsession with telepathic dragons. While I assure you, I still very much love dragons (please, give me all the dragon novel recs!) I remember the day I was sitting at my dentist’s office staring through the huge glass window and into the ivy, plants and trees that grew between the office and the stone wall. And I thought, how cool would it be to have a living tree to fight for you! Keep in mind, this was before the days of the hit Guardians of the Galaxy movie and our dear Groot hit the big screen, and I was never a comic gal in that way, so I had no idea he was a thing before my creation.
But what if I combined this idea with my love of telepathic dragons? So my mind birthed my Lifegivers. They are large, ent-like creatures that are telepathic and bond to Lervanians. A single drop of blood gifted to their Mothertree allowed her to choose who would be the next protectors for their species. No one knows precisely what makes the Mothertree choose who she does, but she creates them a perfect lifemate, a friend, a creature who will help complete their Lervanian partner, a Lifegiver. This is not romantic, but it’s the deepest friendship one can have.
Here is a Lifegiver/Lervanian pair from my original novel, drawn by the always lovely Huskie back in 2009:
And here is a modern redesign along with a velu drawn by OrionArte:
As you can see, there have been some changes, some evolution between the two of them. Their colors have changed a bit, but the general concept is still the same.
If these creatures seem interesting, then you’ll just have to read the books!