Dancing Trees
The Dancing Trees are Chimerical Creatures of the Great Dream Forest.
Overview
The oldest and proudest of the faerie spirits of the Wood, the Dancing Trees appear to be unafraid of the changes in the Earth that terrify meat changelings. To the Trees, even Winter and Spring are but seasons in the dance. Branches bend in the snow in order that they do not break. Leaves fall, but there will be new ones. Boughs adapt with changing conditions, turning toward the sun and away from obstructions, growing over and around.
Whether this is vegetable wisdom or senility is a matter of opinion. In any case, the Dancing Trees are apparently instrumental in spreading the cult of the New Spring (if not starting it outright) throughout changeling society, which is one of the chief reasons the dryads (little daughters of the Dance) are so mistrusted by conservative sidhe. According to rumor, the Dancers are also teaching the human plant-witches something about the future, something depthless and timeless.
References
- CTD. Dreams and Nightmares, p. 71.