OKAY OKAY SO. ive mentioned this in towering paradise ithink so ill do my best to make it concise HJHAJEHJAHJA
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Guardians in Equilibrium are unique in a few ways (more resistant to corruption, stronger, some have abilities depending on the island they live on) but an INCREDIBLY important one to note is that all guardians, regardless of location, double as a ‘seed’ of sorts. At any moment, if the Island’s Tree should fail, then it will rely on the healthiest Guardian as a ‘willing’ sacrifice to become the next Tree.
Now this has its reasons for existing; corruption in the AU is a constant threat, constantly destroying and invalidating trees across the world.
HOWEVER; this has its drawbacks as well. More often than not, this ‘seed’ mechanism will activate on accident due to excessive divine energy. This can be because of Pure Corruption, which I’ve mentioned in TP but not on Tumblr for spoiler reasons, or simply due to an extreme overstress of powers (Although that’s more likely to kill a shape, as opposed to activating the mechanism.) And once it activates, it can be slowed but not stopped :< leading to Guardians often losing their lives, becoming Trees.
(This isn’t to be confused with Plants however; who naturally turn into actual plants at the end of their life cycle <3)
On the bright side, if you think bout it this means that an island with multiple tree’s is extra safe :3
Anyways; on to Tessie/New Sanctuary specifically :>
New Sanctuary is a unique case; for generations its Guardians, a lineage named Musique, have a habit of going insane due to an unknown reason and becoming trees. It’s gotten to the point where those Trees have created their own grove, outside of the capitol.
Tessie’s mother, Polaris, unfortunately was one of the previous Guardians who became a Tree :(
Tessie, Odile, and Fozel are the latest three Guardians; three cousins tasked with protecting their island, and hopefully solving a generations-long quest: what the actual fuck is killing all the guardians
oh, and none of those three know HOW to be a guardian since nobody before them has been able to stick around to teach them.
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fun extra thing if anyone’s read this far (/silly)
New Sanctuary and its inhabitants is based off the games Super Hexagon and Open Hexagon!
Polaris is based on the level Bipolarity
Tessie, Odile, and Fozel are based on Courtesy, Otis, and Focus
and once i actually GET to playing open hexagon (sighs agressively at its joystick controls being fucked) therell be more worldbuilding to it :3
@hermitcrabcross obligatory hexagon content ping /silly
