Kuru

So i have done some work on the Kuru landscape lately, it was looking a bit bare so i have just been livening it up, also reinforcing the pale white-green-pale brown colour scheme i had in mind, wasnt really coming through enough i think.
so yeah!

ignore the occasional sharp shadows,they don't appear in game ;)




As you can see, Kuru now has Bamboo like plants, they are stained by salt at the bottom, but the Ether sprites were still able to call them from the ground and sustain them, these mainly exist closer to the Ether sprite village, the Ether sprites attempted to male them everywhere but they just couldn't reach some places.




Kuru's Keeper Tree, an ancient gnarled tree on the main island, the Ether sprites take it's roots to prevent their island from breaking, and it's leaves to stop the tree from growing so fast, they use these both to build and decorate their village, while sustaining the tree it'self with their Ether, encircling the tree and singing it back to complete existence

(the "teeth" are carved stones stuck into the edges of the hole) - they are also decorated with basic glyphs.




The great tree also serves other purposes, in it's age it harbours great wisdom and insight, it is called apon in times of need and tell's the ether sprites what to do.
Although the Ether Sprite King is the only one who is allowed to talk to it..

in the campaign, the Ether Sprite King asks the great tree if the player can have his oracle hat, but apparently the tree says no (according to the Ether Sprite King)



Here is Gaan's prison cell, he is certainly not nice! (according to the Ether Sprite King)

-Michelle