Developer Lavapotion is back with another post dedicated to the Roots, the upcoming premium faction coming to Songs of Conquest with the DLC of the same name.
“Development is moving along steadily. Maps are being shaped, and perhaps most exciting for this pixel-packed devlog, our artists are hard at work making everything look absolutely blooming fantastic. But before we dig into today’s topic, there is one very important thing you can do to help us grow: Wishlist Roots. Springtime demands it”
The Roots are ancient sentient colonies of flora, fungus, and the bones of dead heroes repurposed to serve the expansion of the Wyldwoods. Thus, the Roots are more of a hive mind, a collective consciousness that drives their relentless push to spread the Wyldwoods. Rather than individuals rising to power, the Roots repurpose the fallen, attempting to grow something new from what was left behind. Most of the time, the result is a broken vessel—a husk with no will at all besides that of the Tree Mothers.
But every so often, the process works. What emerges is something more: a vessel able to carry the words of the Tree Mothers, channel essence, and spread the will of the Roots across the land. It does not matter whether the repurposed Vessel was once Vanir, Rana, or something else entirely. The only thing that matters is the new purpose.
In particular, the developers pay attention to Grow (Gro Aelgrim from the Vanir in the past) and Flora, once a proud Faey noble. These two Wielders now serve the Roots.
