One day while peacefully on patrol along the inner perimeter of the forest Vaalyun the sylvan druid heard the loud noises of a orcish raiding party. When Vaalyun snuck over to investigate he saw a mass of about 10 orcs chopping randomly into trees and attacking the animals. So Vaalyun confronted the orcs by himself. After a long and bloody battle Vaalyun defeated all of the orcs but succumbed to his numerous wounds at the base of a great oak tree. The spirit of the forest saw all of this. Then after a few days (but a blink for a 3,000 year old forest) decided to take a kind of mercy on the poor druid. The spirit summoned its nature energy and poured it into the dead body of Vaalyun. Vines, flowers, and roots emerged from the ground and went into Vaalyun's body replacing the muscle and organs that decayed and he regained consiousness. The spirit of the forest explained what had happened and told him as long as he protected the forest he would live. But with all good intentions come a downside and as Vaalyun's origional body decays it is replaced with plant life. Eventially all that will be left is a skeleton with vegitation growing out of it as the defender of the forest.