Gastwudu

Great woody giants that make up the majority of the Great Forest of Banyan. These trees are capable of lifting their large systems of exposed aerial roots out of the soil to walk, one root at a time, across the landscape. It's unclear why they do this, or indeed what prompts them to do so, but the Verthod are certainly part of the process. It seems as if they’re guiding them in some way, or at least walking beside the trees in companionable silence. Are these trees merely trees, or are they thinking beings of at least animal intelligence? And why do the Verthod walk among them? No one knows. Who can say what goes on in the heart and mind of a creature that is partially a plant?