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KD Since: May, 2009
2025-03-07 08:36:39

Closest thing might be Green Thumb for supernatural/magical manipulation of plants in general.

Scorpion451 (Edited uphill both ways)
2025-03-07 10:13:15

Arboreal Abode

You get a Treetop Town when a whole community is built this way, possibly overlapping with tropes like Bamboo Technology, Organic Technology, and/or Biomanipulation depending on how elaborate the engineering gets.

Seconding Green Thumb also overlapping if this is done via phlebotinium or magical means.

Edited by Scorpion451
dogman15 (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
2025-03-07 11:23:50

I did come across Green Thumb, Arboreal Abode, and Treetop Town in my research. Green Thumb isn't quite what I'm looking for (it's not specifically about making buildings and furniture out of living plants), but I guess it's the closest. And both Arboreal Abode and Treetop Town are about living high up above the ground, not at ground level exclusively. I know that, at least, the unicorns in Them's Fightin' Herds only live on the ground. I can't remember if the elves in the Inheritance Cycle live on just the ground, or also higher up in the trees. It's been a while since I read the books.

Thanks for the replies, though.

Scorpion451 (Edited uphill both ways)
2025-03-07 17:54:56

Read Arboreal Abode again- height is irrelevant, and the one you want here.

dogman15 (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
2025-03-07 21:36:13

I suppose "Arboreal Abode" is the closest trope that currently exists. I can't help but wonder if there are enough examples for a new trope page, though.

https://inheritance.fandom.com/wiki/Du_Weldenvarden "The forest's size was due to the planting spells the elves used. By imbuing their voices with magic, the elves could sing plants into growing into different shapes and patterns. Every house in Ellesméra was sung from a tree." This is extremely similar to what the unicorns in TFH did.

If I close this thread, does that prevent any new replies from being made in it?

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