Planting of the Wanderlings

Planting of the Wanderlings
General Information
What Happened	When an elf dies, a seed and a strand of the dead elf hair is coiled together and planted in the ground, sprouting a tree which similar appearance to the dead elf.
Why	To honor and commemorate a deceased elf
Where	Wanderling Woods
Book Occurred	An elf has died
Character Involvement
People Involved	The family, friends, and community of the dead elf
Effect On People Involved	People see a loved one or friend planting.

The Planting of the Wanderlings is when elves plant a seed to symbolize a deceased one of their kind. They wrap a strand of the deceased elf's hair (DNA) around the seed and plant it. The hair then grows with the seedling and becomes a tree (which the elves call Wanderlings) with some of the passed elf's traits. Elves prefer to wear the color green (the color of life) instead of black when going to a seed planting. Plantings are the elves' version of a funeral. While deaths of the Elvin kind have been mentioned as rare, it is not impossible. Elves have yet to find out if they can die of old age.

Known Plantings

• Cyrah Endal (Pre-Keeper)

• Jolie Ruewen (Pre-Keeper)

• Sophie Foster (Keeper of the Lost Cities/Was kidnapped, not dead, not described)

• Dex Dizznee (Keeper of the Lost Cities/Was kidnapped, not dead, not described)

• Alden Vacker (Exile/Mind broken from the guilt of Prentice, healed by Sophie, not dead)

• Kenric Fathdon (Everblaze/Former Councillor)

• Mr. Forkle/Magnate Leto/Sir Astin/other unknown identities (Nightfall/Not planted in the woods (but in Norway, by Trolltunga), one of the two Mr. Forkles')