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When Shandryll zoned into the Plane of Growth, she jumped as she felt a whorl of natural energy standing right beside her.

The ring she zoned into was the most gorgeous thing she had ever seen in her life. It appeared to be made out of something that had the look of marble with gold designs on it.

After taking a few pictures of the ring, Shandryll wandered around until she found some plains. Many rolling plains steeds could be found grazing and romping about. Although she wished to pet them, she had decided to interfere as little as possible on this trip... so, she stood and watched them for awhile, stopping to take a few pictures here and there of the steeds and of the plains they grazed upon.

Shandryll heard a howling from behind her and turned to catch a Gale Wolf before he ran off into the night.

Shandryll couldn't help but take picture after picture of the beautiful landscape. She loved the stream that ran through the plane, so she decided to follow it for awhile.

Etolling harvesters were a common site in the Plane of Growth, but Shandryll still jumped every time she heard one. They sounded so primative.

A flash of blue moved passed Shandryll and she heard what sounded much like a treant. She went running after it and when it finally stopped and turned around, she was able to catch a picture of one of them most beautiful flowers she had seen, a Feral Amalgam.

After the Feral Amalgam tottered away, Shandryll looked down from her new vantage point from the hill she ran up following the flower, to see a valley below her. In the distance, she could see flashing green and yellow lights...

Shandryll followed the lights until she could see the two Serene Forest Spirits clearly. Suddenly, a smaller etoling harvester looking creature called an entoling essence channe ran passed her and chased the spirits up the hill.

On the other side of the hill was a statue with many spirits surrounding it. Shandryll watched in awe as they moved around the statue.

Shandryll had heard rumors about a flower like creature that gave out a quest for a ranger helm called the Helm of the Tracker.. Ahhh... Tunarean Earthmender, this must be the one. Tunarean Earthmender looked like it was in some sort of cage and surrounding it were thiflings. The thiflings were tiny little wood nymph looking creatures that cast spells. On the right is a picture she captured of a thifling chanter.

Spirit Stalkers were by far the largest bears Shandryll had ever laid eyes on and made her wish she had brought some fish with her to feed these huge creatures. On the right is a picture of Shandryll standing beside one of these beasts. Hey! Watch the hair!

As Shandryll got closer to Tunare, she began to see more and more treants. Although the treant in the picture below was called a tranquil treant, he was not at all tranquil. He flailed his arms about almost like he was trying to tell Shandryll a story, or warn her of something...

Following the treant for a little while, Shandryll saw a huge tree in the distance ahead of her. It had a platform that ran around the tree. "This must be it!" she thought to herself, excitedly.

Shandryll found an opening at the bottom of the tree and entered to find Prince Thirneg standing guard. (This is the mob that it's rumored if you say, "I want Phat Lewtz" to him, he will hit you with a 20k Harm Touch. Needless to say, I didn't try it so I have no idea if that's true or not.)

When looking up on the ground floor, these beautiful wips lights cound be seen... almost looking like candles.

Shandryll made her way up the winding path around the tree until she found an opening then slipped inside. Two guardians looked rather mean and intimidating, but allowed her to take a couple of pictures then let her pass. She was just a few steps from Tunare. The center of the tree was in the middle of the room blocking her view of Tunare, so she had a moment to collect herself before actually meeting her. She smiled at the thought of what she was about to do. Since she was a small child and Neaadan had begun to teach her the ways of Tunare, she had aspired to one day meet her. And now... she was about to do just that.

Shandryll stood up straight and tall and rounded the corner. Shandryll moved slowly towards Tunare and when she was but a few steps from her, she kneeled before The Mother of All as Tunare's pet circled around her. She felt... comfortable... welcome... at home... even though neither Shandryll nor Tunare spoke. Shandryll stayed kneeling before Tunare for what seemed like an enternity before she stood, smiled at Tunare, and left.

Still so much left to see, Shandryll found the stream and began to follow it again. She keep walking, apparently losing track of the time, until she came to the end of the stream. The stream deadended into a hill and was filled from above by a sparkling waterfall.

Shandryll set the camera down to get a different view and took a picture of herself in front of the waterfall. It looked almost phosphoresent from the glow it produced and hoped that it would make a good backdrop for a picture. She also climbed up the side of the hill to get a picture of the waterfall from the side looking down upon the land. (Pictured on the far right above.)

It was all so peaceful and serene that Shandryll spent quite some time at the waterfall and it probably became top on her "favorite places" list right above the waterfall in East Karana... but that's a story for another time.

Shandryll followed the stream to the other end until she came to a lake and lo and behold if it didn't have a waterfall filling it as well. The reflection from the water made the waterfall seem to go on and on forever.

Beside the waterfall was a castle that looked much like the same design as the ring that she had come into when she first stepped into the Plane of Growth. She had no idea who's castle it was, but she ventured inside anyway. Standing at the very rear of the castle, was the Guardian of Takish. She wasn't sure who Takish was and couldn't seem to open the doors behind him, so she left... a little puzzled.

Not far from the castle Shandryll found the ring she had entered when she first arrived. Deciding that was an omen that it was time to leave, Shandryll took one last look around, then gated out... vowing to come back and explore more when she had some more idle time on her hands...

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