The Lady of the Wood

Allegiance: Independent

 [Picture of ladywood ]

Profile: The Lady of the Wood is not so much a wizard as an elemental force. Legends about her date at least as far back as the Second Age, making her at least as long-lived as the elves -- perhaps more so, for she still appears to be a young woman.

She seems to have no permanent dwelling place, and has been encountered all over the world, anywhere there is a copse of trees. Wise woodsmen mutter a few words to propitiate her before they take up an axe.

Some say she is a goddess, but if so, her powers seem less impressive than theirs. The elves, though they respect her, claim she is not theirs, that she is instead a nature spirit, an avatar of the forests themselves.
Movement: 4 Special Move: Forest
Maintenance: 0 Magic Points: 3
Combat Strengths
Ranged
10		 Flanking
0		 Melee
1		 Defensive
10		 Morale
10

[ Bloom ] Bloom
Cost: 2
Effect: Cast on any province: A plains province becomes woods. A woods province becomes forest. The spell has no effect on other terrains. Cancels (and is cancelled by) any other spell which changes province terrain.
[ The Trees Shatter ] The Trees Shatter
Cost: 1
Effect: Combat spell: Your ranged combat strength is increased by 60 points for one round of ranged combat only.
[ Swiftly Amid the Trees ] Swiftly Amid the Trees
Cost: 1
Effect: Cast on any unit on the map: The unit (and all units it commands) gain the forest movement capability for this turn.
[ The Forests are Bountiful ] The Forests are Bountiful
Cost: 2
Effect: Increases the tax value of all your forest provinces by 2 and of woods provinces by 1. Can only be cast once per turn.