Vidur

Vidur (大地の種「ヴィヅル」, Vidzuru, "Seeds of the Earth") is a major race in Tales of Ylemia.

Background
As nature-inclined people, the Vidur protect flora and fauna, treating them not as objects but as important parts of their lives. They believe and sense that plants and animals also have feelings and thoughts, and consider that they have the same rights as all men. They can't live where forests are dying, and find it difficult to live in places far from well-maintained forests, which is why they rarely live outside Nymphid.

Vidurs are the longest-living people, living up to 1000 years old. Their physical maturation is very slow; a Vidur as old as the oldest Human appears as a young child. Most of their life, they stay appearing between 20-50 years old, when they become adults by the age of 300. Blooming flowers mark the adulthood of Vidurs.

By average, Vidurs are at the same height pattern as Humans, but it is not uncommon to find 900-year old ones reach 10 feet and lose mobility, remaining stuck in the ground for the remainder of their lives.

Appearance
Vidur are generally characterized as plant people or treants. Their skins are wooden or soft, with colors ranging from the darkest blackwood to the lightest spruce. There are some that are covered in bark, some have tree rings markings, some are covered in soft tissue with chlorophyll. Instead of having fur or feathers, they have foliage covering parts of their body. It's uncommon but not unheard of to find a Vidur with a skin or leaves naturally colored yellow or violet.

Ability
The Vidur have an ability known as Sention (世感「センティオン」, Sention, "Worldly Sense"). This is a passive ability that gives them the sense of nature, allowing them to perceive any irregularity in the flora and fauna.

Trivia

 * Vidur are different from Ents, in a way that they appear more human than trees, and they vary in plant species.