Timberling

Timberlings are mobile plants that live in swamps or alongside rivers or lakes. They can be found in Teldrassil and the Swamp of Sorrows. Timberlings reflect the natural order of plants and animals on the Great Tree, but as of late many of them have become corrupted and agressive. Two notable timberlings of Teldrassil are Oakenscowl and Blackmoss the Fetid.

Description
A timberling is a twisted mass of branches, vines, and leaves that lumbers forward, rustling with each step. Its body has a vaguely humanoid shape, standing four feet high and weighing around 50 pounds. They do not speak or understand any known language.

They are normally peaceful creatures that live in harmony with the land, but any sort of disruption (such as pollution) drives them into an unnatural frenzy. An angered timberling attacks anything that moves. Timberlings can be made peaceful again only by removing the source of their discomfort and returning the land to its natural state. A symptom of the timberling's current disease are tumors within their bodies, filled with poison.

Timberlings attack by forming their woody limbs into fist-like appendages. When they strike a foe, they leave behind a clump of shoots that expand rapidly, enhancing weaknesses in the victim's defenses. Timberlings attack the nearest enemy, pummeling until the foe stops moving.

In lore, timberlings are described as both large ambulatory plants and as elementals. In World of Warcraft, these creatures are classified as elementals. Denalan, the botanist and questqiver NPC in Darnassus, notes that they are connected to the land around them: "The Timberlings are elementals of nature. In some ways they reflect the natural order of the plants and animals on our great tree."

Timberling subspecies

 * Timberling
 * Swampwalker

Named

 * Oakenscowl
 * Blackmoss the Fetid
 * Molt Thorn
 * Mire Lord

Bog beasts?
Timberlings may be a sub-category of bog beast, as it is said there are bog beasts on Teldrassil near Lake Al'Ameth.