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"The massive tree known as Yggdrasil* is the source of all the worlds magic alongside the first seven olde mages who found it thousands of years ago as the old legends say. The former part is very much correct; only in areas above or near ley lines can magic be performed on any significant scale. However, ever since the end of the "Golden Age", magic in these areas has decreased significantly over time. Numerous possible causes have been blamed, some baseless paranoia and some possibly rooted in truth*. However, to truly understand magic one must go to the source; Yggdrasil itself.

The 300 meter (As of current estimates) tall form of Yggdrasil exists in a pocket dimensional space, one of six in the world and which have proven unable to be replicated due to the as of now complex physics involved. Only reachable by the ley lines, this space is surrounded by Fay-Type energy. Any being who falls in here into the energy will likely be corroded down to atoms due to the potent energy reactions with a biological form; brooms and other safe forms of locomotion are heavily recommended.

Records of first contact with Yggdrasil exist at approximately 2500 BC, but lab studies of the organism from samples and from its physical appearance compared to other long-living flora indicate that it may be millions of years old, perhaps even older.

Yggdrasil itself is located in this area, "anchored" by its 600 remaining branches into a platau of energy below it; the physical form of the massive pocket dimension it exists in. Over 20 "crown" branches emerge from the top of bright green tree, which emits a green glow at all times. This glow is the result of a form of unique Bioradiation around the tree, albeit one harmless to humanoids. Nevertheless, directly ingesting any edible material contaminated by the radiation or samples from Yggdrasil itself is not recommend; a mana overload that causes the death of the consumer is common. Other cases, such as heavy permanent mental instability and visions of variable nature are common, as seen with the infamous case of former professor Cyrille Du Nord.*

Analysis of the tree itself indicates that it may be to flora as the kaiju are to normal fauna: An apex specimen with unique traits.

Aside from its ability to freely generate mana from its branches into all twelve areas where large scale magic can still be performed, Yggdrasils other traits include the aforementioned bioradiation and some notable physical information.

The "bark" of Yggdrasil is notably a form of metallic flesh resembling tissue. This highly durable material is best extracted from old parts of the main body, due to the sheer difficulty that comes with trying to break the flesh off. "Sap" is liquid plasma rich in magical energy and high in explosive instability if not properly diffused.

The sap randomly leaks out several times a year and is carefully harvested for to be generated as a an energy source in the form of magic vapor. To prevent anything like the "Nord syndrome", careful protections and face coverings are used.

Various seeds or brown seed like objects, ranging in size from 1 inch to a foot long, randomly detach from Yggdrasil several times a year in one century; these seeds either drift around the space or are collected by various mage teams and taken to the vaults of their respective institutions.

Considering the massive energy potential, it may seem wasteful to leave such things lying around without actually using them.

But as the recent crisis has shown, such things are best used in times of danger; only then is the risk and reward of using these "Seeds of Yggdrasil'' worth it. As the incident at Arcturus showed, a single seed combined with the right material can create an outpouring of power; one that can raise the power of an already dangerous Class V kaiju to all new heights for a brief amount of time.

Indeed, a Class V kaiju, preferably one with high control over its energy reserves and regenerative ability, seems to be the only organism that can directly ingest and use Yggdrasil's power.

A lesser kaiju or one without as firm a grip over its energy would likely be burned down to the bone by the critical overload.

While the local Arcturus Forest and Wagandea Tree* are believed to be derived from it, the bizarre biological traits of Yggdrasil have lead me to a new conclusion.

Yggdrasil may very well not be a tree, but a new type of organism all together.

Moving on from this, it should be noted that intense activity resembling large amounts of ESP concentration and electrical energy overload have been found at the top branches of Yggdrasil, in a way resembling the massive amounts of intense mental activity one would expect from a sufficiently large organism.

While extremely old accounts of Yggdrasil apparently "communing" with the first mages and giving them its blessing and permission for them and their descendants to use its power exist in poorly translated records, all forms of modern communications, both scientific and magical, have failed in regards to Yggdrasil.

We just have the activity to look at.

However, my recent studies have lead to some highly alarming discovering, specifically regarding the ley lines. Increases in these "bursts" of energy at the top correlate with deaths or dormancy in at least sixty five minor and major ley lines as observed through records.

My own recent experiments, keeping track of the closest ley lines, have noted energy fluctuations with each burst.

Correlating with the pulse, the Maladra-3 Space station has detected a "Pulse" detected around the same time as my own observations, an invisible and seemingly harmless wave of power that briefly seems to "wash" around the world before dissipating in a period lasting five-ten seconds.

Adding to Yggdrasil's own psychic emanation's, I have come to yet another conclusion: It is drawing upon the power of its own branches to such a degree that it is essentially cannibalizing its own mana and ley lines to the point of shattering some of the latter.

The old records had a likely instance of this intense "Crown Burst" once a decade.

The ones I'm now detecting occur every few weeks.

How ironic. If I am right, it is Yggdrasil itself that may be directly responsible for the current decline of magic. Of course, the other factors exist, but this draining of its own branch tunnels is the most obvious likely explanation.

The last and biggest question is why Yggdrasil is draining and withering its ley lines and thus slowly killing magical society it helped make in order to create these massive bursts of power.

The pattern of the pulse suggests it is creating some sort of barrier or shield, one selectively permeable.

Is Yggdrasil trying to keep something in?

Or is it keeping something out?

Further research is required.

-Arcturus Field Report #017 (Submitted in 2016 to Monarch and other kaiju-based organizations as part of the Kyoto Accords) by CKR Engineer Croix Meridies.

She is currently acting as a liaison to Luna Nov Academy following the "Wagandea War" and the ensuing clean-up efforts.

The footnotes below were written by Agent Meridies, not me.

*Named after the world tree in Norse mythology, or perhaps the one who inspired the of the myth and name in the first place? Both are equally possible but must be researched further.

*Pollution, modernization, lack of faith in magic, environmental disaster, the current Age of the Kaiju, etc.

*Ancient magic using tribes before the Golden Age organization were known to have an appointed elder shaman inhale a concotion of fumes said to come from the "Fire of the brother tree" in order to experience visions of danger or to gain valuble knowledge; the validity of these claims is unceertain.

*ANEB deployment to contaminated areas is being negotiated.

Description
"The massive tree known as Yggdrasil* is the source of all the worlds magic alongside the first seven olde mages who found it thousands of years ago as the old legends say. The former part is very much correct; only in areas above or near ley lines can magic be performed on any significant scale. However, ever since the end of the "Golden Age", magic in these areas has decreased significantly over time. Numerous possible causes have been blamed, some baseless paranoia and some possibly rooted in truth*. However, to truly understand magic one must go to the source; Yggdrasil itself.

The 300 meter (As of current estimates) tall form of Yggdrasil exists in a pocket dimensional space, one of six in the world and which have proven unable to be replicated due to the as of now complex physics involved. Only reachable by the ley lines, this space is surrounded by Fay-Type energy. Any being who falls in here into the energy will likely be corroded down to atoms due to the potent energy reactions with a biological form; brooms and other safe forms of locomotion are heavily recommended.

Records of first contact with Yggdrasil exist at approximately 2500 BC, but lab studies of the organism from samples and from its physical appearance compared to other long-living flora indicate that it may be millions of years old, perhaps even older.

Yggdrasil itself is located in this area, "anchored" by its 600 remaining branches into a platau of energy below it; the physical form of the massive pocket dimension it exists in. Over 20 "crown" branches emerge from the top of bright green tree, which emits a green glow at all times. This glow is the result of a form of unique Bioradiation around the tree, albeit one harmless to humanoids. Nevertheless, directly ingesting any edible material contaminated by the radiation or samples from Yggdrasil itself is not recommend; a mana overload that causes the death of the consumer is common. Other cases, such as heavy permanent mental instability and visions of variable nature are common, as seen with the infamous case of former professor Cyrille Du Nord.*

Analysis of the tree itself indicates that it may be to flora as the kaiju are to normal fauna: An apex specimen with unique traits.

Aside from its ability to freely generate mana from its branches into all twelve areas where large scale magic can still be performed, Yggdrasils other traits include the aforementioned bioradiation and some notable physical information.

The "bark" of Yggdrasil is notably a form of metallic flesh resembling tissue. This highly durable material is best extracted from old parts of the main body, due to the sheer difficulty that comes with trying to break the flesh off. "Sap" is liquid plasma rich in magical energy and high in explosive instability if not properly diffused.

The sap randomly leaks out several times a year and is carefully harvested for to be generated as a an energy source in the form of magic vapor. To prevent anything like the "Nord syndrome", careful protections and face coverings are used.

Various seeds or brown seed like objects, ranging in size from 1 inch to a foot long, randomly detach from Yggdrasil several times a year in one century; these seeds either drift around the space or are collected by various mage teams and taken to the vaults of their respective institutions.

Considering the massive energy potential, it may seem wasteful to leave such things lying around without actually using them.

But as the recent crisis has shown, such things are best used in times of danger; only then is the risk and reward of using these "Seeds of Yggdrasil'' worth it. As the incident at Arcturus showed, a single seed combined with the right material can create an outpouring of power; one that can raise the power of an already dangerous Class V kaiju to all new heights for a brief amount of time.

Indeed, a Class V kaiju, preferably one with high control over its energy reserves and regenerative ability, seems to be the only organism that can directly ingest and use Yggdrasil's power.

A lesser kaiju or one without as firm a grip over its energy would likely be burned down to the bone by the critical overload.

While the local Arcturus Forest and Wagandea Tree* are believed to be derived from it, the bizarre biological traits of Yggdrasil have lead me to a new conclusion.

Yggdrasil may very well not be a tree, but a new type of organism all together.

Moving on from this, it should be noted that intense activity resembling large amounts of ESP concentration and electrical energy overload have been found at the top branches of Yggdrasil, in a way resembling the massive amounts of intense mental activity one would expect from a sufficiently large organism.

While extremely old accounts of Yggdrasil apparently "communing" with the first mages and giving them its blessing and permission for them and their descendants to use its power exist in poorly translated records, all forms of modern communications, both scientific and magical, have failed in regards to Yggdrasil.

We just have the activity to look at.

However, my recent studies have lead to some highly alarming discovering, specifically regarding the ley lines. Increases in these "bursts" of energy at the top correlate with deaths or dormancy in at least sixty five minor and major ley lines as observed through records.

My own recent experiments, keeping track of the closest ley lines, have noted energy fluctuations with each burst.

Correlating with the pulse, the Maladra-3 Space station has detected a "Pulse" detected around the same time as my own observations, an invisible and seemingly harmless wave of power that briefly seems to "wash" around the world before dissipating in a period lasting five-ten seconds.

Adding to Yggdrasil's own psychic emanation's, I have come to yet another conclusion: It is drawing upon the power of its own branches to such a degree that it is essentially cannibalizing its own mana and ley lines to the point of shattering some of the latter.

The old records had a likely instance of this intense "Crown Burst" once a decade.

The ones I'm now detecting occur every few weeks.

How ironic. If I am right, it is Yggdrasil itself that may be directly responsible for the current decline of magic. Of course, the other factors exist, but this draining of its own branch tunnels is the most obvious likely explanation.

The last and biggest question is why Yggdrasil is draining and withering its ley lines and thus slowly killing magical society it helped make in order to create these massive bursts of power.

The pattern of the pulse suggests it is creating some sort of barrier or shield, one selectively permeable.

Is Yggdrasil trying to keep something in?

Or is it keeping something out?

Further research is required.

-Arcturus Field Report #017 (Submitted in 2016 to Monarch and other kaiju-based organizations as part of the Kyoto Accords) by CKR Engineer Croix Meridies.

She is currently acting as a liaison to Luna Nov Academy following the "Wagandea War" and the ensuing clean-up efforts.

The footnotes below were written by Agent Meridies, not me.

*Named after the world tree in Norse mythology, or perhaps the one who inspired the of the myth and name in the first place? Both are equally possible but must be researched further.

*Pollution, modernization, lack of faith in magic, environmental disaster, the current Age of the Kaiju, etc.

*Ancient magic using tribes before the Golden Age organization were known to have an appointed elder shaman inhale a concotion of fumes said to come from the "Fire of the brother tree" in order to experience visions of danger or to gain valuble knowledge; the validity of these claims is unceertain.

*ANEB deployment to contaminated areas is being negotiated.