Giant Cove Tree

Giant Cove Tree
Category	Flora
Attitude	Non-harvestable
Biome	Lost River Tree Cove

The Giant Cove Tree is a unique species of Flora. The only specimen known to exist can be found within the Tree Cove of the Lost River.  All of the brine around the tree is blue in color, rather than the green brine found elsewhere in the Lost River; whether or not the Giant Cove Tree is the cause for this alteration in coloration is unknown.

Appearance

The Giant Cove Tree consists of a large main trunk, brown in color that splits off into many smaller, bioluminescent fuchsia tipped branches. Most of these branches surround a Ghost Leviathan egg, along with two similar, yet smaller eggs found lower down on the Giant Cove Tree.

The lower portion of the Giant Cove Tree consists of many large roots, dropping down into the surrounding brine pool.

The Ghost Leviathan eggs consists of a transparent, blue tinged membrane and a glowing blue embryo within. The embryos are most likely in the same state of stasis as the Emperor leviathan eggs, waiting for perfect hatching conditions. The transparent membrane supports a fluid within, that has all the nutrients needed for the eggs to be kept alive, and to support a healthy newborn. However, the idea of several embryos within a liquid surrounded by a membrane, supports the theory that ONE leviathan egg gives life to SEVERAL newborns.

Data Bank Entry

A vast tree encountered in a deep cove, and the only one of its kind encountered on the planet. The tree is surrounded by rays grazing on its pink outer leaves. Bark: A hardy, fast-growing bark covers the outside of the tree. Minuscule organisms inhabit the notches in the surface. Ghost Leviathan Eggs: The tree's branches are wrapped around a number of maturing eggs, belonging to the species designated 'ghost leviathan'. This tree appears to be an ancient nesting ground. The eggs were laid when the tree was young, and now the branches protect and grow with them as they await the right conditions to hatch.

Gallery

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• Concept Art
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Overview of the Giant Cove Tree

Close up of the roots

The "embryo" inside the Ghost Leviathan egg

Ghostrays found around the Giant Cove Tree

Bioluminescence

Another view of the Giant Cove Tree

Size comparison between the player and the Ghost Leviathan Egg

The Lost River Tree Cove's Concept Art, featuring the Giant Cove Tree

Model from Sketchfab

Trivia

• The exclusive blue brine found in the Tree Cove does not harm the player, unlike the green brine found elsewhere in the Lost River.