Jubokko

Kanji: 樹木子
Kana: じゅぼっこ
Pronunciation: jubokko

TRANSLATION: Tree Child
ALTERNATE NAMES: Vampire Tree
ORIGIN: Modern folklore

HABITAT: Battlefields
DIET: Blood, Humans

ABILITIES:

• Constriction
• Devouring
• Camouflage

WEAKNESSES:

• Fire
• Axes

OVERVIEW: Jubokko is a vampiric tree, known for drinking human blood, and is often found on old battlefields.

APPEARANCE: It looks like an innocent tree at first glance. The branches are strangely twisted and grasping. Piles of bleached bones lie at its base. The leaves stay impossibly fresh and green. Its bark hides a dark and sinister appetite.

BEHAVIOR: The tree snatches passersby with its long branches. It drains the victim's blood completely dry. Jubokko grows strong on the soil of slaughter. It waits patiently for new prey to approach.

INTERACTIONS: Travelers who rest fast beneath it never wake up. Humans fear forests where battles once raged. Cutting it causes the tree to bleed red blood.

OTHER FORMS: It was once a normal tree before absorbing blood.