![]() While once fairly widespread, they have become very rare by the time of the trilogy, only living deep within Fangorn Forest. They still live extremely long before this happens, giving them a very patient and long-term view on things: they consider reaching a decision after three days of continuous debate almost unseemly hasty. They have an odd sort of immortality: they don't age and live more or less forever, but over time become stiffer, sleepier and more "treeish", rooting themselves and not stirring for increasingly long periods, eventually becoming indistinguishable from normal trees. In-universe, the Ents were explicitly created by the nature goddess Yavanna to protect the wilderness from the axes of civilization (and to keep the trees from becoming homicidal).The Lord of the Rings: The Trope Maker and Trope Codifier - although not the Ur-Example - through the Ents.E.T.: The Book of the Green Planet: On E.T.'s home planet, Jumpums are giant trees that, as their name suggests, jump around.Vandalieu accidentally creates his own ents with his magic while building an orchard, and the most prominent, Eisen, evolves into a gorgeous Plant Person. ![]()
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