"The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing." — William Blake
The Verdant Barracks trains soldiers in the art of nonviolent warfare—a contradiction embodied by Mandelbrot the Symbios, whose fungal grafts can paralyze neural pathways. Their enemy? The Carnophage Collective, a meat-eating cult rumored to dwell beyond the fungal plains. Chrysanthe the Resinbard composes symphonies to rally troops, her antennae conducting pheromone harmonies that induce berserk tranquility. "We fight," she intones, "so that no leaf need fear the butcher's blade."
From the lore of The Chitinous Mandate.