The Grand Oak

The Grand Oak is a large talking sapient tree that lives in the West Brecilian Forest. He is different from the other "living" trees there in that he is not immediately aggressive towards the The Warden, and he can talk. For unknown reasons he only talks in rhyme when speaking. He jokingly suggests that this might be because he was fused with the soul of a poet, and is thus, a poet-tree. He does appear to be a little lonely, and his desire for companionship has led him to place tremendous value upon his acorn.

Background
Not much is known about the Grand Oak's background except that he appears to be a spirit that has possessed a tree. He has lived in the forest even before the arrival of Witherfang and the werewolves, but has not been around long enough to know why the Veil in the forest has become so weak. However, his guess is that a battle must have occurred where many of the participants perished in the forest.

Quotes
"Hrrrrm... what manner of beast be thee that comes before this elder tree?"

When asked why it only speaks in rhymes:

"I do not know, why dost thou not? Thy words seem plain, a mundane lot. Perhaps a poet's soul's in me... Does that make me a poet tree?"

After helping him, The Grand Oak will say:

"Greetings to thee once again, thou hast not left the forest, then?

Trivia
This shares similarities with Treebeard, an Ent in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings Trilogy. However, The Grand Oak is actually a tree that has been possessed, and not part of a race of living sentient trees, such as the Ents.