The magical tree of endura first gave life to this god. It is mystical and ancient, bearing powers that are yet unknown. It is said to speak in riddles and occasionally wails as it grows taller and thicker. Its trunk, which grows as a condor, towers nearly fifteen feet above the ground, and upon it twine mystic ropes whose ends dangle uselessly. Often the trunk and tips of the ropes are missing, constraining the animal to cramped and unnatural lengths. No living man has scaled this tree without disaster, for, as will be seen hereafter, its mighty and indescribable trunk cannot bend the branches which must always point externally upward. The roots of the tree reach above the height of the con...