The Trees of Life

"We are the gaurdians of the swords. We were chosen for this duty. We cannot just hand you the sword, no matter what stupid story you make up to claim it.”  — Draglar, Seven Swords

The Trees of Life are thirteen trees that try to protect the Swords of Life. They serve as minor protagonists throughout the game, but they also appear as bosses. Each tree has a gem on thier head matching the color of the gem on the sword they are to gaurd. The leader of the group is known as Draglar, who bears a emerald matching the color of the Sword of Life. Six of the trees have appeared in one game, six of the trees have appeared in two games, and Draglar has appeared in all games to date.

Seven Swords
Seven of the trees appear in Seven Swords. They are the boss of World 3-Skull and after thier defeat, they realize that they and Claude are trying to rescue the same thing. After the battle, they let Claude on to World 4.

Battle
In battle, each of the trees has thier own health bar, making this a somewhat challenging battle. However, the trees only have two attacks. Their first attack is to attempt to crush Claude with a branch. This will result in an instant death if Willy or Draglar's braches are the ones to crush him. Their second attack will be triggered after four trees have been defeated. The second attack will be lasers being shot out of their gems. Paris and Draglar's lasers will deal twice as much damage as any other trees lasers.

The Thirteenth Sword
The trees reappear in The Thirteenth Sword, along with six new trees of life. They appear as the second secret boss of World 6. In this game, they know what Claudes intentions are but want to test his ability before letting him move on. This is often found strange because the trees are an optional boss and don't need to be fought to move on, despite what they tell Claude.

Battle
The trees battle in the same way they did in the first game, except thier are six added trees to defeat. On top of this, along with Willy and Draglar, a new tree known as Slade can also insta-kill Claude with his branch. Also, another new tree by the name of Barry can deal double damage with a laser shot, just like Draglar and Paris.

The Swords of Life
Only Draglar reappers in The Swords of Life. After the defeat of the Gate Gaurdians at the Shrine of Life, Richard is led to Draglar who holds the Sword of Life. Draglar gives the Sword to Richard and wishes him the best of luck.

The Trees of Life Names

 * Maple
 * Spruce
 * Paris
 * Nidren
 * Zalter
 * Willy
 * Draglar
 * Slade
 * Barry
 * Rallm
 * Kalla
 * Red Maple
 * Etch