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 condor, and from them stream innumerable whirlpools of indescribable colour, which seem to burst forth in streams at the trunk's apex. These volcanic waters are prized for the making of incense, and are said by the Vascones to herald extraordinary fortunes. Fiends abhor these waters, for they mock the inconceivable gods, and cause unhallowed combustion near their source. The colour of this steam, when it shines forth for a second, resembles the colour of chrysolite, and is plainly visible even in the dark.