Vistora are a diverse ancestry that originally evolved from the vast taxonomic kingdom of fungi, differentiated by the name, Myconid, having ruled over their native home of the Undergrowth before they evolved into basic locomotion and even the far later creation of man. They were defined by their ability to decompose organic matter for the continuance of the cycle of life, releasing spores to both communicate and reproduce. This remained until the migration of the now-called Selphins to the overworld, whose evolution was fostered by the discovered ability to form symbiotic relations with plantlife.

Before being able to produce their own food, early Selphins rejected their decomposing nature and instead sought to interlink themselves with the root cells of plants, offering these plants more resistance to harmful environmental forces in exchange for the sugars formed through photosynthesis. Eventually, the Selphins fully grew into their host plant of choice during the early stages of their life, allowing the chloroplasts to intimately combine with their own cellular makeup. This allowed them to fully mimic the biological functions of a plant, albeit not quite straying from their fungal origins.

Both Vistora, Selphins and Myconids, are born from spores, germinating into thin threads of hyphae until compatible strands form a network of mycelium. Vistora can remain in this stage of life for many years depending on environmental factors, either interlocking with a host plant in a sunlight-rich area or absorbing the nutrients of a dark area’s soil before their cue to fruit comes to be. During this point, Vistora have limited consciousness, not too unlike fetuses in the later stages of gestation. Once a Vistora begins to fruit, it will take them many months for them to separate from the ground, as their physical characteristics still need time to fully develop. 

After this has happened, they are biologically considered children, needing just over 20 years in their uprooted stage to reach adulthood. While Vistora have been known to live for extremely long periods of time before their arrival to the surface, this was only possible through their direct connection to their mycelium. Because they have evolved to separate themselves from it at birth, they do not live indefinitely, reaching expiration at 100 years.

Vistora are generally in the same height ranges, averaging between 3’2 to 5’9, although Selphins are found to typically be the taller of the two subraces due to their sunlight-driven functions. Their weights are often proportional to their heights, ranging from 32 to 155 pounds on average. Their builds are generally stout or skinny, with Myconids being a tad stockier than Selphins and vice versa.

They also tend to lack nostrils or mouths, with eyes being the only sensory organ that is commonly shared with other races, despite a few Vistora being born without eyes anyway. This is because their senses are largely dictated by the spores they release, being used to process stimuli and communicate with others. The sizes of their heads, often appearing visually similar to fungi or flowers, are quite large to ensure sufficient spore range.