Powerful fey will sometimes bind lesser fey spirits to trees, transforming them into dryads. This is sometimes done as a punishment when the fey spirit falls in love with a mortal and that love is forbidden. A dryad can emerge from the tree and travel the lands around it, but the tree remains their home and roots them to the world. As long as the tree remains healthy and unharmed, the dryad stays youthful. If the tree is harmed, they suffer. If the tree is ever destroys, they might descend into madness.  This connection to the wilds gives you proficiency in Nature.

Dryads act as guardians of their woodland demesnes. Shy and reclusive, they watch interlopers from the trees. A dryad struck by the beauty of a stranger might investigate more closely,  perhaps even try to lure the individual away to be charmed. Dryads work with other sylvan creatures to defend their forests. Unicorns, treants, and satyrs live alongside them, in addition to druids that share the dryads' devotion to the woods they call home.

You gain +2 to Charisma and +1 to Wisdom

A Dryad can step into and out of any living tree large enough to fit them in its trunk. You may stay there indefinitely, or you may use 10 feet of movement to appear inside another tree that can fit you up to 60 feet away, appearing in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the second tree. Both trees must be Large or bigger.

Dryads can speak to plants and animals as though they shared a language. You know the druidcraft cantrip and you have access to goodberry and entangle 3 times per short or long rest. Starting at level 2, you have access to barkskin once per long rest.

You have darkvision out to a range of 60ft.

You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put you to sleep.

Being a plant-based life form, you create your food through photosynthesis, being in bright sunlight will regenerate hit points equal to your proficiency bonus at the end of each hour you spend this way.

Being a plant yourself, you are especially weak to flames. You have vulnerability against fire.

You can speak, read, and write Common, Elvish, and Sylvan.