Derek the Tree
Dairech, better known as Derek the Tree, was a member of the Eternity Club.
Biography
Early life
Dairech, meaning "protector of the last wood", belonged to a forest on Lucrece who gave up their bodies to build a wooden ark named the Endless Arboretum to save the plants of their planet from destruction. Unwilling to do so himself, Dairech fled Lucrece and lived in shame as a result. (AUDIO: The Terrible Shame of a Tree [+]Loading...["The Terrible Shame of a Tree (audio story)"])
The Eternity Club
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Dairech, (AUDIO: The Terrible Shame of a Tree [+]Loading...["The Terrible Shame of a Tree (audio story)"]) going by "Derek", came to join the Eternity Club. He advised Bernice Summerfield to think properly before heading off to New Catafalque to find the Ascension Pennant for 312, which lead to her realising that it was being used as a tablecloth, and began to develop a leaf mould, (AUDIO: The Armageddon Chair [+]Loading...["The Armageddon Chair (audio story)"]) specifically dark rhubarb.
Benny promised to fetch Derek a spray for the dark rhubarb, but she kept putting it off. He inadvertently broadcast the dark rhubarb across his telepathic network and caused people on the Eternity Club, beginning with Professor Altazar, to start repeatedly saying "rhubarb" in place of other words. Eventually, Benny placed the spray in the club's sprinklers and armed the clockwork butlers with it to disinfect everybody. (AUDIO: Rhubarb [+]Loading...["Rhubarb (audio story)"])
Appearance
Derek was unable to move by himself and stood in a plant pot (AUDIO: The Armageddon Chair [+]Loading...["The Armageddon Chair (audio story)"]) which he eventually gave wheels. He was charred by fire on the Endless Arboretum and a lot of him cut off by Alkaran. (AUDIO: The Terrible Shame of a Tree [+]Loading...["The Terrible Shame of a Tree (audio story)"])
Behind the scenes
Derek was originally intended to return to the Eternity Club at the end of The Terrible Shame of a Tree [+]Loading...["The Terrible Shame of a Tree (audio story)"]. However, Tim Foley suggested to James Goss that he remain on the Endless Arboretum. (BFX: The Eternity Club 3)
