King Of The Forest

Born in the year 1823 into the Royal Deciduous Family, the King was given the name Hickory Bitternut III. His family was responsible for making sure the balance was kept in the sacred peaceful bond between nature, critter and human. In the early 1900's a deadly disease had struck the Bitternut forest forcing all trees and animals to flee so as not to get sick. Hickory was the only survivor of the R.D.F and thus was crowned king, though he never really felt fit for the job. As years went by, more and more animals started to move to the new kingdom and they all had stories to tell of why they had to flee their home land. One day a chipmunk arrived after travelling hundreds of miles on the back of a fox. He was very sick and died in the branches of Hickory, but not before telling him that it was the humans in their machines that had broken the sacred bond and were the reason for all the disease and suffering. Infuriated by this, the King held a meeting with all the other leaders of the forest to let them know that bond had been broken and humans were no longer to be trusted. Today, the King still watches over the animals and plants of the forest and keeps the balance of nature in check. He is slowly fighting back at the humans and their machines to make sure that they don't destroy the little bit of forest that is left!

This is the 7th toy created and produced by We Kill You in Feb of 2009. King Of The Forest stands 5.5" tall and was released on Feb.14th, marking one year of WKY Toys. Each toys is hand cast in resin and hand painted by We Kill You. For more pictures, visit the King Of The Forest Flickr page.

Editions

• Healthy Forest - 20 cast in Green with dark brown faces, hand painted sticks, moss, acorns and mushrooms

Images

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  Healthy Forest Front

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  Healthy Forest back