Tree Friend Concept

Designed a tree creature for fun. Gayyem 'Pael is a tree creature based off a balete tree, or strangler fig tree in english. In Filipino folklore, the balete tree is the gateway between the spirit world and human world. ("Gayyem"= friend in Ilocano, 'kaibigan' in tagalog. 'Pael is just short for Raphael. My mother helped me make the name)