The Watcher
The Watcher begins creating various small to medium sized mammals, birds, and other creatures to fill the evolutionary gap between the Monkeys and the insects.
The vines are the ecosystem of the chasms and ravines, the world we have created is vast on a level incomprehensible to the creatures that live upon it. There is no end to the potential creations, no end at all. As for magic... I have a proposal.
My proposal is thus: Within all living things, plant or animal, hill or stream, there shall be a soul. If a Mortal is tolerated, or beloved by the souls around them, those souls shall be granted the power to make small changes to the world, insofar as they are able. A stream could slow down to let a traveller pass, or a hill could subtly lead the traveller towards the best path. I propose that when the soul of a sentient Mortal does not go to the Afterlife for one reason or another, it becomes a soul of the land and the plants and animals again, until perhaps one day it may have another chance at life in a Mortal, and may reach the Afterlife. To exist, and to sleep. Even we will sleep one day. No amount of pride will ever change that.
Some spirits may like familiar rituals, some Spirits may prefer that Mortals obey etiquette when around them, with enough Spirits working in unison, mountains may be moved. I am not proposing that this should be the only system of magic, but I am suggesting it as a possibility. I would appreciate it if you could tell me our opinions soon, as what I use my essence for shall depend on what path the proposal goes down, though I have plans for either possibility, and I do not mind if the proposal is rejected.