The thread received over 90 replies in roughly five years. On June 23rd, 2017, an anonymous 4chan user posted the artwork to the /v/ board, writing, 'ITT games you need to play if you own a computer' (shown below).

On June 11th, 2017, Twitter user posted a tweet that gained 20 retweets and 100 likes in a similar timeframe (shown below, right). On May 11th, Tumblr user letshearitforthisclown made a post about it, which received over 8,000 likes and reblogs in roughly five years (shown below, center). For example, on May 3rd, 2017, Twitter page made a post about the artwork (shown below, left). Prior to becoming a meme, the image achieved some online recognition as clickbait ads for Stormfall: Age of War appeared on various sites in the spring of 2017. If you own a computer you must try this game!.If you're over 25 and own a computer, this game is a must-have!.The ads have also been used by Plarium for advertising their other games Vikings: War of Clans and ThroneL Kingdom at War and usually feature one of several captions, most notably:

The best-recognized artwork, which shows a knight kneeling in front of the tree (shown below, left), was traced from a photograph of a tree in a forest (shown below, right). Several fantasy artworks depicting a knight standing near a human-faced tree were commissioned by the mobile game company Plarium for the purpose of advertising their browser game Stormfall: Age of War.

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