User blog comment:Garr9988/Tree of Jesse/@comment-5782071-20190420193309/@comment-5782071-20190420235833

On a related matter, here's a take as to what led to Alexander being laid to rest at the tree:

''His attempted bond with the tree was incomplete and, although it linked them, resulted in Alexander becoming sick because he did not fully integrate himself with the tree by merging with its roots. However, before he actually died, he had his body coated with artifact honey/consumed artifact honey, preserving both it and his life until he could be "buried" with the tree.''

I realized he probably shouldn't die before being given to the tree, as he wouldn't really have any life-force to offer, and if they were bonded in any way, the tree would grow sick as well; also, in reality, his body is known to have been preserved through some method for two years before it was moved from Babylon, and some believe it was due to being submerged in a vat of honey; 5-6 days after he died irl, embalmers came to prepare his body, and they "attested to Alexander's lifelike appearance. This was interpreted as a complication of typhoid fever, known as ascending paralysis, which causes a person to appear dead prior to death."