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[Viden] Flora

Flora in Viden
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The flora listed in this thread is local to Viden and/or Northern Idalos. Though most of the area around Viden is arctic wasteland, many plants are known to grow. Please feel free to reference it and use it in your threads. If you would like to suggest a new plant to add to our list, please do so in the dedicated Viden Development Thread.

A broader list of flora and fauna - which can be found throughout Idalos - is in the Knowledge Base, which you are also free to use in your threads.

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[Viden] Flora

Snow Net
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Developed by Linika
Found: The tundral plains around Viden
Toxicity/Hazard: Carnivorous plant with powerful sleep agent and digestive enzymes.
Appearance: Innocuous-looking tufts of grass on the snowy plain. A highly intuitive creature may take notice of the subtle pattern in the surrounding snow, suggesting the existence of the net of vines below. Even then, it is likely to be ignored.

Properties: Sleep agent, Acid, and honing oil for blades

Not truly a hazard to creatures that do not feed on grass, this network of viney runners shoots up tufts of a grass-like growth to lure northern herbivores into its net. The blades contain a sleep agent that knocks the animal out. This new imbalance of inner chemistry causes the release of an enzyme that strengthens and sharpens the runners near the neck into a wire-like structure to cut the animal's throat.

The blood causes another chemical reaction, triggering a thigmonastic response that causes the runners to roll up and wrap a "cocoon" of sorts around the dying animal. This motion also opens inner membranous seals, which release a strong acidic protein that dissolves the flesh, allowing the nutrients to be absorbed. Systems of "veins" within the runners allow the displacement of the initial sleep agent, so the enzyme can more readily act upon the plant's victim.

Other Information: All in all, it takes about two seasons for an animal the size of a horse to be absorbed of those elements which the plant needs for further growth. Regular microbes and bacteria will complete the decay of the remains. However, if the netted animal is found within the first twenty trials or so after death, the runners between a 10' and 20' radius of the body can be gathered and processed to glean this sleep agent for chemical or alchemical use. After that time, they are absorbed back into the plant.

That is the most common reward for adventurous chemists. Outside of that range, only the acidic protein can be collected, and acids are common enough that it is more cost-effective to keep the plant alive by tearing up as little area as possible. Lastly, if the animal is found within a few breaks after its death, the enzyme that makes the vines into throat-cutters can be very carefully collected and used as a blade oil that provides for more durable edges.

Some chemists will "farm" these elements by keeping caged, underfed rabbits, and then releasing them into these "nets" to be fed upon, thereby maintaining the cycle of chemical reaction.
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Name: Frezana
Rarity: extremely rare

Appearance: A beautiful cream colored flower that starts out as a very small bud, before fully blooming over night. It is a cupped petal that has a very interesting thing inside it. Nestled inside the petals are the forms of babies. If one were to look closely no two babies look the same.

Description: The Frezana is so rare that it blooms once every 20 arcs. Every time it blooms there is up to 1,000 flowers that take over the area. Every time it blooms the flower is in a different areas. It has only bloomed within the city once in the very beginning. There is no real scent that comes from the flowers. However there are plenty of rumors that float around the flower seeing as there has never been any real research done on it. The youth of the city believe that the flower will help a woman get pregnant if she has it in the home; while some believe that the flower helps a woman give birth to a healthy child. Many of the elder members of the city believe something far far different. They swear that the flowers are a bad omen that will cause the city to fall to ruin.

Additional: There are special features about this flower that can be learned through RP
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Snowheart Bush
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Developed by Wald Lowca
Found: In the White Forrest, in-between dense bushes and tree cover.
Toxicity/Hazard: The roots can be used as a drug to cause vomiting the effect can last two trials, if left untreated.

For every 10 grams of root consumed, there will be an additional 15 Bits of forced illness.

The effect does not change based on someone's size or age, as it effects the stomach acid itself to cause foaming acid.
Appearance: Green leaves throughout the year. With small pink berries along its branches that ripen from green to yellow, before safe to consume. They grow to be around a meter in height, and they spread like vines outwards. The largest area they cover is unknown.
Properties: The pink berries are edible, though they are not sweet. Their roots are used to make drugs that cause vomiting. As the harsh area of Viden does not see much light during winter, these plants dig their roots into other plants. Draining minor amounts of nutrition in order to survive the harsh north.
Other Information: These plants are considered weeds to people trying to cultivate land, and blessings to those who find themselves lost in the forest.
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Name: Burial Rights

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Description: The burial rights flower was a strange find at first. When the academy did tests on the flower there was nothing magical about it. They bloom all year long and are rumored to help the dead pass on. The rumor has lasted for as long as the flower has been found. No one truly knows where it began, but the older people in the city try to keep the tradition of laying at least one flower on a family members stones when they pass on. The followers of Famula are the only ones to actively grow the flower in their homes within the city of Viden.

Appearance: A flower that seems to flourish in the cold. It has a normal green stem. The bloom starts out as a soft lavender color. The petals stay the same color as it begins to open, however there is a surprise when it fully blooms. A skull with a pale lavender and cream color greets.

Location: The flower is found not far from the memorial gardens. Maybe a full break by foot, normally if a mount is used the trip to the flowers is twenty bits.

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Uses: Nothing poisonous, rumored to help the dead pass on easier

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Name: Pelnope

Description: The Pelnope is a flower that grows on a bush within the White Pine Forrests. Not known for having one main location, the flower can be found in every city or village in the area.

Appearance: A pink and white flower that hangs upside down from the bushes. The stems are a soft pink that connect to a green bulb. The bottom of the petals that pink then turn white when they open. The stamen are also pink and white in color.

Location: All over the white pine forrests

Hazard/Toxicity: None

Uses: The Pelnope has a sweet smell. Picked at the first full moon after they bloom. There is no other scent that can rival it when made into a perfume.

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Name: Snow Lotus

Description: the Snow Lotus is a beautiful flower that blooms during the Rebirth and Cold Cycles. During these cycles the flower is highly sought after. Due to the location, the flower is hard to come by only those with a guide can make it to where the flower grows.

Appearance: Instead of floating on a lily pad in the water where normal lotus flowers bloom; the snow lotus has a long green stem. The petals are a mix of white and pink. Especially around the very edge of the petals. The stamen are a solid yellow color.

Location: The Devanti Mountains

Hazard/Toxicity: none

Uses: The snow lotus has a medicinal use that can help to ease the pain of a burn. The flower is also given to those a person loves to show their desires.

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Mindflowers
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Developed by Llyr Llywelyn


Found: Viden. In any region that has snow year-round.

Toxicity/Hazard: Non-Fatal. Eaten raw will cause a very upset stomach and visual, auditory hallucinations based on the person's memories.

Appearance: A small white Crocus flower with small interior centers that have different colors inside. The flowers grow in patches. The leaves are transparent with pale blue veins. This makes patches of the Mindflowers extremely difficult to see from far distances. Usually most travelers won't even notice patches of Mindflowers until they start stepping on the leaves and the pale blue leaks out over the snow under the crushed plant.

It is also a game to take harvested Mindflowers and pick them out from a pile without knowing which color is inside the white petals. The color then divines some aspect of that person's future - and in some traditions, the person then also prepares it in whatever way they see fit to ingest the flower (see Forget-Me-Not Drug).

These grow like a weed though, so planting them in a garden will require some skill otherwise they could completely take over!
Properties: - Can be mixed with many different substances and prepared in many different ways that all lead to various effects, depending on the combination.
- Mindflowers are most known for their influence on the mind (thus the name).
- There can be small recipe books found that detail Mindflower-based recipes and what the different results will be of each dish.
- There are underground/illicit versions of these books out there too (see Forget-Me-Not Drug).
- Practitioners of meditation often mention Mindflowers, and many purposefully farm them in great quantities in certain spots of the Viden wilderness.
- Mindflowers are sold globally, but the warmer the climate, the more expensive they will be. The colder the climate, the cheaper. This is because Mindflowers are hard to preserve once out of the cold; as they wilt and disintegrate if left in direct sunlight while also over a temperate/warm temperature.

Other Information: Can be made into the drug, Forget-Me-Not. While Mindflowers are native to Viden, they can be grown elsewhere as long as given the correct conditions and cold temperatures.
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