Quick Facts: Hallucinogenic. Rare. Collector's Oddity.
Height: 2"-4"
Width: 3"-5"
Length: 2"
Native to: Rynmere
Locations: Endor, Burhan, Andaris.
Appearance: The Mummer's Root is a root pocked by strange, pulsating nodules containing a gelatinous, red substance called "Sanguis" for it's crimson, ichor-like consistency. It appears like a tree root, appearing often in isolated patches of rock or soil.
Habitat: The Mummer's Root often takes root in rocky outcroppings of soil, typically where stone is most prevalent.It grows best in dark and damp areas, typically in the depths of forests and foliage. In order to grow a Mummer's Root, the soil must be nutrient rich, and therefore it can also often grow in places where carcasses have been buried, such as graveyards where the bodies of the dead provide key nutrients for the growth of the plant.
Lifespan and Development: Life Span: 2 Arcs.
The Mummer's Root germinates in an interesting way; these gelatinous nodules pop, releasing blood red spores into the air. This is what leaves the stalk with this pock-marked appearance. Often, animals will inhale the spores and meet their end as it is poisonous to many species of wildlife such as deer, foxes or rabbits. Whilst inhaled spores in humanoids and large animals only causes hallucinations and severe sickness, it causes small animals to go into cardiac arrest and die. This germination cycle takes 2 trials to complete. Once Germination has been completed in either the ground or the carcass of the dead animal, a stalk will begin sprouting, piercing both fertile soil and the flesh of the dead animal until it reaches it's limited sunlight. Once the Mummer's Root sprouts from the soil or carcass, it will then bend as it grows, after 5 trials, the root itself will have planted itself twice in either the soil, or once inside the animals carcass and once in loamy, nutrient rich soil.
Uses: The nodules of the Mummer's Root can be used in poultices, oils and elixirs of different kinds, depending on how the Sanguis is extracted. Poisons can also be created using the pollen of the Mummer's Root, as well as the seeds, creating a poisonous hallucinogenic which can leave a man ill and hallucinating for at least five trials if treated, or at least ten trials if not treated. Once the hallucinogen wears off, the mild poison will set in and make the target violently ill for three trials.
Abilities: The Sanguis liquid within the Mummer's Root can either be potent medically when used in poultices, teas or edible medicines, whilst it can also be a potent hallucinogenic poison due to the toxic nature of it's seeds and pollen.
Credit: Fethryn
