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[Eldor Delrossa]

Name: Wild Rose "Nightweed", "Deathweed", "Demon Flower", "Death Rose".

Herbarium/Medicinal Plants/Poisonous Herbs/Wild Rose

Overview: Some say its a freak of nature. Some say its pure evil. Well I say, "Its just a poisonous flower for Santhros' sake." This deadly herb is used widely by assasins. The Wild Rose or "Death Rose" is exactlly what is sounds like. It is a black rose that contains a deadly poison. This ghastly flora was the result of various experiments done by the insane Delberath, a Gnomish mage. By some strange accident, he happened upon a way to combine the essence of multiple living things. He paid for this knowledge with his sanity, and opted to create a home for himself in the Shivering Woods, which is located in the upper part of Southern Sarvonia.

Description: The Wild Rose is not a plant to trifle with, said to be one of the most deadliest plants in Southern Sarvonia. Its roots have a rather spidery appearance, going much deeper into the ground that the size of the plant might suggest. A heavenly cyhalloian snow in colour, they seem to be the only part of the plant that is not deadly.

Above the soil you might find that the appearance of the plant belies the title 'rose'. The Wild Rose usually produces four to six plants at one time, all stemming from one seed and set of roots, and it usually grows to around one fore.  Its stem is an undesirable sickly brown in colour with rather large ithild hued thorns, which serves as a warning as it contains the most potent of poisons that the plant possesses, which also spreads into the two shriveled styruine coloured leaves on each side of the stem of each individual flower. This poison can be injected into the blood through the flower's thorns and is a rather painful way to perish, being as it seems to eat away at your blood and rather slowly at that. During the War of the Blood, it was a favourite torture method of elven jailers. It was used on disobedient prisoners.

Further up on the plant you would find its uncanny flower. This flower possesses a cold, terrible beauty that alludes to the dangers that it possesses. In the warmer months, the flower will turn a rich shade of nor'sidian. This is when the poison inside of the flower becomes active. Unlike the poison in the stem, this is an extremely potent anaesthetic, putting an average-sized human to sleep for at least two days, and has the potential to put smaller creatures (such as Brownies) into a comatose state for several weeks, or even kill them given a high enough dosage. However, in the colder months, the flower turns a light shade of barsa dusk. During this time, two things happen. The first is that the flower will stop producing its poison, and the remaining poison will then be broken down by various chemicals that the flower releases. The second is that the rose will close up, appearing to become a large version of its bud. During this time, many will clip the flower from its stem and preserve it by pressing it between the pages of a book.

Territory: The Wild Rose is only found in the upper areas of Southern Sarvonia (namely the Shivering Woods and the Vontron Forest), where it is actually a rather commonly known plant. It is known to thrive on warm weather, though it distinctly prefers and may only open in the shade. The Wild Rose usually resides in forests, growing in moist, shady areas because more than the bare minimum of sunlight that is found in a shady forest area will kill this plant.

Usages: The main use for the Wild Rose is that of its poison by assassins or other crafty warriors. It is perfect for dipping weapons into, or planting into someone's evening tea or milk, as it is tasteless and contains a natural reagent that wards against rust. Some provinces use this poison as a method of execution. Usually it is used on those who have committed outrageous crimes, such as murder or treason. It is rather fitting because of its slow and painful death. Some healers have utilized the flowers anaesthetic solution in order to put patients to sleep or help with pain.

Reproduction: This plant has a peculiar way of reproduction. It's roots spring up from the ground and lurk ominously. Once an unlucky animal comes along, it ensnares it with its roots. It then drags the unfortunate creature to it, where it secretes its deadly poison onto the animal. By the time the plant is ready for this procedure, its poison has matured to the point that contact with the skin is enough to kill. The poison then eats away quickly at the animal, acting as an acid. It takes three days at the most to do its job. As it dissolves the animal, it releases tiny seeds into the carcass that later dissolve into the ground once the procedure is completed. The original plant will then die, leaving four to six more in its wake.

Origin: This plant is believed to have been created by the insane experimenter, Delberath. Delberath was one of the few Gnomes that opt to become Ximaxian mages. His particular areas of expertise were the arts of summoning and demonology. During one of his standard summonings, he accidentally fused a Chasm Demon with a sacrificial Carthasian bear. The new creation attacked him, and successfully drove him insane before he was able to exterminate it. He elected to stay at the Academy, despite having been offered a full tuition refund upon leaving, and continued his studies. When he eventually left twenty years later, he took his research with him into the Shivering Woods.

In his experiments of merging essence, he merged two plants together: The nightshade bush, and the common rose. This resulted in what is now known as the Wild Rose. It quickly spread throughout the Shivering Woods, and has been spread by the Criminals Underground into the forests mentioned above. It is believed that this could be a deciding factor in his death.

Myth/Lore: This plant is said to be sacred to Queprur, the Aviarian Goddess of Death. As it causes death on a number of levels, it is only fitting that it fall under her jurisdiction. Some elves say that she was the one that influenced Delberath to create this ghastly flower. Needless to say, it is a must-have for some of her followers, and some even cultivate them in private gardens, or even in damp cellars.

Long ago, this flower was once used to end the lives of heartbroken maidens who had been rejected or scorned. The famous Monsonius composed a rather dreary poem, telling of a young maiden who was once scorned by a handsome young noble, and in fact used the flower to exact her revenge. It was, in fact, one of his most early writings.

She withers, wilting and dying
Writhing in agony for what once was
Denied and hurt by her only love
The devotion of her heart and soul

Cast away she was, without even pity's dull comfort
Wallowing in her own despair she faded
Transforming into a twisted wraith
Unfit for her love, surely she must be

Slowly, despair turned rage, and rage to hatred
She found she no longer loved him
But this did not free her from his shadow
But she must be free if ever she was to carry on

At the garden of night's edifice
The rose of death she plucked
And soon, very soon her betrayer would find
That Queprur hath no fury than a woman scorned

[Deklitch Hardin]

You might want to double check your icon here, Sylvia and make sure you have it as Entry Dev Status 2 rather than Picture Dev Status 2 ... unless you are doing a picture for it, of course.

[Eldor Delrossa]

Oops. I'm no artist . I'll change it. Thanks for pointing it out Dek.

[Bard Judith]

Hey, Sylvia!

Not to be negative, but this is very similar to two entries we have up already.

Here's the first one: http://www.santharia.com/herbarium/black_desert_rose.htm

The second, however, is only a stub.  Perhaps you might consider taking the existing entry and expanding it with some of your ideas?   I think I can give you the relevant permissions: not only is it ancient, and the original author has vanished, but it doesn't follow current guidelines.  If you are interested, here's the existing text: (and its link:  http://www.santharia.com/herbarium/wild_rose.htm

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 Special, venomous rose species, extremly fast growing. One of the most popular but however weird methods of defense during the War of the Chosen was to cultivate large hedges of this plant. It was almost certainly created by an unknown mage to serve for exactly this purpose. It was also not unusual that in former days the rose was used by maidens to end their lives quietly, if their love to a nobleman remained unreturned. In a poem of the famous Monsonius, the last moments of a girl dying on the venom of a wild-rose are described in painstakingly detail.

The primary difference between the wild rose and the typical species, which beautifully adorns many gardens and is often given to potential lovers, is that the thorns of the wild rose are tipped with a sticky venom that causes a gradual breakdown of rational thought. If the venom is left untreated it is very likely that its victim is paralysed, and a death most foul may follow soon. Thus it is obvious that one must be extremely careful when handling this kind of roses, but fortunately they have also become very rare in the wild, and nowadays are only grown by a few herbalists and alchemists to profit from their venom in order to produce potions of various effects.

Wild roses can be easily distinguished from the typical kind by several rather obvious differences in appearance. First of all, these roses have black or dark gray flowers and yellowish green leaves, furthermore the thorns are longer than those of normal roses and the stems are thicker and harder to cut with a blade than would be expected. Another point of note is that the roots of these plants also produce a herbicidal chemical that saturates the soil around the plants, allowing nothing but these roses to grow in the area.




Hope that inspires you, and you can use both concepts to create something new and fresh from the extant!
Hugs,
Judy

[Eldor Delrossa]

Well fiddlestix. That irks me lol. I had no idea. Yes I'd be interested in expanding on it. My plant is almost the exact combination of those XD. So if I could at least expand upon that, that would be great.

[Bard Judith]

Right, then, as Herbarium Mistress (glances guiltily around and pinches off the straggling dead leaves that are covering up her dusty plaque), I give you permission to take the Wild Rose entry and combine it with the concepts you have, and bring the whole thing up to snuff and the current template!    Have fun, use as much of the original concept as possible, and be creative beyond that....

[Miraran Tehuriden]

Mira's Moderating Mayhem;

-No idea where this is going.
-Eldor will expand on this entry, or re-write the Wild Rose?
-PM send to confirm.

[Eldor Delrossa]

-Eldor hath completely forgot about this and will begin work on it shortly.

[Eldor Delrossa]

After months of it just sitting here and collecting dust, I've decided to finish this entry. Sorry if the poem is as bad as I think it is. If someone would like to help me make it better, I'd appreciate it.  Open for comments! And please be gentle as this is my first Herbarium entry.

[Eldor Delrossa]

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[Miraran Tehuriden]

*noticed* Its 5am, so i'ma going to get some sleep now, but i'll try to take a look at this erh.. soon. Local temperatures might make me more inclined to get the hell away from this broiling concrete deathtrap they call a city and go swimming though.

[Eldor Delrossa]

*BUMP for Herbarium mods and Commentors!*

[Eldor Delrossa]

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[Seeker]

I love it and have it in my sites to draw.  A great visual.  +1 Aura from me for paying so close attention ot the visual details.   A couple of questions:

two shriveled styruine coloured leaves on each side of the plant.

Are there onlt two leaves on the whole plant or only two on each stem?

In the warmer months, the flower will turn a rich shade of nor'sidian.

What color were the flowers before turning norsidian?


BTW- great job on using the proper color names.

[Sparkle]

My attempt to come with stupid questions. Please don't think I know what I'm doing; count my stars. And English isn't my mother tongue.

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Overview: Some say its a freak of nature. Some say its pure evil. Well I say, "Its just a poisonous flower for Santhos' sake." This deadly herb is used widely by assasins. The Wild Rose or "Death Rose" is exactlly what is sounds like. It is a black rose that contains a deadly poison. It was created by the insane Delberath, and is found only on (should be in, I think) Southern Sarvonia.

Description: The Wild Rose is not a plant to trifle with, said to be one of the most deadliest plants in Southern Sarvonia. Its roots have a rather spidery appearance, going much deeper into the ground that the size of the plant might suggest. A heavenly cyhalloian snow in colour, they seem to be the only part of the plant that is not deadly.

Above the soil you might find that the appearance of the plant belies the title 'rose'. The Wild Rose usually produces four to six plants at one time, all stemming from one seed and set of roots, and it usually grows to around one fore.  Its stem is an undesirable sickly brown in colour with rather large ithild hued thorns, which serves as a warning as it contains the most potent of poisons that the plant possesses, which also spreads into the two shriveled styruine coloured leaves on each side of the plant. This poison can be injected into the blood through the flower's thorns is a rather painful way to perish, (something is wrong here; add 'and' before 'is'? or 'which/that' before 'can'?) being as it seems to eat away at your blood and rather slowly at that. During the War of the Blood, it was a favorite torture method of elven jailers. It was used on disobedient prisoners.

Further up on the plant you would find its uncanny flower. This flower possesses a cold, terrible beauty that alludes to the dangers that it possesses. In the warmer months, the flower will turn a rich shade of nor'sidian. This is when the poison inside of the flower becomes active. Unlike the poison in the stem, this is an extremely potent anaesthetic, putting an average-sized human to sleep for at least two days (What happens to smaller creatures, such as brownies?). However, in the colder months, the flower turns light shade of barsa dusk. During this time, two things happen. The first is that the flower will stop producing its poison, and the remaining poison will then dry up (Going where?). The second is the (that, not the)the rose will close up, appearing to become a large version of its bud. During this time, many will clip the flower from its stem and preserve it (Can you dry them, or do you need to preserve them in another way?)

Territory: The Wild Rose is only found on Southern Sarvonia, where it is actually a rather commonly known plant. It is known to thrive on warm weather, though it distinctly prefers and may only open in the shade. The Wild Rose usually resides in forests, growing in moist, shady areas. (Why? Because of the water supply or because other plants take any possible places in the sun?)

Usages: The main use for the Wild Rose is that of its poison by assassins or other crafty warriors. It is perfect for dipping weapons into, or planting into someone's evening tea or milk, as it is tasteless (The tastelessness shouldn't make it perfect to dip weapons into, only for food or drink poisoning. Perhaps there is another reason for it being perfect to apply to weapons?). Some provinces use this poison as a method of execution. Usually it is used on those who have committed outrageous crimes, such as murder or treason. It is rather fitting because of its (the, not its; the poison isn't dying) slow and painful death. Some healers have utilized the flowers anaesthetic solution in order to put patients to sleep or help with pain.

Reproduction: This plant has a peculiar way of reproduction. It's roots spring up from the ground and sit (Sit? What? I'd sooo put lurk here.). Once an unlucky animal comes along, it ensnares it with its roots. It then drags the unfortunate creature to it (the animal probably already is close, if it got caught in the first place), where it secretes its deadly poison onto the animal. By the time the plant is ready for this procedure, its poison has matured to the point that contact with the skin is enough to kill (Wow! That would be a nice poison to put on a weapon. But I'd put it on my enemy's door handle as well; that would be safer to one as inexperienced in combat as me). The poison then eats away quickly at the animal, acting as an acid. It takes three days at the most to do its job. As it dissolves the animal, it releases tiny seeds into the carcass that later dissolve into the ground once the procedure is completed. The original plant will then die, leaving for to six more in its wake.

Origin: This plant was created by the insane experimenter, Delberath. In his experiments of merging essence, he merged two plants together: The nightshade bush, and the common rose. This resulted in the deadly flower. It quickly spread throughout the Shivering Woods, and has been spread by the Criminals Underground into the forests mentioned above. It is believed that this could be a deciding factor in his death.

Myth/Lore: This plant is said to be sacred to Queprur. As it causes death on a number of levels, it is only fitting that it fall under her jurisdiction. Some elves say that she was the one that influenced Delberath to create this ghastly flower. Needless to say, it is a must-have for some of her followers. (Do they cultivate them?)

Long ago, this flower was once used to end the lives of heartbroken maidens who had been rejected or scorned. The famous Monsonius composed a rather dreary poem, telling of a young maiden who was once scorned by a handsome young noble, and in fact used the flower to exact her revenge. It was, in fact, one of his most early writings.

She withers, wilting and dying
Writhing in agony for what once was
Denied and hurt by her only love
The devotion of her heart and soul

Cast away she was, without even pity's dull comfort
Wallowing in her own despair she faded
Transforming into a twisted wraith
Unfit for her love, surely she must be

Slowly, despair turned rage, and rage to hatred
She found she no longer loved him
But this did not free her from his shadow
But she must free if ever she was to carry on

At the garden of night's edifice
The rose of death she plucked
And soon very soon her betrayer would find
That Queprur hath no fury than a woman scorned (Strange grammar here. Or is it supposed to look like that?)

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