We Are Abandoned
Fantasy Wolf Roleplay
Founded and Owned by FoxiUzumaki -- Co Owned by HeyRei
Plants and Their Uses
Plants are obviously everywhere, though there are certainly quite a few you should look out for on your adventures.
Special Healing
Painted Damsel Leaves
If you can somehow get away without the pollen getting on you, the leaves are a powerful healing item. If the long leaves can be removed from the stem, they can be used in any poultice, pulp or even chewed and swallowed, to cure or help drastically heal any wound or disease (aside from the ones caused by the pollen). The poultice with this leaf, will have a faster healing time, healing in about 2 days without magic help. Diseases will become cured in about the same time instead of taking their normal time, even without magical help. They still do not know why this is due to the rarity of the flower.
Poisonous
Painted Damsel Pollen
While a Painted Damsel, also known as a Bloodied Damsel, is gorgeous and looks similar to the albino flowers used in rituals, the Painted Damsel can be potentially deadly. The pollen of the damsel is toxic to many creatures, including wolves, and is deadly if the body absorbs it. Often, when a wolf comes into contact with the light lavender pollen, the wolf dies within about 5 days. Fortunately enough, the illness caused by it, is not infectious at all and cannot spread to other wolves what so ever.
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Over a span of 5 days, the affected wolf will go through 5 stages that will lead to their impending death.
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1: the first day after the pollen is in their system, the canine will start to feel lightheaded. More than likely they will have a loss of appetite for the majority of the day. They might sleep a lot or just be really sleepy/slow with their actions. Their power will be weaker than normal (if they have one).
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2: The wolf’s energy will be back to normal along with their appetite but their temper will skyrocket. They might snap at things around them, even things that aren’t there. Hallucinations are also a side effect, often being family members or friends that have passed within the years. Their power is even weaker (if they have one).
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3: Stage 2 will continue, along paralysis in one of the limbs. Sometimes the wolf will vomit, however it isn’t common. The temper slightly lessens and the wolf will want to lay down most of the time. The power stays at the previous weak state (if they have one)
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4: Their body will be almost completely drained of energy, along with strength, and their power becomes completely unusable (if they have one). Aside from this, they become more aggressive, sometimes physically aggressive. Their paralysis spreads either to their spine or another limb, causing difficulty in walking. At this point, most healers either feed them a yew or nightshade berry or take them away from camp to a secluded area.
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5: Their body becomes completely unusable aside from their mouth and eyes as the paralysis spread throughout the body. This aside, the pain of the poison in their bloodstream practically feeling like a burning sensation. Close to the end of the day, the wolf will have a seizure and pass away.
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There is no cure for this illness, however the flower is extremely rare and only grows in the spring.
Scarlet Horsetail
Once being used when helping to treat infection, now it poisons the bloodstream. This horsetail is extremely recognizable, with its cull scarlet coloring on the rod, rather than the bright green. These can sometimes be mistaken by young apprentice healers and inexperienced healers, for older horsetail, as it looks dried. However it looks very red and more vibrant than dead/dry horsetail. They grow around the same area as normal horsetail, this being around large bodies of water.
This affects both the healer that chews the herb into a pulp with other herbs, and the patient. The herb will take effect within 10 minutes, with the mouth of the healer starting to feel a burning sensation and the wound that the herb was applied to. If these are not treated within 24 hours of application, the infection will cause the limb and mouth muscles to become paralyzed.
Yew Berries
The infamous yew bush, a dark leaved berry bush, has often been the cause of death of cubs. The reason is because of the bright red berries being consumed by the cubs and some wolves. If the cub or wolf is not given an herb to make them vomit, the cub or wolf will die (read the herb list to see what can cause vomiting). Most of the time, it takes about 3 minutes after consumption, for the cub or wolf to die. These plants grow everywhere, and are very difficult to remove.
These have also been used in the past to kill wolves that cannot be cured, and are in great pain. Some other packs still use it in this way, however it is not the same in the current pack.
Foxglove Seeds
The beautiful, tall, pink or purple flowers of the foxglove plant, have been used in the past as gifts to give to another wolf. Some other packs still do this, however they make sure to extract the seeds as they can be mistaken as poppyseeds. These flowers grow all over the forests, especially in groves of flowers.
If the seeds are ingested, it can cause slow paralysis and heart failure. There is no way to battle this epidemic.
Deadly Nightshade
The plant called the deadly nightshade, is a very interesting one. This plant produces both flowers and berries, separately, but on the same plant. The flowers are a deep purple, with a yellow middle pod and 5 pointed petals. The berries are round, a deep black and shiny. They grow in moist, shady places and aren’t all that common. However they are very distinct in their appearance.
They were often used to kill a wolf, who cannot be saved, and save them from agony and suffering. While this is similar to yew berries, they are much quicker and aren’t mistaken for ripe berries by cubs or wolves.
Water Hemlock
These plants are shaped in an umbrella like organic way, and usually have white flowers on top. If left alone, they can develop berries, which are also as poisonous as if they hadn’t developed. They mostly grow around wet, waterways in wooded areas.
They can be mistaken for some similar looking herbs before the berries grow, and if eaten, they can cause writhing pain and foaming at the mouth. If not given an herb to make them vomit, the wolf will die from the plant.