Venomthorn
keatonic — Wed, 06/12/2013 - 09:58
Venomthorn
By: Tilvar Brein, Master Alchemist
Date: 1030
Common Name: Venomthorn
Also Known As: Death Vine, Poison Thorn
Availability: Rare
Habitat: Forests
Description: Venomthorn is a climbing vine covered in large thorns. The bark of the vine is redish brown with a rough scale like texture much akin to that of a red pine tree. The Venomvine has few leaves but those it does have are small and bright green in color. Unlike most vines, the leaves of the venomthorn do not fall off or change color in the autumn. They remain bright green throughout the year. This is mainly due to its unique form of "feeding". The Venomthorn will grow up a tree and dig into it with its thorns. The thorns have a hollow center with a pin sized hole at the end of the thorn. Once the thorns are dug into a host tree, the venomthorn uses them to siphon water and nutrients out of the host. When the host tree eventually dies, the vine unlatches itself and grows towards another tree to serve as its new host. Unlike its close relative the Vampire Vine, the Venomthorn will only feed off of plant life.
The sap from the roots of a venomvine is hghly sought after by alchemists. It can be used to speed up the reaction time when make several forms of toxins.