Plinth Root

Plant Type

Nutritious Root

Rarity

Rare

Description

A thin, alabaster flower which rises from the earth adorned with petals of a creamy white and a central core of golden pistil. At first inspection, the flower appears to be a sort of daisy with small circular leaves spiraling down the stalk. However, a keen eye might notice a thick and stumpy bulb that protrudes just beneath.

This thick and heavy-laden root is much like the base of a wild carrot. When exhumed and examined, the root appears to be starchy brown in colour and sponge-like with many porous indentations spread across the surface. Commonly mistaken to be the tunneling of worms, those spongy burrows are an integral part of the root's life cycle.

The root's base twists, and spirals down into damp soil. At times it is even a little over a foot in total length and a whole five inches in diameter. The deeper of the root are a lighter shade which times approach a pale white. Though this wholly depends on the value of the nutrients in the soil.

Location

Shaded Valleys

Development

Plinth Root bears seeds in the small pockets of the porous surface of the root itself and are transported from the parent body through the consumption of the root by ruminants such as deer and boar. Once these seeds pass through the digestive tract of the animal in question, they are fertilized by the droppings left behind, and begin their life as a seedling.

Growing from the small seed into first a thin and wiry burrowing root, the plant sends feelers downwards before thickening over [1 OOC month]. Once the plant has fleshed out and depleted the nutrients originally given by the ruminant droppings, the thin stalk of the budding flower extends from the earth to sprout in a short period of time. [5 OOC Days.] The plant then has fully matured and, through pollination of the flower's pistil, begins its reproductive cycle to bear forth seeds once more upon its death.

Material Properties

• Plinth Root petals are supernaturally soft and will serve as great cushions. They are even capable of, if a large enough size for a person, breaking falls from up to 15m with no injuries but shortness of breath from impact. This only works if the cushion is already on the ground and set, not if one jumps off with it.

Alchemical Properties

• The root of the flower may be ground into a paste that will neutralize any organic acid.

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