The Horror in the Darkness
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To Create a Deadly Plant on Dathomir
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- Name: Phantom Sanguinary
- Origins: Dathomir
- Other Locations: N/A
- Classification: Ipomoea Alba - Carnivorous Plant
- Average Growth Cycle: The life cycle of the plant from seedling to maturity to death is roughly 12 months.
- Viability: The plant requires a temperament environment in which to grow and thrive, while needing at least 10 hours of moonlight to survive. The plant doesn't require water, since it gets its nutrients and such from its prey. The plant can't be harvested, it will die immediately if done so, it will carry its nasty side effect if consumed, which is highly recommended against.
- Description: During the daylight hours, it appears to be nothing more than a simple folded up plant. However, at night when it blooms it turns into something monstruous. Its petals take on a crimson color whilst in the center emerges a head with a long tongue with top and bottom rows of teeth; the top of the jaw possessing two long dagger-like fangs.
- Average Height: 20.32 cm.
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- Color: The stem is green in color, whilst the leaves are red in nature. The face is greyish green with red eyes.
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- Toxicity: The plant is extremely toxic, mainly from the neurotoxin it possesses. The toxin can only be administered through its bite and will affect the majority of species in the galaxy.
- Other Effects: If consumed, it will cause extreme nausea and diarrhea in the individual.
- Distinctions: The most defining distinction is when it blooms at night, changing from harmless plant to a plant riddled with horrifying features.
- Nocturnal: The plant blooms at night only, lying dormant in a balled-up form during the sunlight hours. During the nocturnal hours, the plant can see its prey much clearer.
- Tetanus Toxin: The plant possesses a toxin which is a very potent Neurotoxin that causes Tetanus in those it bites. Mainly, the toxin is used to help subdue its prey, but it will bite passer-byers if feel threatened.
- Aggressiveness Expansion: The plant is aggressive in its expansion, quickly blooming from dropped seeds, across jungle and forest floors. Though it consumes flesh from small animals and insects, it will attack and destroy nearby plants, dominating the area.
- Short Lifespan: The plant has a really short lifespan after full germination, only twelve months after reaching full maturity.
- Limited Soiled Regions: The plant cannot thrive in certain regions such as caves, mountains, and sides of cliffs.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
The plant known as Phantom Sanguinary has been on Dathomir since the planet's formation. It is unique in design, how it consumes food, and how aggressive it is. The plant was discovered by Gethzeron one night when she was exploring a region of Dathomir whilst brainstorming ideas in her head that would eventually lead to her writing the Book of Shadows. She observed the plant carefully, fascinated by its unique nature and how it ate small animals, something that was unlike anything on Dathomir.
Hoping to take a plant back with her, to plant in her garden with the hopes it would thrive there, it essentially died quickly upon being plucked from the soil. She later observed the secondary effects of the plant when she witnessed one of the plants eaten by one of the accompanying Nightsisters. Over the years upon its discovery, many off-worlder botanists found the plant to be very enchanting, studying it thoroughly; and it was through those studies the plant's mysteries had been unlocked.
Today, the plant can be found thriving in almost every forest, jungle, swamps, and bogs on Dathomir; where they continue to dominate their area aggressively.
