Plant life

Felarya possess a wide variety of plants from many different worlds. Some are dangerous, but some can be very useful. Seasonned adventurers know it's a vital knowledge to have before venturing in the jungles of Felarya.

Cogamosia

This useful plant grows on the shores of the Mysterious temple's lake and the banks of the Jewel river. It's also called "stun spike", for it looks like a large spike ball that grows out of the ground.

When rubbed on the body it causes the skin to become numb. Enough of it makes the touched body segment completely limp and makes a great painkiller. If it's swallowed by a predator, it will immobilize their body for a short period of time, making cogamosia a very useful evasion tool for prey. Repeated exposure lessens the paralyzing effect quickly, to the point of being almost nonexistent after a few exposures. In short, it is unlikely to work on a seasoned or old predator. Still it doesn't hurt to have some on hand when walking in the jungle. Slug girls are totally immune to its effect.

Dusk Lilies

Dusk lilies are small white flowers that grow only in magic-rich places that are perpetually in a naturally caused night, which is different than naturally caused darkness. Obviously their peculiar environmental requirements makes them very rare. They are, however, very common in Sunfall thicket which happens to be an ideal zone for them.

The triangular flower glows slightly in the dark and feeds mainly on mana. It can pose a danger to careless mages as it will greedily sucks mana from them if they are too close, causing their spells to fizzle and leaving them defenseless.

Harpy Carneye

These floating, turnip-like roots live in the Floating field, moving with it and never taking root. They latch onto the wings of passing harpies and other avian creatures that fly too close. They then stick sharp vines into the flesh of their host, and start sucking moisture and nutrients out. They steal a rather small amount of water and nutrients, but enough of them can make a harpy collapse from fatigue, rendering her defenseless against other predators.

Citroise

Citroise trees grow in humid zones such as the Chordoni waterfalls or the Chidokai forest. They produce the citroise, a fruit that resembles a huge plump purple peach, and is absolutely delicious.

Sageras

A gigantic species of cactus growing in the Akaptor desert, the tallest one on record being around 220 feet tall. They are covered by very long and sharp spines and are best known for the floating clouds of explosive spores that they release in to the air. The explosive power of their spores is highly variable but a cloud of them can pose a real danger to flying creatures and machines.

Fumac

This plant grows in large numbers on sunlit surfaces and is pretty common in Felarya. It looks like a bit like a rosemary bush, and has beautiful blue flowers. It's evergreen needle-like leaves have a fragrant and sweet aroma, and can be used with Miaxi honey to make liquor. Fumac liquor is famous and very sought after in the human taverns of Felarya for its strong bittersweet flavor that can "wake the dead". Drinking it temporarily raises ones strength and stamina, but it also increases ones aggressiveness as well. Some have dubbed it the "anger drink" and some taverns have even forbidden it for fear of violent brawls.

Everburning Tree

A rare tree that grows mostly in the northern forest, past Deeper Felarya. It really looks like any other tree, with evergreen foliage and a large straight black trunk. Like its name says however, this tree is able to withstand volcanic levels of heat and cannot be consumed by any kind of fire, magical or not. It's not fireproof however, as the bark will actually catch on fire and burn as long as the fire is not extinguished, but it won't cause any harm to the tree. On the contrary, setting it ablaze will only make it grow faster!

The adventurer Gunther may be a crook, but he must be credited for this discovery that has proved invaluable for expeditions traveling the snowy and frozen parts of Felarya, providing them with ever burning torches.

Salvalophytha

At first glance, this plant looks a lot like poison ivy, but with a light blueish tint to it. It's mostly found in the forest of whispers and it has a very interesting property: when it is eaten and it's leaves come in to contact with stomach acids (or any acidic substance), it temporarily stops the digestive process and releases oxygen, keeping any prey trapped in the digestive tract along with it alive for a while longer.

It's useful for an adventurer who has been eaten, staving off digestion until they can (potentially) be rescued. It cannot disable the digestive process for more than a few hours though, no matter how many leaves are used. Salvalophytha is loved by some kinky predators as well, who will eat a few leaves before swallowing their prey in order to keep them alive and kicking in their stomach for a while, allowing them longer to enjoy their struggles before digestion. Theoretically, if a loving pred-prey pair existed then they could use salvalophytha to prevent accidental suffocation and accidental digestion of their partner.

Planar Chorydium

This plant looks like an average fern, save for its great size and its slightly glowing, silvery leaves. This plant feeds on the fabric of reality itself, and has the unique ability to make the layers between dimensions thiner. In short, chorydium tends to make the zones it grows in dimensionally unstable. It's no wonder they are present in large quantities in Miragia forest.

It's a bit hard to tell if they are the cause this instability, or if they are just there because the area is unstable, because the plant won't grow at all in stabler zones of Felarya. Getting rid of chorydium is very difficult once it has settled in: a destroyed plant will just grow again a few days later, as if coming from nowhere.

Sneeze Pods

These small plants get their name from a unique reaction that occurs when they're touched. When a pod on the plant is disturbed, it releases a cloud of dust into the air, producing a sound much like a human sneeze. The dust it releases is highly dangerous, as it causes complete paralysis in anything that breathes it in. The effect only lasts for about five minutes, but some clever (and lazy) predators have been known to hang out around a group of sneeze pods, waiting for some unwitting prey to get stunned. The pods are connected to a tuberous plant, and each plant has 8-10 pods. After discharging their dust, a pod generally takes about a day to reload.

Carinra

Compared to most plant life on Felarya, Carinra is pretty harmless. The only known effect Carinra has is the ability to temporarily change the pigment of a person's skin to a random color when the leaves are ingested. The effect generally lasts 6-8 hours. It's great at parties.

Alondra

Alondra is a rare and very...unique type of plant. It grows long leaves in a circular pattern around a single large flower. The flower can often reach up to 12 inches in diameter, and is usually yellow or crimson in color. Every so often, a small bubble will be released from the center of the flower. The bubble will float for hours, sometimes ending up miles away from the plant that created it. Upon contact with an object, the bubble will burst, releasing a powerful aphrodisiac ! The aphrodisiac is short ranged, often affecting an area only a little larger than the size of the bubble it came from. The effects of the aphrodisiac are topical, and usually last about an hour. A healthy Alondra plant will produce a new bubble once every 15-20 minutes.

Devil's Thorn

A highly dangerous plant. Appearing as no more than a small flower on a relatively long stalk, the stem of this plant is full of tiny barbs, each sharp enough to pierce skin with just a slight touch. Every barb is coated with a thick liquid housing hundreds of tiny seeds. When these seeds enter the bloodstream, they begin to sprout, traveling throughout the body of the infected creature and killing them within a few weeks when the plant takes root in the heart. Upon the death of the victim, the plant will send tendrils through the body, seeking soil for its final form. When it does reach soil, the many tendrils and sprouts it grew fall off, eventually withering away and leaving only a long, barbed stalk with a small flower on top. Many a traveler has been disturbed to come across a human skeleton with a single flower piercing the area where the heart was.

Note: It has recently been discovered that the plant is very sensitive to changes in temperature during its early stages, so much so that changing the body temperature of its host even a single degree either way is often enough to kill the entire plant.

• Credits to Rythmear for the Everburning tree idea, to Icalasari for the Harpy carneye, to Haar for the Carinra, Alondra, devil's thorn, and Sneeze pods, and to Mangamastermind for the Cogamosia and Salvalophytha.