Jari Tamal
Racial Magic
First Ability
☀️Rithaldis' Charge
Can store up radiant energy inside their bodies without limit and cannot be harmed by radiant energy, natural or magical. They can convert this to energy, sustain themselves on it or re-release it like an aura at will. However, unlike most forms of magic they cannot produce anything on their own, dependant on an outside source.
❄️Iska's Charge
Can store up ice or extremely cold temperatures inside their bodies without limit and cannot be harmed by the same, magic or natural. They can convert this to energy, sustain themselves on it or re-release it like an aura at will. However, unlike most forms of magic they cannot produce anything on their own, dependant on an outside source.
Second Ability
Ilnid's Movement
Able to walk, step or move on or through sand, quartz and glass freely. They can move about in these materials as though they were swimming in water or can alternatively use these materials as a solid foothold, even defying gravity. They are extremely mobile but can be slowed down by foreign objects or dilutions of these materials.
Aasaru's Touch
Can infest those it touches with small clones of itself capable of growing into fully mature plants. These will sap magic energy from a victim, transfering it to the parent or using it to grow and mature rapidly.
Also known as running grass or fast grass, this species is a clumping desert bunchgrass which grows in arid regions of Alkelbulan and Yaxiya. It is perennial, growing very rapidly in dense bushes. This is a drought and salt tolerant grass useful for flour, fodder, thatch and erosion control. They are also known to nurse Murna Acacia tree saplings among others, protecting them from drought and herbivores.
Able to absorb and store energy from radiant energy or ice, depending on its biomes, it can then release it as an aura in self defense. However, Jari Tamal prefer to put this stored energy into its own growth. This was already a fast growing species but this ability pushes it into extremes, able to withstand considerable grazing and drought. It will otherwise inherit either Ilnid's Movement, able to move freely through sand, or Aasaru's Touch which enables it to attach seeds or clones of itself onto any living thing that touches it. They use the latter to propagate themselves by attaching new growth to anything that grazes on them, animals shaking or scratching them off elsewhere. It isn't uncommon to find several of them stuck on oneself when wading through tufts of them, leeching one's energy away.
Basic Information
Anatomy
by Lee Stepp
The stems are jointed, hard and polished similarly to bamboo shoots. Side shoots will branch out at the nodes and the stems will bend over and root when they become buried in the sand. Flower heads are up to 10 cm (4 in) long with solitary spikelets which can reach 3-4 mm long. The roots are covered in hairs which adhere to sand, felt like.
Original Ancestry
Panic Grass
Height
Coloration
Genetics and Reproduction
by Lee Stepp
Dormant buds will sprout rapidly in dry areas once the rainy season begins, staying green for extended periods in which flowering occurs. The flowers are pollinated by wind. Seeds will not germinate below 15 C (59 F), germinating best between 25-35 C (77-95 F). It is possible to transplant seedlings but natural reproduction usually occurs vegetatively by creeping stems or roots, it's Touch ability or by self division.
Growth Rate & Stages
by Lee Stepp
The seeds are difficult to harvest in quantity because they mature at different times over an extended period, shatter easily and are often eaten by birds. However, this plant is able to photosynthesize more efficiently than most other plants, especially in high temperatures, bright sunlight and dry conditions—perfectly evolved for its environment. It's naturally rapid growth and efficiency in processing sunlight has only been amplified further by its magic.
Ecology and Habitats
by Lee Stepp
This grass can be found across Shamsi Desert, Arabiyyah, Arya, Kasar Wuta and even parts of the Frozen Wastes and Xishi Shamo.
It prefers dry and sandy soils, growing in sandy deserts and semi-deserts. It roots itself on dunes and seashores or sandy pockets in rocky outcroppings, very long and deep roots binding to the sand and reaching subterranean waters. It will tolerate loamy soils but prefers well drained, mildly acidic or basic soil. It can tolerate nutritionally poor and even saline soil. It requires a sunny position. Unlike most plants, these clumps of grass aren't rooted to one place. Those with Ilnid's Movement can be seen sliding across dunes, seeking water hidden deep underground and the sunniest positions.
Additional Information
Uses, Products & Exploitation
by Lee Stepp
The seeds of these grasses can be eaten in a soup or ground into a flour to make into bread or porridge. The grains can be stored away for times of scarcity as well. Ants have been known to store this grain in their nests and people will raid these in desperate times. Young shoots of these grasses have a sweet flavor and the burnt and powdered roots are made into a kind of soda.
by Lee Stepp
Hollow stems can be dried and powdered and used for wound dressing. The seed is also believed to be helpful in treating diabetes. Its straw is very stiff, commonly woven into mats, baskets and rope or used in thatching. The hollow stems can also be used as firewood in the desert. While not a preferred fodder, Shamsi Camels and donkeys will eat it and younger specimens are suitable to sheep and goats. However, herdsmen find their cattle's milk becomes foul smelling after several days of grazing this grass.
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