Black Rose
This strange form of fauna is typically grown by ancient river banks. With the water now being murky and filled with corpses. of freshwater fish that now become bloated and filled with puss. Its dewy black petals lay open for all to see.
Its stem filled with blood red thorns that seem to secrete blood like liquid each time the rainwater comes to contact with them. Legends claim that this liquid comes from the corpses of the nearby creature that commonly seem to be found around such bushes other claims it was a witch curse that caused any and all of its liquid to become a poison to the unknowing creatures that would attempt to pick up such a flower and take from nature the beauty that it created.
Alchemists seek this flower out to try and examine its strange properties. it is known to cause ideas and rekindle thoughts from the past that brought tears or pain. Such thoughts could have been anything from the death of a person, the death of a child, a moment of heartbreak and more.
Why would an alchemist seek this flower out you may be asking, simple. There are nobles, thieves and evil creatures that want this flowers essence to use upon their enemies. They use such liquids to break a person's spirit down to nothing and attack them at their most vulnerable.
There is no known cure for this form of malice. Once it has been administered to a target's food or even by injecting the person is doomed to wallow in the pain indefinitely till they come to terms with what they have been through. If they are unable to they would eventually claim their own lives in the name of the black rose and the thoughts that it will forever conjure within their helpless sight.
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