Wyvern's Breath

If stung by a lowlands wyvern their venom is caustic and causes damage to the nervous system and brain within hours. As it travels through the body it burns and breaks down organic tissue. In the brain, it eats away at vital tissues and connections destroying memory, motor function and cognizance. At high doses the process is painful and rapid often resulting in death. More commonly however the sting delivers only a small amount of toxin. In field amputations limit the spread as well. At these lower does the toxin affects each victim based on the location of the sting. Torso injuries, the most common, result in loss of motor control, tremors and muscle atrophy. If the toxin spreads to the brain, loss of identity, memory and speech are common, uncontrolled mood swings and violence for some.
A rare mixuture of this toxin taken from an abhorrent birth is the most vile. Some clutches of wyvern have a light colored member, with molted or blotchy skin, often carrying the color scheme of both parents. These aberrations venom is faster acting and induces paralysis throughout the body of the victim. Its a slow death, with full visual and auditory awareness, but no ability to move, speak or feel. In less than an hour, the victims organs shut down killing them. Assassins mix it with a toxic mushroom to produce hallucinations and suggestibility into subjects before the body shuts down. Careful application of the poison, on the rim of a glass or a quick sting from a palm thorn will maintain the victims ability to speak. This ensures the assassin can gather the desired intelligence or secrets before they die.
Wyvern's Breath is identified by city officials and undertakers by the frozen expression common to its victims. Termed "Agog", subjects faces are locked in various exaggerated expressions with eyes wide open.

Type

Neurological