Efelax

Efelax or efelahk are a virid species found in various parts of the world. They are commonly thought of as carnivorous plants, having the appearance of leaves and being rooted in place, though in fact they are sessile animals. Efelax are highly poisonous, with the toxins having medicinal uses.

Efelax favour warm drier areas with poor rocky soil, though they are tolerant of a wide range of habitats so long as the temperature is mild. They favour areas with poor soil and limited vegetation in order to entice grazing animals seeking food, and small animals seeking shelter. When disturbed, the “leaf” fronds lash out, stinging the victim into a quick death. They they wrap the victim in the leaf-like fronds to digest and consume it.

The name efelax is of uncertain derivation but derives from the Derailad languageplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLanguages

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Referring to the Virid Kingdom of flora and fauna, toxic to human life. corals like siphonophores.

There are three types of efelax, found in different areas across the world, usually in marshy, well-shaded areas. All are surrounded by a mossy-appearing bed many metres wide. Unwitting creatures who step onto it are ensured, poisoned, and slowly devoured. The three species are differentiated by their method of attracting prey.

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The Green Kingdom of flora and fauna includes humans, mammals, birds, whales, greenfish, and most green plants and crops cultivated by humankind. leaves, with red stripes and mottling down the centre. They have long mobile tendrils which undulate in the breeze, some tipped with organs resembling insects but bearing a powerful toxin, the drug cobine. These are meant to lure birds and grazing or scavenging animals. They emmit a sedative airborne spor which, along with the undulation of the tendrils, entrances its victims into coma and death.

Efelax vanene is mainly found in tropical forests, having the appearance of flowering vines over a mossy bed saturated in poison. The drug vanene is a used for suppressing anxiety and as a heart medication.

Efelax salix is a temperate-zone plant, resembling a curious limbed tree with trailing white branches, which periodically drop thin threadlike organs, containing a powerful alkaloid poison salix, used in low doses as a painkiller.

The gardens of the royal castle in Perilth was said to be planted with a row of efelax bushes that were trained to only kill intruders.