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Biology: Beautiful as it is the Louloudio-Nichti, or more simply put, Umbaran Night Flower is a fascinating plant to those who would view it. Consisting of a central point and roots as deep as the plant growing outward no longer than half a meter in length at maximum growth...The plant boasts broad long leaves which fan out in every direction from the epicenter of the plant. Amongst these leaves each plant often grows between 3-12 flowering stems. The flowers of the plant are often a deep night blue, but often has a bright glowing gold substance coating the petals and pollen.
The plant itself rather than using direct photosynthesis like other plants has adapted to the 'shadow world' of Umbara, evolved to drink in what little UV light and ambient radiation the world has to offer. This energy intake is used for the creation of glucose within the plant in order to ultimately create ATP. The waste from this process is bought up through the plants stem and released through its petals as a bio-luminescent liquid which glows a light golden for a few minutes before it evaporates in wind.
This golden substance, called 'Iine' by Umbarans, is an extremely dangerous to consume toxin. 6-8 petals (less of the seeds or roots) of the Night-Flower contains enough of the substance to seriously harm or kill most humanoid species. The toxin works by disrupting the victims body's neuromuscular junctions, resulting in what is known as "ascending muscular paralysis." The paralysis typically begins in a person's legs, and ascends rapidly up the body until in reaches the respiratory muscles, resulting in death.
Breeding: Night Flowers most commonly reproduce through loose pollen which fills the air and breeze as well as through seeds that are eaten by animals when they mistakenly devour or disturb the plants. Incredibly durable, as the plant kills the host the flowers will lay dormant for weeks or months until the body has broken down enough for the airborne pollen to fertilize the seed. The result is the plant growing from the nutrient rich soil from the organic matter of the unfortunate host. The plant is happily able to be cross-bred with other Ipomoea and similar plants with differing effects.
Strengths: The plant is able to grow without almost any natural light, it is notoriously easy to grow and spread in sunlit worlds due to the sheer abundance of everything it needs, producing so much of its toxin they mistakenly were given the name 'Weeping Sun Lillies' due to the sheer sum of the bio-luminescent liquid they would produce. Their poison, while lethal in moderate doses, used correctly can be a potent muscle relaxant or heart disease medication.
Weaknesses: Of all the things the Umbaran Night Flowers hate, it is dry and arid weather and high temperatures. Drying the plant prevents its inner processes from working properly and nearly instantly inhibits any of its proteins causing the plant to seize up and cease to function. Though its roots may recover and attempt to rebuild the plant, it is rare.
Diet: The Weeping Sun Lilly feeds of low amounts of low UV light as well as phosphate enriched soil. The more light the plant gets, the faster its growth cycle, and in turn, the faster it will inevitably expire as the plant 'burns out' at an accelerated rate.
Behavior/Temperament: The plant, if not contained on sunlit worlds, is known to be a pest, and is quickly hunted down and exterminated should it be found due to how quickly it is able to spread. Some communities who have caught the flower too late in its growth cycle have had severe issues with culling its population due to this factor and how long its seeds are able to hybernate for before potentially being pollinated.
Communication: N/A
Culture: The Umbarans have known about the effects of Louloudio-Nichti for centuries, going back to the dawn of their civilisation, fields of the plant could be seen lighting up the glades as far as the eye could see. Knowing the dangers of the plant, they kept away from it, culling it as much as possible. The plant, due to the fact that it would bloom from the dead, was often considered to be evil by nature due to the misconception of it growing within hosts, making it feared and despised... to such an effect that there was a once common myth about the Louloudio-Nichti, where a folk hero was tricked into consuming it by a foul spirit... however, through faith, and clensing himself with fire, he overcame the venom and rose up to banish the evil ghast.
History: Louloudio-Nichti has been grown for many years by the more risk taking rich and powerful as a status symbol in their gardens due to the flowers radiant beauty, even though in many systems the plant is considered a strict item of contraband as a biohazard. However, to date, with the correct permits it has been known for botanists and especially medical staff to possess samples or special gardens tailored to handle the noxious plant. However, as a medicine on Umbara and other worlds, while it is still commonly used for its many purposes, due to its so low thresholds for dangerous use, it is often passed over for weaker variants, as other chemicals one usually builds up its potency, whilst with Louloudio-Nichti, its potency needs to be decreased substantially.
Planet: Umbara; P-10
Technology: The Umbaran night flower has a couple of useful effects due to its Iine:
. In safe doses: The medication is a powerful muscle relaxant and paralytic which can be ingested or administered directly to a muscle via injection of trace amounts. Iine is most commonly used to help with localized loss of muscle control, targeted pain relief, an anesthetic, heart medication, seizure medicine and treatment for other strictly muscular problems. Known side effects caused can be tingling in the muscles, numbness, loss of reaction speed, temporary local paralysis and shortness of breath and other asthma like symptoms.
. In Lethal doses: The "ascending muscular paralysis" as a lethal effect can take hold and overcome a victim within a matter of minutes under still and safe conditions naturally, escalating with more concentrated amounts of the toxin. It's to be noted that while the effect of the paralysis is excessively aggressive leaving even still victims motionless in less than a minute, death from the effects is known to take between 5-10 minutes due to how the body attempts to protect the heart and lungs.
Treatment: While there is no known cure for the muscular paralysis effect of the Umbaran Night Flower, the best treatment available is a simple one, adrenaline. High doses of adrenaline are known to contract the muscles and keep the heart pumping, it is recommended that any patient effected by the toxin of this flower is taken to hospital immediately and put under support until their body is able to recover.
Intent: The intent is to broaden some of the more colorful flora in the setting for use medicinally and as a chemical weapon for weapon coating or use in darts and other ranged technology similar to the kaminoan saber darts.
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