Wolfsbane

Wolfsbane is one of the common names for plants of the genus Acconium. Plants of the genus are also called aconite, monkshood, leopard's bane, or devil's helmet.

Plants of the genus are poisonous to most Shifters, particularly Wolfsbane, and it is used by Hunters to poison their weapons before werewolf hunts.

Wolfsbane has dark green leaves with five to seven lobes. It has distinctively shaped flowers, several to a stem, which maybe be blue, puple, pink, or white depending on species.

In Greco-Roman mythology, the flower was connected to Cerberus and the underworld, and Ovid described it sprouting from the saliva dripping from Cerberus's mouth.

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Uses, Products & Exploitation

A number of species are used by shifters and hunters:

Aconitum Ferox(bikh): used by shifters as an intoxicant
Aconitum Anthora (healing aconite): used in Human medicine to treat rheumatism and arthritis, and by Druids and werewolves to treat Wolfsbane poisoning
Aconitum Carmichaelii (fùzǐ or torikabuto): used in Chinese medicine, and as a poison
Aconitum Coreanum (Korean monkshood): used by hunters on covert hunts, as smoke or vapour containing the plant induces asthma-like symptoms which usually appear natural during post-mortem examination
Aconitum Lycoctonum (northern wolfsbane): the commonly used species by hunters in Europe and North America
Aconitum Firmum (tojad mocny or Аконіт міцний): a particularly strong variety, commonly used for hunting werebears, especially in Europe
Aconitum Flavum (fú máo tiě bàng chuí): used to counter the effects of bikh poisoning
Aconitum Heterophyllum (atish): used in Ayurveda to treat dysentery, fever, or excessive menstrual bleeding
Aconitum Napellus (monkshood or Venus's chariot): a particularly fast-acting variety, used by hunters for executions of captured shifters. It is believed to be the first aconitum species used by hunters, as it was used by the ancient greeks and romans on animal hunts.