Basilisk Eggs
The egg mass of the Sobek Basilisk has temperary skin hardening properties, and have historically been gathered and eaten as part of rituals before a big hunt or battle.
Upon eating the yolk of the egg, it has an immediate effect of boosting your muscle strength and hardening of the skin, activating the gives a good edge against an otherwise more formidable foe.
The problem with the eggs are gathering them as the basilisk is very secretive and protective about their eggs.
There have been attempts at making coops for them, but they simply don't feel safe enough to lay eggs in capture.
As the shell is toxic to eat, and the actual power presides in the yolk, the best way for warriors and hunters to carry the eggs is pealed and softboiled, in a pouch.
Upon eating the yolk of the egg, it has an immediate effect of boosting your muscle strength and hardening of the skin, activating the gives a good edge against an otherwise more formidable foe.
The problem with the eggs are gathering them as the basilisk is very secretive and protective about their eggs.
There have been attempts at making coops for them, but they simply don't feel safe enough to lay eggs in capture.
As the shell is toxic to eat, and the actual power presides in the yolk, the best way for warriors and hunters to carry the eggs is pealed and softboiled, in a pouch.
History
The basilisk eggs have a long history associated with Sobek traditions and rituals.
Usually you'd have a "scavenger hunt" for basilisk eggs leading up to a big hunt or battle.
The children are told by a young age, that these eggs are important, and that they must bring any home, they can find.
This means children are often found scavenger hunting for basilisk eggs still to this day, and it is a great training in stealth, which gives the race a knack for it later in life.
Usually you'd have a "scavenger hunt" for basilisk eggs leading up to a big hunt or battle.
The children are told by a young age, that these eggs are important, and that they must bring any home, they can find.
This means children are often found scavenger hunting for basilisk eggs still to this day, and it is a great training in stealth, which gives the race a knack for it later in life.
Significance
To the Sobek these eggs have a long history of being their "ceremonial combat drug" in times of need.
Nowadays the eggs are still sought after and kept by warbands and space pirates.
Nowadays the eggs are still sought after and kept by warbands and space pirates.
Item type
Consumable, Food / Drink
Current Location
Related Condition
Rarity
The fact that you have to go out of your way to find them and that @Sobek rarely will let them go if they find them, makes them pretty rare find.
Don't expect to find actual basilisk eggs on the standard market.
A bit of scavenge hunting where you see a live wild basilisk is probably your best bet.
Since Sobek knows to let basilisks live freely and prosper in order to up their own chances for stumbling upon a nest, makes basilisk quite a widespread species.
Don't expect to find actual basilisk eggs on the standard market.
A bit of scavenge hunting where you see a live wild basilisk is probably your best bet.
Since Sobek knows to let basilisks live freely and prosper in order to up their own chances for stumbling upon a nest, makes basilisk quite a widespread species.
Weight
~70 gram
Dimensions
62 mm in length
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Then came the idea of his occational ally, a woman in space flying a small asteroid. The more I wrote on her, the more I got intrigued by the past, I deviced.
Right now the flow is focused on her background - namely all related to The Genesis Project.
I do all of the writing and almost all of the drawing myself at this point.
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