Devil's Breath Flower

Created by: The Traveling Parent Function: To control the mind of living creatures with its pollen and force them to seek out the Gilded Egg, sacrificing themselves to it. Is later distilled by the Azher’Tek into three forms: liquid, powder, and smoke. Liquid: DBL (Devil’s Breath Liquid) is a mind control drug, but can cause very extreme trips when in the presence of a “guide”. A user requires a trusted “guide” to help them experience the effects they seek. Powder: DBP (Devil’s Breath Powder) is a hallucinogenic, which makes the user see visions of the Traveling Parent, Andromeda, and other events the Devil’s Breath flowers have witnessed throughout history. Smoke: The smoke has a calming effect like incense. Castor burned it regularly to help with his focus and research. People associate the smell with him for some reason. Smoking enough of it will cause the user to develop “Magical Synesthesia”. Description: It was a radiant gold, but not pure. Splashes of carmine red dripped across it, and the tips of each petal, which reached proudly into the sky, were shining white as the moon. The future mages burn the flower when trying to commune with Castor as a god or when trying to feel like they are closer to him. They also burn it as a tribute to appease him. The flower is considered an extremely dangerous yet coveted plant, but is hard to find in the wild. It is a controlled substance by the mages.