Deathroot

Background
Deathroot has been used in magic and potion making for centuries. It's a fragile-looking plant with a thin stalk and purple flowers, which fruits once a year developing bright red fleshy pods that cause disorientation and dizziness if ingested.

There are two varieties. The more common Arcanist Deathroot was first found by Archon Hadrianus when he discovered it growing on several dead slaves. The other, Lunatic's Deathroot, is most closely associated with the story of the courtesan Melusine, who sought revenge on a powerful magister and his family. She harvested the plant, baked it into small pies for the magister's banquet, and presented them to the magister at a banquet. All the guests were seized by terrifying hallucinations after eating the pies and tore each other to pieces.

—An excerpt from The Botanical Compendium, by Ines Arancia, botanist

Uses

 * Upgrades:
 * Confusion Grenade
 * Mana Potion
 * Pitch Grenade
 * Tears of the Dead
 * Ingredient in:
 * Confusion Grenade (when fully upgraded)
 * Pitch Grenade (when fully upgraded)
 * Tears of the Dead (when fully upgraded)