Death Root

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 Violenta when she discovered it growing on several dead slaves. The other, Lunatic's Deathroot she harvested, is most closely associated with the story of the courtesan Melusine, who sought revenge on a powerful magister and his family. 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.