Poacea

= Poacea (The Holy Grass) =

The Origin Of The Grass
The Holy Grass was created by ancient semi-aquatic sloths, their presence noted by the caves through Samuel's Peak that connects both sides of The River of Tears. After the sloths extinction it was abandoned and left that the top of the mountain. Sometime after the discovery of Eldham a settelment was built on top of the mountain. It is unknown if the grass was ever noticed by the inhabitents, unfortunately no information could be found on it. Eventualy the town was abandoned and the grass was once again forgotten about. Many years later a citizen of the nearby town of Surif named Westrik Sprout-Petruzk built a fort on the mountain. While construction was underway he explored the ruins of the old town. Westrik discoverd the grass above an abandoned farm. There under the grass he pitched a tent and fell asleep. In his dream the grass spoke to him, telling him about the great danger the worlds of Stoneworks are currently in.

The Teachings Of The Grass
The worlds of Stoneworks are being eaten away by glow lichen. This nasty plant rapidly dissolves rock as well as bedrock. The evil vines grow out of hand destabilizing the worlds. The Holy Grass of Azencrowne was bewitched by the giant aquatic sloths (now extinct) to fight the growing threat of glow lichen. The floating grass became sentient and was instructed to guide future inhabitants on how to give it power. The grass has very little influence without worshipers, it uses the energy given to them by its followers to beat back the malevolent glowing plant. Additionally the grass will occasionally take sacrifices and drain them of their energy to grow its power. Sacrifices can be anything from precious items to living creatures. The grass without power has been proved disastrous, without any followers to give it energy The Holy Grass was unable to save Jagdas as the lichen grew out of control and collapsed the world. Even within Eldham with very few followers The Grass was unable to stop the lichen from eating away the bedrock and opening up the lowest reaches of the world. According to legend if the grass is given enough power it can grant miracles to protect its followers or spread its influence.