Syz'thvzk



The Syz'thvzk (pronounced sˈɪzθvzk) is an infection-like flora species first recorded in the town of Elren Vrocht. The species is parasitic and requires a host to survive. It infects the bodies of it's hosts with microscopic pollen, which enters through the blood. This may be through a wound or cut.

Much like Sporeborn, The Syz'thvzk are not a people of lineage, but rather a motley assortment of hosts who harbour the plant.

Biology and Appearance
The Syz'thvzk present on a host similar to that of a poppy flower. Once infected, the host's irises will turn a poppy red colour, before eventually beginning to bloom poppies from their eyes. Their skin will grey and lose colour, and vines will spread out from their pores, snaking up their neck. As this happens, they will also produce pollen. The host will still retain physical characteristics.

The host is not killed during this process, but is still effected heavily mentally. The Syz'thvzk takes some control over the hosts mind, and camouflages itself with the hosts own thoughts. Mental changes can be subtle, but often violent.