Dewin Drain

Dewiniaid drain are "thorn wizards," those who wield thorn energy, the infernal botanical energy, through special plants and their properties on Shem. All doppelgangers have the ability to work with these plants as well, but dewiniaid drain learn more ways to use them than the average Aeldian. Other beings besides doppelgangers may learn to be dewiniaid drain.

Gardens

The garden of a dewin drain will have some or all of the planhigion pigog (thorny plants). As with all infernal plants, planhigion pigog require souls, blood, and emotions of distress to grow. In order to gain power from their gardens, dewin drainiaid must sacrifice hearts to the garden by killing someone they are jealous or envious of, cutting out their heart, and burning it in the garden's soil, then dousing it with their own blood.

Tân

Dewiniaid drain use mieri berry berries to create tân, a green infernal flame that is raw thorn energy. It will consume facets of a person if they are burned with it, but in the small doses it exists in via the berries, it is not strong enough. Instead, it is used to ignite infernal pollen to create velvet mist or to light white celandine to create thornlight.

Heartdraining

When grown on the vine, white celandine emits a fragrance that drains emotions from victims who are ensnared in it. Victims must be totally drained of emotion for their identities to be stolen by the dewin drain.

Thornlight

Some dewin drainiaid use flowers from their gardens as small lanterns that flicker with burning thornlight when lit by tân. Thornlight will take the face away from any who stare into it too long, but it will not give the face to anyone. Instead, it uses it as fuel to burn brighter. Strong enough thornlight (once enough faces have been consumed) can consume bodies or more, but always it ends in the target being consumed by the fire, leaving behind a husk similar to the one left by victims of the dewin drain's garden.

Velvet Mist

Some dewin drainiaid learn to gather pollen from their garden to make a potent cloud of poison. This poison can be ignited by tân and turned into velvet mist. Velvet mist will consume the identity/identities of all within its grasp. It is very potent and can allow the dewin drainiaid to consume larger targets, or to more completely consume a target.

Binding Vines

There are many vined plants among the planhigon pigog, but the long creeper and gwinwydd drain are most commonly grown to ensnare others. White celandine is also commonly used.

Consuming Thorns

Almost all planhigon pigog have thorns, but gwinwydd drain is the most commonly used to consume identities with thorns.

Poisons

There are several potent poisons commonly produced from their gardens:

• Danadl poethion: deadly poisonous nettle that is the most potent of the poisons.
• Planhygin: commonly used to make poisonous teas used by doppelgangers.
• Pys gwenwyn: poisonous peas that will contain the characteristics of those the garden consumes, allowing the dewin drainiaid to preserve those traits and eat and thus steal them at their leisure.
• Velvetine apple: apples that put those who consume them in a hundred-year sleep.

Green Bile

Roses With Faces (Stolen Memories)

Orchids With Faces (Stolen Faces)

Pea Pods (Stolen Characteristics)

Thorn Beasts

Evergreater Charm

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Thornlings

Variations

Some variations include

• Bwystfil drain: thorn-beasts.
• Ceisiwr: one of the Uchel Frenin's secret police.
• Cyffuriwr: a dewin drain who makes drugs from thorn plants.
• Gwneuthurwr: one who makes things out of thornwood.
• Iachawr: a thorn-healer whose powers only work on doppelgangers or other thorn creatures.
• Llofrud: an assassin who uses thorn poisons.
• Negesydd: a dewin drain who sends thornlings to deliver messages.
• Thorn-Fletcher: a dewin drain who makes special arrows.
• Wynebwr: a dewin drain who uses their powers for identity scams/theft.

Similar Occupations

Some other wielders of thorn energy:

• Gwrach: an Aeldian witch.
• Uchel Frenin: the high king of Mwyr Aeld is a dewin drain.

Societal Role

Skills

Stats

The typical dewin drain will have the following variations from the base stats of their nation/species:

PRO +2
ATH +3
STR +1
AWA +3
WIL +3
STH +3
PRS +5