Basilisk’s Breath

Grey Restraints

It is fabled that this vine is a
gift from the gods, as a way to test humanity.

On level ground they remain creeping, not exceeding 5–20 cm height, but on suitable surfaces for climbing, including trees, natural rock outcrops or man-made structures such as quarry rock faces or built masonry and wooden structures, they can climb to at least 30 m above the ground. Ivies have two leaf types, with palmately lobed juvenile leaves on creeping and climbing stems and unlobed cordate adult leaves on fertile flowering stems exposed to full sun, usually high in the crowns of trees or the tops of rock faces, from 2 m or more above ground. The juvenile and adult shoots also differ, the former being slender, flexible and scrambling or climbing with small aerial roots to affix the shoot to the substrate (rock or tree bark), the latter thicker, self-supporting and without roots. The flowers are greenish-yellow with five small petals;

Like the earth, lick a stone and you know what this tastes like.

This dark grey vine is only rarely found atop the highest peaks
of mountainous regions. The flowers are grayish-brown with five small petals;

Stale, dusty, like the smell of stone.

Reproduction and spread. English ivy spreads vegetatively outward through its long vines that root at the nodes and climb over any obstacle. Ivy can take many years to mature but when it does, it shifts to forming mature branches that produce berries.

Often sold for outrageous sums of gold, Basilisk’s Breath can attract unwanted attention to those trying to sell it for profit.