Leech Bloom

Leech Bloom Mushroom: The Mushroom that Pana K'tta's camo cape is based on. Like all the mushrooms the Fog Wardens style themselves after, it is highly dangerous in its own right.

The Leech Bloom grows peacefully unless disturbed, at which point it opens dramatically and flings fist-sized droplets of blood red ooze in all directions. If the ooze droplets do not directly land on a warm blooded creature, they will creep towards them for up to three hours after release. The ooze droplets are semi-sentient and extremely sticky, capable of climbing on any surface.

Once an ooze has found a target, it will latch onto them and begin draining blood. The blood loss, though dangerous, is not the primary threat. The droplets mix their ooze with the blood drained, and re-inject it into the victim. This process, known as Ooze-mosis, beings a terrifying transformation within the host. Should the ooze infection remain untreated, the host's blood, sweat and tears are replaced by deep red ooze.

Once in this state, the host feels a strange longing to find a secluded (and suitable for mushroom growth) area. Once they are alone, they will fully transform into a new Leech Bloom Mushroom. Only the skeleton is left untouched by this grim process, and so cutting open a Leech Bloom will often reveal a gruesome prize.