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'''Zangrilla Sylvia''' was an academic herbalist and founder of the | '''Zangrilla Sylvia''' was an academic herbalist and founder of the Academia Herbalis, which would later be known as the [[Academia Sylvalis]] after Sylvia's death. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
In the year 714 AH, after witnessing Mayen, the baker's wife, discovering the benefits of eating primrose stalks, Zangrilla gathered other plants for research, including [[lavender]], [[lovage]], [[sage]], [[pansy|pansies]], [[galingale]], [[lobelia]], and [[violet|violets]]. She also convinced a group of volunteers to eat parts of these plants daily to see if they could induce any other effects. From this research, she concluded that eating the violet root caused [[insomnia]], and that lobelia petals are toxic. | In the year 714 AH, after witnessing Mayen, the baker's wife, discovering the benefits of eating primrose stalks, Zangrilla gathered other plants for research, including [[lavender]], [[lovage]], [[sage]], [[pansy|pansies]], [[galingale]], [[lobelia]], and [[violet|violets]]. She also convinced a group of volunteers to eat parts of these plants daily to see if they could induce any other effects. From this research, she concluded that eating the violet root caused [[insomnia]], and that lobelia petals are toxic. | ||
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The creation of the frost elixir allowed researchers to venture further into the deserts than ever before, bringing them into contact with [[rattlesnakes]] for the first time. Two researchers were bitten and died, leading the Academia to look into ways to protect themselves from the snake's venom. | The creation of the frost elixir allowed researchers to venture further into the deserts than ever before, bringing them into contact with [[rattlesnakes]] for the first time. Two researchers were bitten and died, leading the Academia to look into ways to protect themselves from the snake's venom. | ||
In the year 715 AH, Sylvia was bitten by a rattlesnake and died to the effects of [[voyria]] poisoning. In her honor, Sholet renamed the academy after her, becoming the Academia Sylvalis. | |||
==Known Acquaintances== | ==Known Acquaintances== | ||
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*'''Aren''' - One of Sylvia's volunteers, who helped her discover that the violet root caused insomnia when eaten. | *'''Aren''' - One of Sylvia's volunteers, who helped her discover that the violet root caused insomnia when eaten. | ||
*'''Rashena''' - An herbalist and close friend and colleague to Sylvia. | *'''Rashena Mavor''' - An herbalist and close friend and colleague to Sylvia. She was instrumental in the work leading to a cure for the deadly voyria toxin. | ||
*'''Arin''' - An herbalist and close friend and colleague to Sylvia. | *'''Arin''' - An herbalist and close friend and colleague to Sylvia. | ||
*'''Ars Voyria''' - An herbalist and close friend and colleague to Sylvia. He worked with Rashena to develop a cure for voyria poisoning after Sylvia's death. | |||
[[Category:Historical Figures]] | [[Category:Historical Figures]] | ||