Sussur

Sussurs were a rare and magical species of tree native to the Underdark, found only in the largest of caverns and often in ones where wizard fire was present.

Description
On average these trees grew to a height of. They had long and gnarled branches that sprouted sparse amounts of leaves. Their roots were aerial, similar to those of a banyan. Sussur plant flowers were large bright blue blossoms that exuded honey-sweet scent. When the flowers were harvested and exposed to sunlight, the aroma eventually turned rancid and then disappeared.

This bright blue flower, picked from a budding sussur tree, exudes a honey-sweet aroma, which turns foul and eventually fades away if the bloom is exposed to sunlight.

Diet
Sussurs thrived almost entirely on faerzress and other ambient magic in their environment. Because of their appetite for magic, antimagic fields spanning often surrounded them.

Habitats
One particular area in the Underdark where sussurs could be found was the vault of Nuur Throth on the western edge of the northern Lowerdark. There circular groves of them surrounded pockmarked stones covering deep, black wells.

Another remarkable specimen grew near the myconid circle known as the Ebonlake Grotto.

History
The Mystran cleric Lenore De Hurst embarked on significant research on sussur trees, specifically the properties of their bark and flowers, in the late 1470s DR. She had even planted a sussur sapling in a small garden near the Arcane Tower.

Usage
Sussur were used to produce a rare type of paper. Sussur tree bark possessed potent magical properties. If it was burned in a blacksmith's forge, the bark turned its flames blue and could imbue a single weapon with enchantments.

Appearances

 * Video Games
 * Baldur's Gate III