Lore:Hist

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The Hist are a species of giant spore trees growing in the innermost swamps of Argonia. Argonians are known to have deep connections with the Hist, calling themselves "people of the root," and licking the leaking sap of their trunks in religious rites. Others claim the trees are, in fact, a sentient race, more ancient than all the races of man and mer.^[1]

[edit] Ancient Trees

The Hist trees of Black Marsh, most say, were the original life forms on Tamriel. The The Annotated Anuad states the Hist were bystanders of the war between the Ehlnofey, but most of their realm was destroyed as the war passed over it. According to The Monomyth, the Hist acknowledge Sithis in his role as the original creator.

[edit] Hist Sap

The sap of the Hist tree seems to increase the combat prowess of those drink it. The Blackwood Company smuggled a Hist tree from Black Marsh to their headquarters in Leyawiin, and extracted the sap to exploit this. However, when consumed by non-Argonian species, the Hist sap had strong hallucinogenic properties that sent them into dangerous bloodlust.

In 3E433, a recruit of the Fighters Guild sabotaged the Hist extraction mechanism, destroying the tree in the process.

[edit] References

1. ↑ Imperial Geographical Society. The War with the Trees: Argonia and the Black Marsh