User:ScarletPlumage/The Verdant

The Verdant
According to the Origin Myth of the Viteshan Domain, the island-state at some point in it's ancient past had been particularly favoured by the goddess of nature itself, an entity referred simply as Mother Nature. As a result, said entity bestowed upon the Domain the honour of having it consider it's national borders her special dwelling place, taking up residence within the Kingdom and creating a vessel through which she could exert direct influence on said Kingdom, known to the world today as the Sanctuary of Vitesh, one of several Wonders of the World. It is said that the shape of the Sanctuary is reflective of the true form possessed by said entity, being molded and crafted lovingly as a gift to the people in her visage so they might know she watches over them.

However, in addition to this, they were also granted a unique boon; referred to by the Viteshan people and the international community as The Verdant; considered to have affected the manifestation of floral life in the Kingdom in profound ways unseen before in other regions of the world. Considering that most of the Viteshan Origin Myth is extremely hard to come by and exceptionally vague; as well as partially carried down from generation to generation by route of oral tradition, the credibility of the Origin Myth to describe The Verdant is heavily debated; and typically dismissed in attempts to describe the phenomenon.

The Verdant encompasses the Domain's possession of the world's largest concentration of floral biodiversity of any particular region; seemingly possesing floral life that should not logically exist within the climates of the Kingdom growing in perfect health. In addition, The Verdant is responsible for the existence of the nation's unique paraflora; possessing unique capabilities and characteristics that appear to be the logical extension of the capabilities of traditional flora, or characteristics that appear entirely unnatural altogether. It is often considered that the Kingdom may very well have every plant species, they may just have not yet been discovered. That being said, that too is debated.