Puinnseanta

**Overview** Culture History

**Puinnseanta** or ‘Mushroom–Folk’ are a race of Fae–like people who reside deep within the swamps of Blodeuyn, of which are located in the Undergrowth, Where there is little to no sunlight or a dim amount of sunlight. They are known for their extreme abilities to hypnotise those in their way through their spores which also act as their natural way of reproduction. Though, when infecting another with the spores they are infected and become part of the same hive mind as the rest, but take on a lower role within their society and are called the **Fuadain**.

Their name, **Puinnseanta** originates from Scottish Gaelic, meaning ‘*Toxic*’.

## Puinnseanta

Lady Hyphae, the Monarch of the Puinnseanta.

## Overview

The ****Puinnseanta****, also known as the ‘Mushroom people’ or the ‘Mushroom-folk’ are a group of Fae–like creatures that reside in the Blodeuyn Swamp. They are carnivorous and feed of the energy of others.

all **Puinnseanta** are linked by long strands of Hyphae, to their Monarch: Lady Hyphae. The lady does not need to feed since energy is usually passed through those same Hyphae.

## Features of the Puinnseanta

### The Puinnseanta brain

The **Puinnseanta** are quite intelligent for the lifestyle they live, as they are only known to live for their Noble monarchs, of which are called ‘High–Fae’ at the time this role is taken on by Lady Hyphae, head of the ruling house. To add on to them having an extreme dependency on their Monarch, they are connected to them by strands of thick hyphae that both connect the **Puinnseanta** to ‘their mother’ but for the mother to gain energy from the life that is constantly being drained from around them, and the actions of the ‘Subjects’.

### Visionary struggles

The eyes of the **Puinnseanta** are most commonly whited out, though they do have a relatively sensitive, but very strong sense of smell that can smell even the smallest of changes in their environment.

### Puinnseanta patterns and motifs

The **Puinnseanta** have a range of designs, themes and motifs that are akin to that of mushrooms, growing in vast clumps along their body, these mushrooms produce thick, heavy purple clouds of smoke that are intoxicating to anyone that comes into contact with them.

Their bodies are also littered with bright, luminescent patches that glow in the dark, these patches are also described as being ‘Lumpy in texture’ by Scientists who have been able to touch their skin. These spots are also splattered around their swamp. They help them track and locate those across the swamp.

### Long lifespans

They have very, long lifespans that can last up to thousands of years: only dying out when their ties to the Lady sever, since his life depends on them just as much as they depend on him.

### Attitudes towards The Corruption

When they are born, natural **Puinnseanta** are already infected with the corruption. They are one of the many to be protozoans of The Corruption, and carry it through light skin contact or inhaling the same air as them.

## Appearance

* The puinnseanta are tall, and have heights ranging from six (6”) foot to around ten (10”) foot in height. The only ‘Mushroom’ to be taller than their maximum height is Lady Hyphae who is double in height (around fifth-teen (15) to around twenty (20) foot) .
* They are skinny and fragile and can easily be harmed by people simply pushing them over.

## The birth of **Puinnseanta**

### The ‘Natural way’ ~ Spores

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Spore ~ a minute, typically one-celled, reproductive unit capable of giving rise to a new individual without sexual fusion, characteristic of lower plants, fungi, and protozoans.

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Puinnseanta are all born female at birth, this causes them to reproduce asexually through the use of their spores. These spores will pile up into clutches of green fuzz, and take around Eight (8) weeks, or two (2) months to grow into full grown Puinnseanta.

### The ‘Artificial way’ ~ ‘A taken life…’

There is another way that new puinnseanta are produced, and that is through taking away another persons life. This is by infecting them with their spores that are usually used for natural reproduction and warping another into a mindless being that joins within the hive–mind name a Fuadain.

Fuadain are the lowest in their social status, and are different by them being completely mindless with no thoughts whatsoever, losing their power to think about what they even want to eat. They act as slaves for those who turn them in the first place and are used for a multitude of purposes as they will always listen to the demands of those residing in the swamp.

Their transformation is usually brought on by them being disrespectful towards the Swamp by ruining the land, stepping on it without paying a toll or polluting it by any other means.