Crimson Ascension

Crimson Ascension: a desert tree that is known for its red leaves and its ivory-like bark. This tree tends to be an unfortunate sight as it requires living organisms to spread. A crimson ascension blooms twice a year. It's seed float with the desert wind, spreading around the desert. A creature that inhales the seed stays unharmed. Once the creature dies however, the seed starts to sprout from the lungs, using the corpse as nutritional sustenance to survive in the desert. The large amounts of phosphor and calcium in the bones cause the bark to take a pale, ivory-like look. The iron in the blood causes the leaves to take a red color. The red leaves allow red light to be absorbed for photosynthesis. this allows us to slowly gain enough energy to bloom as red leaves are less efficient than green leaves. Desert nomads praise these trees as a blessing upon the dead as they believe the trees guide the soul to the afterlife like an ascension. Hence the name.

## Basic Information

### Anatomy

The Crimson Ascension tree follows a normal tree like shape but is pretty recognizable due to its ivory white hard bark. And the fact that the leaves color a bloody red.

### Genetics and Reproduction

Twice a year the tree blooms releasing seeds into the air, the seeds of a Denmani Krayoto are very small and easily drift in the air., almost invisible to the naked eye. When the seed is inhaled by a living creature, the seed embeds itself into the longue tissue. Not really harming the host in any way. However as soon as the host dies, the seeds sprouts.

### Growth Rate & Stages

It starts it life as a seed, released into the air by their "parent" tree.

Next stage of its life is spent drifting around in the desert winds, staying dormant.

When the seeds is inhaled, it transfers into a semi dormant state, shooting small roots when it reaches the lung tissue and latching itself in it.

The seeds becomes a seedling as soon as it detects it host has perished, expanding rapidly harvesting the carcass storing nutrients into small red nutrient bundels for later development. in this stage of its life it can be easily mistaken for common nether wart, as their (the nutrient bundles & nether wart) appearance is quite similar . The seedling will transfer the whole carcass in as many nutrient bundles as needed.

After the whole carcass is harvested the seedling enters its next state and becomes a sprout-ling. As a sprout-ling it will start systematically opening nutrient bundles, ingesting the nutrients and growing during this state you can see the actual sprout-ling bursting through the sand. Most sprout-lings consume all their nutrient bundles within 1-2 weeks growing rapidly. All are odd cases know where the amount of nutrient bundles was simply to large to go through in such a short time span.

The next stage the sprout-ling enters into is its adolescent tree form it will skip 2 full bloom seasons (1 year in total) in which it thickens its roots and uses photosynthesis to get enough energy to develop and buildup seed pockets.

When the tree enters its next year the seed pockets are ready to go, all year long it will develop more seeds inside the pockets, rebuild death pockets and very slowly grow. At this state since the tree has no carcass to feed on it will grow very very slowly almost unnoticeable even over the years. Each blooming season it will set its seeds free in search of a new host.

### Ecology and Habitats

Denmani Krayoto can be found in deserts.

**Scientific Name**

Denmani Krayoto

**Conservation Status**

Denmani Krayoto are a rare sight, chopping them down or harming them in any way is illegal. People who fail to follow this will be brought before justice