Columbegea

Columbegeas (pronounced columbegey) are a family of flower in Laxian. Translation from laxic would be 'Columbe'. There are five known sort of columbegeas.

## Appearence

Columbegeas vary in appearence, but most of them have five main petals, some hanind secondaries, and other just having a lot of small petals consitituing the flower.

## Known species

There are five type of Columbegeas:

* Columbegea Royalis 'The Royal Columbe'. Terra
* Columbegea Aquarius. Hydro
* Columbegea Pyrolis. Pyro
* Columbegea Bonilia 'The flower of toxic wisdom'. Naturalis
* Columbegea Cryonis 'The Snow Damsel'. Givres

## Repartition

They can be found all over Laxian, almost. The exceptions are Cumulocity. Sandburry desert and the Void Trench.

* Royal plains and Scorching Plateus have Columbegea Royalis
* Columbegea Aquarius can be found in the coral reefs of the Cressent Archipela
* Around the magma lakes of Charbon and Lakefort grows Columbegea Pyrolis
* Columbegea Bonilia can be found all over the Gosona Jungle
* The rare Columbegea Cryonis can be found in the freezing lands of Elfair

## Uses

Combining all petals and corollas of the five columbegea, boiled in a bell tree's sap makes the remedy to the magistreon fever. a fever that touch especially young laxics when their magistreons level goes off balance.

Most columbegea are appreciated as decoration, except Bonilia who's hard to keep without the right conditions, and Cryonis, who can't survive outside of Elfair.

Columbegea Royalis's petals are used to created pigments for paint and dyes.

## Inspirations

Élémos often use real life thing for Laxian's object, animal, plant ect. The Columbegeas were inspired of the Aquilegias flower family, common name: Columbine.Each of them having a specific inspiration.

* Columbegea Royalis is inspired from Aquilegia 'Ruby port'.
* Columbegea Aquarius is inspired from Aquilegia Vulgaris
* Columbegea Pyrolis is inspired from Aquilegia Canadensis
* Columbegea Bonilia is inspired from Aquilegia Japonica
* Columbegea Cryonis is inspired from Aquilegia alpina

## Etymology

**Columbegea** comes from **Columb**ine and Aquil**egia**.

**Royalis** comes from **Royal, Royalty.**

**Aquarius** come from the **Zodiac sign of same name.** Aquarius being the 'water bearer' sign. And from **Aqua** meaning water,

**Pyrolis** comes from **Pyro** (Related to fire) and the suffix **lis** referring to an object involved in the activity described by original term.

**Bonilia** is derived from **Bonita ,** spanish for pretty.

**Cryonis** comes from **Cryo** (cold, chilly, ice) and **Nis** (Like lis). But is also a reference to the ability in the game The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the wild, **Cryonis.**

### Title

**Royal columbe** comes from the fact that it grows mainly in the **royal** plains

**Flower of Toxic wisdom** comes from the toxicity of Columbegea Bonilia (**toxic**) and one of the meaning of Aquilegia in the flower language : **wisdom.**

**Snow Damsel** comes from **the environement where it grow and it delicaty.** And from the Japanese legend of **Yuki Onna, the snow lady.**

## Gallery

Columbegea RoyalisColumbegea BoniliaColumbegea Pyrolis
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