Image description: A suicidal maiden letting the thorns of the wild rose induce the deadly venom in her body. Drawn by Faugar.

Special, venomous rose species, extremly fast growing. One of the most popular but however weird methods of defense during the War of the Chosen was to cultivate large hedges of this plant. It was almost certainly created by an unknown mage to serve for exactly this purpose. It was also not unusual that in former days the rose was used by maidens to end their lives quietly, if their love to a nobleman remained unreturned. In a poem of the famous Monsonius, the last moments of a girl dying on the venom of a wild-rose are described in painstakingly detail.

The primary difference between the wild rose and the typical species, which beautifully adorns many gardens and is often given to potential lovers, is that the thorns of the wild rose are tipped with a sticky venom that causes a gradual breakdown of rational thought. If the venom is left untreated it is very likely that its victim is paralysed, and a death most foul may follow soon. Thus it is obvious that one must be extremely careful when handling this kind of roses, but fortunately they have also become very rare in the wild, and nowadays are only grown by a few herbalists and alchemists to profit from their venom in order to produce potions of various effects.

Wild roses can be easily distinguished from the typical kind by several rather obvious differences in appearance. First of all, these roses have black or dark gray flowers and yellowish green leaves, furthermore the thorns are longer than those of normal roses and the stems are thicker and harder to cut with a blade than would be expected. Another point of note is that the roots of these plants also produce a herbicidal chemical that saturates the soil around the plants, allowing nothing but these roses to grow in the area.