# Black Lotus > [!lotvk]- Lineage of the Veiled Kin — Known & Revealed > Black Lotus is a rare, highly poisonous flower used in the ritual that brings hidden [[Shadowfell Leechers]] fully into the party’s plane. Vivian handled it carefully during her first demonstration; Pipe later reproduced the ritual after the party obtained more. Its danger and scarcity are part of the method’s practical limits. ([[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/01 - Sessions/Session 37 - The Leechers, The Witch and the War Mage|Session 37]]; [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/01 - Sessions/Session 43 - Otsi, Hand of Q'ruhm|Session 43]]; [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/01 - Sessions/Session 44 - Cleansing Feydown|Session 44]]) > > ## Properties and use > > Pipe described it as extremely poisonous, difficult to obtain and sometimes encountered through derivatives used as narcotics. He suggested major cities and arcane institutes as possible sources. Vivian confirmed another ritual would require it; that does not establish a safe dose, a harmless handling method for everyone or a simple medicine that cures the cough by itself. The exposed creatures still had to be fought while concentration held. ([[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/01 - Sessions/Session 37 - The Leechers, The Witch and the War Mage|Session 37]], “What They Learn”; [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/01 - Sessions/Session 44 - Cleansing Feydown|Session 44]]) > > ## Feygrove acquisition > > Lirien told the party that drug runners illegally harvested Black Lotus in [[Feygrove Forest]] once each month. This is her report, not a witnessed schedule. A pixie then bargained to show the party where it grew if they drank coloured potions. Even though Elena initially refused, the creature honoured the bargain and led them to a small body of water. Mealla recalled the toxicity; Pipe retrieved a sample with Mage Hand and placed it in Raphius’s bag. The precise site is not mapped in that account. ([[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/01 - Sessions/Session 42 - Into Feygrove Forest|Session 42]], “Elena Discovers the Truth”; “Black Lotus”) > > ## Later sourcing lead > > In Bastion, Father McCree directed Elena towards illicit trade in the shanty towns beyond the West March gates when she asked for Black Lotus. This was a sourcing lead, not a recorded purchase or guaranteed supplier. ([[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/01 - Sessions/Session 47 - Corruption Abound|Session 47]], “The Yellow-Eyed Man”) > > ## Established outcome and remaining questions > > The retrieved material enabled preparations for Pipe’s Feydown ritual, which held until the exposed Leechers were destroyed. Feydown was cleansed. Supplies elsewhere, sustainable sourcing, safer substitutes and any wider applications remain unestablished. ([[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/01 - Sessions/Session 43 - Otsi, Hand of Q'ruhm|Session 43]], “Preparations for the Ritual”; [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/01 - Sessions/Session 44 - Cleansing Feydown|Session 44]])