Phoenix Logs/Flood Lore/Blightlands
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- Parasitic expansion.
- The Flood can survive and grow in almost any environment, but it thrives in a
- surprisingly narrow band of habitability. The interior of Flood hives provide a
- controlled environment for accelerated growth, but in time an entire planet's
- biosphere can be altered to approximate these ideal conditions.
- Blightlands are the first step of this coversion process: areas around
- established hives filled with specialized Flood growths which harvest the vitality
- of the soil, soak up solar energy, and consume all native life within its
- boundaries. While they briefly flower with a grotesque vitality, ultimately these
- zones are themselves consumed to provide raw materials for city-sized spore
- towers and colossal stacks of strange Flood organs that finish the planet's
- ruination.