Stonebloom Viper

Codex Entry: Stonebloom Viper

• Ring: Sanctum Coil

• Habitat: Cracked glyphstone terraces, emberroot groves, and warm sanctum crevices

• Diet: Glyphdeer fawns, Lightdrakes, Memory Hares

• Temperament: Patient, territorial, ritually reactive

• Predators: None naturally—only flamestorms and sacred glyph failures

Lore:

Stonebloom Vipers are thick-bodied, slow-breathing serpents whose scales are flecked with emberstone shards and shifting glyph fragments. Their eyes glow faintly with an inner amber light. They lie still for days, attuned to the subtle pulse of memory beneath the ground, striking only when a disturbance disrupts the balance.

Some ancient sanctums believe these vipers were once protectors of sacred scrolls—now corrupted by the fading light of forgotten rites. Their venom does not kill; it seals memory, rendering the mind unable to recall what it last knew before the bite. Seekers have both feared and revered them as sacred trials of inner truth.

Spiritual Alignment:

• Memory Trials

• Ritual Protection

• Silence of the Mind