Cindervine

ABILITY

Smolder Grasp

Deal 2 damage to target enemy Battle Slot Forgekin. That Forgekin loses 1 Control until end of turn.

FLAVOR TEXT

"It doesn't burn fast. It burns forever."

LORE

Cindervines are Fire Elementals rooted throughout the smoldering forests of the Cinderwilds. Unlike ordinary vegetation, they do not perish in flame; their bark stores heat while their leaves burn slowly without being consumed. After wildfires pass, Cindervines are often the first growth to emerge, spreading their roots through warm ash and stabilizing the scorched ground. When threatened, those roots rise as a Smolder Grasp, wrapping around intruders and draining their strength through persistent heat. A Cindervine seldom pursues anything beyond the edge of its grove, but removing one is nearly impossible. Every severed root can continue smoldering beneath the soil until it finds somewhere new to grow.