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Professora Quenda
Subject: Botany
Alignment: Choleric
Orientation: Kinesthetic
Position: Chorus


(Coloured by the Delicious Manda!)

Quenda is kind hearted and sweet, and gives as much care to her students as to her plants. Aside from just growing beautiful flower gardens, Quenda also grows the medicinal and magical plants needed for spell work and potions.




The following is a list of the Flowers and plants useful to Empyreans:
1. Agrimony - Hiding torment/repressing mental anguish


2. Aspen - Fear


3. Beech - Intolerance


4. Centaury - Spinelessness/easily swayed or pressured


5. Cerato - lack of self esteem/indecision


6. Cherry Plum - feelings of weakness/stupidity


7. Chestnut Bud - failure to learn from mistakes


8. Chicory - selfishness/possessive love


9. Clematis - distant and dreaming/lack of current action


10. Crab Apple - cleansing remedy/self-hatred
- Fruit
- Blossom

11. Elm - overwhelmed/unable to take responsibility



12. Gentian - discouragement/unable to bounce back after disappointment


13. Gorse - hopelessness/despair


14. Heather - self-centeredness/self-concern to the exclusion of others


15. Holly - hatred/envy/jealousy


16. Honeysuckle - living in the past/preocupation with past decisions or mistakes


17. Hornbeam - procrastination/weariness


18. Impatiens - impatience


19. Larch - lack of confidence


20. Mimulus - phobias/fear of known things


21. Mustard - gloom/depression


22. Oak - unwillingness to give up past the point of use/overwork



23. Olive - physical and mental exhaustion


24. Pine - guilt


25. Red Chestnut - over-concern for loved ones/over-protectiveness


26. Rock Rose - terror/easily frightened/weak-hearted


27. Scleranthus - indesicive/inability to choose between choices


28. Star of Bethlehem - shock


29. Sweet Chestnut - extreme mental anguish/losing all hope/at the end of one's rope


30. Vervain - over-enthusiasm/excitability/hyperactiveness


31. Vine - dominance/inflexibility


32. Walnut - protection from change and unwanted influence



33. Water Violet - pride/aloofness


34. White Chestnut - unwanted thoughts/mental arguments


35. Wild Oat - lack of direction/second-guessing oneself


36. Wild Rose - drifting/resignation/apathy
- Blossom
- Rosehip

37. Willow - self-pity/resentment


38. Monks Hood - sedation/relieving inflammation of body or spirit

Also known as Aconitum or Wolf's Bane.

39. Onion - protection from infection of body/mind/spirit


40. Leopard's Bane - increase healing time/lessen pain

also known as Arnica.

41. Jack-in-the-pulpit - stops spasms/respitory illnesses/swelling


42. Deadly Nightshade - arousal/stimulant/induced hallucinations/unconsciousness

also known as belladonna.

43. White Bryony - purgative/expellent/repelling lightning


44. Blue Cohosh - increase bloodflow/ease cramping/bolsters the potency of other herbs
- Blossom
- Berry

45. German Chamomile - calming/soothing/relaxing


46. Greater Celandine - painkiller/mental calmant/repelse parasites

Also known as Tetterwort or Chelidorium.

47. Green Coffee - stimulate immune system/energy/strengthen blood vessels


48. Sundew - aphrodisiac/strengthens the heart and lungs

Also known as Drosera.

49. Bittersweet - healing for the skin and skin disorders/mild narcotic/increasing lymphatic flow

Also known as Woody Nightshade, Dulcamara, Scarlet Berry, Violet Bloom and Felonwood.

50. Boneset - strengthening bones/fighting infection/healing fever


51. Eyebright - eyesight/vision/sensitivity to light


52. Shower of Gold - allergies/hayfever/allergic reactions

Also known as Golden Thryallis.

53. Yellow Jasmine - Migraine/insomnia/inability to breathe


54. Witch Hazel - counteracts poisons/soothes itching reactions/insect bites


55. Goldenseal - boosts immune system/healing mucous membranes/digestion discomfort


56. St. John's Wort - depression/bad dreams/insomnia

Also known as Hypericum.

57. St. Ignatius Bean - emotional problems/grief/disappointment/incontinence

Also known as Ignatia Amara.

58. Wild Rosemary - astringent/diuretic/laxative and induces feelings of well-being. Can cause sweating.

Also known as Ledum Palastre or Labradore Tea.

59. Mezereon - burning/blistering/inflammation

Also known as Daphne.

60. Poison Nut - Paralysis/lethargy/trembling

Also known as Nux Vomica.

61. Poke - glands/lymphatics/swelling of membranes

Do not dry! Must be used fresh.

62. May-Apple - purgative/warts/intestinal discomfort


63. Windflower - clearing Breathing/ulcers/suppressing bleeding

Also known as Anenome.

64. Poison Ivy - blisters/irritation/non-contagious poison


65. Yellow Dock Root - blood/liver
- Root
- Plant

66. Rue - anti-spasmodic/seizures


67. Comfrey - bruising/healing/swelling


68. Dwarf Nettle - anemia/joint problems/pain/reddness/irritation


69. White Cedar - warts/fungal infection/expectorant

Also known as Thuja.

70. Mandrake - expelling demons/evil spirits/parasites







Splitting Seeds is a useful ability. Seeds need to be split to make Samples for Hybrids, and also to grow new fresh plants. A single Seed can only be split twice, but once the seedlings grow and bloom their first flower, their ripened seeds can also then be split. In order to split a seed, the Gardener must have completed their class with Quenda, who will teach the students how to properly split seeds. The entire process of splitting a Seed takes about 2 to 4 days, and the Seedlings take 1 school Period to become ripe enough to split again. Check the status of the classes to see how much time has passed since the seed was split. The best way to keep track is to split the seed you wish to split on the first day of a new class, and when the class is finished, you can then split the seedlings if you so wish.



Hybrids are personally designed pets. They are created by splicing Hybrid Samples to make a new creature or plant. Both animal and plant types are intelligent, and neither can speak.

There are basically three end products you can create through Hybrid grafting: Fauna Hybrids, Flora Hybrids, and Animus Hybrids.

Fauna Hybrids:
Fauna Hybrids can be created by mixing any of the currently existing mammals, birds, amphibeans, reptiles, marsupials, or crustaceans.

Flora Hybrids:
Flora Hybrids can be created by mixing any of the currently existing flowers, weeds, trees, shrubs, lichins, fungi or mosses.

Animus Hybrids:
Animus Hybrids can be created by mixing at least one Flora Sample and at least one Fauna Sample.

Once you've decided on the Samples you wish to Graft, you need to take your Hybrid Samples to one of the registered Hybrid Incubation Technician. The Incubation Technician will give you an Incubator. Generally the more Samples grafted, the longer your Hybrid will need to incubate. When your Hybrid is ready, the Incubator will open, and the Hybrid will emmerge.
Hybrids are made from the delicate art of Grafting. Hybrid Samples are taken from the different sources desired for the final product. A minimum of two and maximum of five Samples can be fused, and may be drawn from the existing animal and plant kingdom. Specific qualities of the Samples can be grafted to create an ideal pet. Hybrids are useful for domestic or career-oriented tasks, but cannot be used for fighting. They can be trained and charged with specific tasks, like an intelligent dog, such as "Water these flowers" or "watch over and maintain this alchemical potion" or "guard this doorway". While one specific Hybrid can learn up to a maximum of three tasks, they can only be taught one at a time. Hybrids cannot breed, but require to be fed and/or watered depending on if there are both plant and animal components. Hybrids cannot use English, but they can communicate with their own sounds and noises, and are among the most demanding of Familiars for attention and praise. They can become quite ill or spiteful if neglected, especially if they are left alone to do tasks for their masters and never thanked or rewarded.