Editing Icelus (section)

==Trench Feather==

While commonly referred to as a plant because of its deceptive appearance, the Trench Feather is actually a hardy form of tube worm that dwells in the deep trenches of Icelus's salt plains. It's body consists of a resilient, almost woody, tube that is anchored securely in the rock by burrowing root like structures. At the end of the tube is a large majestic plume that bears striking resemblance to a feather slicked in shimmering oil and is typically a vivid red in color but both purple and gold are not unheard of. This plume is used to catch the numerous varieties of tiny insects that swarm maddeningly along the chasms. The trench feather subsists not only on the swarms of insects but it also lives in symbiosis with a chemosyntheic bacteria that can consume the toxic fumes that are heavy in the air. Trench feather's reproduce asexually through their roots, once distant enough from the main body it will turn to the surface to sprout a new tube, forming vast colonies of the creatures along the walls.

The trench feather is extremely toxic for human consumption however it can be used to make vivid, iridescence dyes.