Black wall vine
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The Black Wall Vine is a traditional hallucinogen smoked by the Tagatu people in their worship of Kong that first appeared in the 2017 King Kong comic, Kong: Gods of Skull Island.
Origins
The Black Wall Vine grew on the Skull Island Wall, and was smoked by Bar-Atu and his followers as they told stories of Kong.
Design
The Black Wall Vine is, as the name implies, a vine that is black.
History
Kong: Gods of Skull Island
The Wall Vine was smoked religiously by Bar-Atu's followers, and was an integral part of Kong worship. They would gather at the foot of the wall and smoke as Bar-Atu spoke of Kong's various adventures. When the dying missionary James Copland found Skull Island in 1912, he quickly became hooked on the Wall Vine, and experienced visions alongside the rest of the Kong worshippers. However, the wall vine visions, his impending death, and alcohol abuse lead to Copland deterioration and forced him and his party to be banished from the village. Despite the hallucinogenic warping of Kong's tales, some of them appeared to be based in fact, on account of many of the aspects of the stories being observable in the jungle.
Mechanisms
The Black Wall Vine is a hallucinogenic herb that must be dried, burned, and inhaled to alter the mind.
Trivia
- A similar substance, Monkey Juice, appeared the same year as the Black Wall Vine in Skull Island: The Birth of Kong.
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