Zyra's body
Is Zyra's body based on the female mage she consumed, or is the form uniquely Zyra's?
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... Potent magic surged through her vines, and she devised an elegant but risky plan to survive. Using the woman’s memories, Zyra poured her newfound magic into the creation of a human-shaped vessel. ...
The form is based on the memories of the mage she consumed, but wholly created by Zyra herself. In other words, she had no idea how to make an animal body, but the woman supplied the template for how it could be done. Zyra then made a vessel for herself, rather than overtake a prior one (ala parasitism).