Alcohol and Narcotics

During the Great War, Western troops were sometimes given ferta drugs to quell dissent and make life less unbearable. These were strictly rationed and viewed as common so the higher classes abstained from it. When the war ended, diplomats never officially received the drug as a gift, but its existence slipped through the cracks when opposing soldiers met. Still, it was very little known and most Westerners relied on alcohol and laudanum to lessen their woes. Francesca jumped on this and began a monopoly on them since they had profoundly different effects and tastes to common opium.

Diour is a more modern drug distilled and manufactured artificially using modern alchemical processes. It has a cream-like consistency when liquid but looks like a silky white Wether's Original in its final form. Since Cesca is a strategist ahead of an actor, diour was developed to improve social skills. It is quite a strange drug since it leads to increased clarity of thought and a sort of calm euphoria which turns the user into an urbane, sophisticated and laid-back socialite. It can be dangerous in impure forms and besides, the pure form has very strong comedown and withdrawal effects with feelings of heightened loneliness, isolation and depression combined with nausea and trembling. Its manufacture is kept a guarded secret and used exclusively amongst a small group of 'worthy' clients.

Dogilh is a type of mushroom found in Ras Ghenupp, prized for its hallucinogenic effects and tendency to make its users go bezerk at the sight/smell of blood. It has effects of disinhibitation, blackouts, pain suppression and extreme adrenaline secretion. As such, it is not particularly popular amongst recreational users but it has superb military applications such as in Bolscemena's Terror Corps and just the general Ras Ghenupp population. Other users include Nopepok member Jack Churnle and Francesca Maycoombe.