Ogrebait

Ogrebait
Flora
Official Name	Ogrebait
Common Name	Sleepy plant, Erai's Kiss
Classification	Shrub
Common Use	Relaxant, sleeping aid, hallucinogen
Origins	Tribelands of High Trollar
Habitat	Cold and damp environments

Ogrebait is a large, leafy shrub native to the lowlands of High Trollar and its surrounding territories. While originally heralded by Ogre hunters for its ability to attract and tranquilize the beasts through consumption, today it finds its common use upon the shelves of healers and in potions. When steeped to allow the plant’s oils to seep out, the resulting liquid produces a relaxing, sleepy effect in patients, and is used commonly as a stress-reliever or sleeping aid.

History

Ogrebait is an ancient plant thought to have existed many years prior to its initial discovery. Its first sighting is recorded within the logbooks of Ailor explorers dating 82 AC, where it was noted that a group of Ogres could be seen gathered around a large leafed bush, plucking and consuming its leaves until they fell on to their backs in a daze. Finding this behavior odd, the pioneers poached the creatures and quickly discovered that the plant had a tranquilizing effect. Any ogre having eaten the plant recently would hold very little resistance to trapping, and they seemed to enjoy the process of consuming it. Word was quickly spread to Northerne hunters, who dubbed the plant “Ogrebait” and began using it to attract and disable ogres and large game.

It wasn’t until 109 AC that an Elladorian pioneer named Nikolai Konstantin came up with the process of converting Ogrebait for medical use. When consumed whole, the plant was found to induce frightening hallucinations in human and non-orc patients. However, by steeping the leaves in boiling water and extracting the oils, the resulting tincture was weak enough to cause a similar relaxant effect to those produced in ogres. Its properties were found to make a fantastic sleeping aid, and the recipe was passed on to local healing houses and apothecaries who refined its process. Today the recipe continues to spread throughout Aloria as an ingredient and medicine all of its own.

Appearance

Ogrebait is a relatively large shrub, reaching around 3 meters in height and 1 meter in length at full maturity. It boasts pale green, club-shaped leaves and sports palm-sized bell flowers of purple to orange hues in the spring. It is one of the few flowering bushes to survive in the north.

Uses and Abilities

The plant's primary use is as a relaxant and sleeping aid in clinics and the homes of wealthier families. When the plant’s leaves are steeped in boiling water and the resulting oils extracted, it can be bottled and ingested to produce a calming, soothing effect on the mind. Individuals report the dulling of sounds and relaxing of muscles, before the mind clouds and a general sleepy state befalls the patient at around ten minutes. This effect can last up to four hours depending on how much was ingested.

When Ogrebait leaves are consumed raw however - or excess amounts of the extract is administered - humanoid individuals experience vivid hallucinations and vastly slowed reaction times comparable to those of sleep paralysis. People often report seeing dark, looming shapes around corners or hearing disembodied voices, yet struggling to react to what they see. The experience never lasts longer than thirty minutes, regardless of how much was ingested, but sleepiness and headaches usually follow for the remaining hours afterwards.

Trivia

• It should be noted that Ogrebait, while relaxing, has no effect on the body’s ability to experience pain. It is not recommended for use alone during surgery, as the patient’s pain response will often well override its soothing effects.
• One of the most curious aspects of the plant is that when its leaves are disturbed - either through breakage or heavy rustling - it emits a sickly sweet scent that can be detected for up to a mile away by ogres.
• Orcs report the highest tolerance to Ogrebait, likely due to their physical similarities to Ogres. Second most tolerant are the Naylar and Dargon races, followed by everything else. Kleinfolk are extremely susceptible.

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Writers Eccetra Artists Lithiel_Everlast Processors Enkiduu, 0romir, Shayin, TyrolleanEagle	Last Editor Shayin on 08/10/2016.

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