Nidaros Special

Nidaros Special is a psychedelic drug made from certain fish catched in the Segrespent River at Nidaros.

Production
The Nidaros Special comes from the flesh of a special non-lethal subspecies of pufferfish found only in the river that flows through Nidaros, the Segrespent. Similar drugs can be obtained with other pufferfish, but they are never exactly the same. Beware of countrefeits.

Such drugs usually can cause the death of the consumer, though, the pufferfish from Nidaros is less toxic than other species and clearly non-lethal.

Nidaros Special used to be produced in rather big quantities in the Kingdom of Valreach, in the town of Nidaros, from all the pufferfish taken in the Segrespent willingly or by accident. Though, after the Nidaros rebellion and the defeat of the rebel Kingdom of Nidaros, when most Nidaroseans, including those who knew how to produce the drug, left the Kingdom of Valreach, the production of true Nidaros Special ceased completely. Since then, the very few people that had the chance to consume Nidaros special had to rely on reserves, usually very small and always inevitably depleting. For example, there were records of Nidaros special being consumed in Porphyropolis several months after the end of the production (november 2022), and even later in Smegsville (July 2023).

According to some rumours, a Nidaros special trade centered around Porphyropolis would have restarted in summer 2023. However, the truthfulness of those rumours isn't guaranteed, and the identity of the producers and the scale of the potential production are both unknown.

Popularity
That drug, which seems to have no addictive or dangerous effect, is really popular among Nidaroseans. As they gave it to their foreigner friends, it became more and more popular, and it is today an important part of the culture of the Drakesland.

Effects
The effects tend to vary a lot. They are never exactly the same. Here are some effects commonly attributed to Nidaros Special :


 * Excitation
 * Hallucination
 * Weird dreams, potentially prophetic, like the one that inspired Soronaca to write Roberto's Tale
 * Changing who the consumer is in love with, and even their sexual orientation, while the drug takes effect. Only observed once, at least yet.
 * Dizziness

New effects can potentially be found with time. For now, no consequence that Nidaros Special could have when the drug doesn't take effect is known.

Some recent Soleviel studies showed a correlation between the effects of the Nidaros Special and the place of the use. That theory stands that the effects are more safe, controlled and less brain damaging when the drug is consumed in Nidaros or near it. the Prophetic dreams are more intense when consumed in Nidaros. As you go far from the region, the effects of dizziness and excitation are more strong even leading to complete lose of will of the consumer.