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Gwanghae

Gwanghae is a medicine common among people. For the most part, it enhances the user’s physical strength and stamina. This, in turn, allows for heavier labor to be done with not nearly as many side effects as it would be without the medicine. It takes the shape of black, jellybean looking pills, and are often stored in hang-ali (jars). However, it can be exploited, and the side effects are not……as desirable as they first appear. This is due that excess usage of the pill can turn one’s brain to mush and their heart’s towards aggression. In simpler terms, excess usage will result in a less intelligent being with more aggression in their heart.

Transmission & Vectors

Through the use of black, jellybean-like pills.

Causes

The pill contains the medicine, which, after it's ingested by the user, makes its way into the user to be used.

Symptoms

Excess usage of the medicine can cause a sudden loss of intelligence and increased aggression.

Treatment

Unfortunately, a treatment has yet to be found.

Prognosis

Everything depends on how much the user intakes at a specific time.

Affected Groups

Slaves, farmers, the majority of the world.

Prevention

The only way someone could prevent the effects is if they simply did not take it in the first place. However, if you are a slave, it is strictly enforced.

Epidemiology

As it's a pill, it's taken by an individual. It can not spread through human means unless another was to take it as well.

History

The exact origins of the medicine are unknown, however the common whisper is that it was originally developed in a……certain type of establishment for the purposes of increasing stamina, with the additional strength thought of as an added bonus. Another whisper about it is that was made by the wealthy for the purposes of keeping ‘pets’ to protect them.

Cultural Reception

As a whole, the medicine is used as nothing more than a vitamin. It’s for work and easing the pressure of back-breaking labor off of the user.
Type
Mental
Cycle
Short-term
Rarity
Common
Affected Species

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