Crimson

Crimson is a powerful stimulant drug that directly affects the brain, changing how the person thinks, acts, and feels. This creates a very addictive high almost immediately after use. Its popularity has made it a standard drug that is easily found on the streets and black markets of nearly all cities and large towns. This drug is made from the “blood spots” in the dried leaves of the Blood Trillium plant and is sold in small vials of fine, red, crystalline powder that is snorted into the nose and from which it gets its name. Other names for it include “Red Dust”, “Blood Line”, or “Red Line”. One vial is equivalent to three servings which usually starts to take affect after about 10 minutes and may last between 20 and 30 minutes.
Aside from the addiction and mental and physical effects of the drug, new dangers have arrived as many dealers have begun to mix other chemicals into the drug in order to amplify its effects and stretch the amounts of the drug that they have in order to increase profits. There is no safe way to use this drug in any form and many users will eventually overdose at some point.

Mind Altering Effects:

Many often turn to this drug in order to help them stay awake, have more energy, have more confidence, and be more social. Users often feel very happy, excited, and report being mentally alert and talkative. There is also a momentary decrease in the need for food and sleep.
Users often forget about the negative effects that occur. Some negative mental side effects are that it may cause risky, bizarre, erratic, or violent behavior as well as overconfidence, agitation, sickness, and may cause psychosis and even hallucinations. Additional negative effects may be sadness, depression, paranoia, or anxiety and may last well beyond the day of usage.

Physical Effects:

Along with the mental effects come several short term physical effects as well. Users will often have increased heart rates and blood pressure, narrowed or constricted blood vessels, increased temperature, and dilated pupils. These effects may last into the days after usage.

Heavy And Long Term Users:

Heavy usage will eventually result in heart beat irregularities, heart attacks, breathing issues, strokes, seizures, convulsions, and even comas and death.

Mechanics & Inner Workings

Crimson works by directly affecting the brain of the user. It changes how the person thinks, acts, feels, and their perception of the world around them. This gives the person increased energy, confidence and an elated high as well as other feelings. Some of these feelings are seen as positive, which keeps the user coming back for more, and some of them are very negative, which leads to further issues and problems for the user.

Manufacturing process

This drug can only be made from a complex process that separates the euphoric compounds from the leaf tissues of the Blood Trillium plant. This process involves multiple steps where the red “blood spots" can be cut out of the leaves, dried, ground, hydrated, evaporated, and refined into the potent drug known as Crimson.

History

Crimson processing and usage has historically been very small scale and infrequent within the populations of even the largest cities up until recently. Today Crimsons refinement and dissemination occurs on a large scale and the potent drug can be found in nearly every big city. It’s wide range and popularity is mainly due to the Triumvirates mass farming of the Blood Trillium plant and its active distribution of the resultant illegal drug forms.

Significance

Unfortunately the widespread availability, cheap cost, and ease of acquiring this drug has led it to become one of the most prolific and abused drugs on the street. Crimson often serves as a foolish coping mechanism for the tough times and hard realities of a certain portion of the populace.
Many of the destitute, the overlooked, the maltreated, the desperate, the mentally disturbed, and the addicts turn to this and other drugs to temporarily escape from their harsh lives or to just find a piece of happiness in their day to day struggles.

Item type

Drug / Narcotic / Medicine

Related Condition

Rubicund

Rarity

This drug has become quite common and wide spread and can be found in most cities and large towns, if one is willing to look for it.

Base Price

9 copper pieces for a 3 hit vial.

Raw materials & Components

Crimson is made from the processing, filtering, refining, and perfecting of the chemical pocket, “blood spots” in the leaves of the Blood Trilliumplant.

Alternate Form:

"Red Rock" or “Ruby” is the street name for Crimsons alternate crystal form. This drug is processed to form a larger, red, rock crystal that is heated in a pipe. The vapors are then smoked and the user gets a short but immediately high that lasts for about 10 minutes. The rapid effects and low cost have made it quite popular as of late.