Sanguine

The Sanguine is a drink that can only be made in the small town of Crystall on the Causaburn Island south of the Dercian mainland, Its origin story has been lost to the mists of antiquity but its believed to be at least 1500 years old. The records of the Sanguine drink date back at least 1500 years yet no one is sure if the skills needed to create the drink were brought with merchants from the mainland or it was discovered by the inhabitants themself at some point. The earliest reference there is to Sanguine outside of the Caysaburn Island is from a merchant named Matilda Caskbow who was presenting her local lord with a barrel of Sanguine where she describes the feeling after having tasted the drink as having been blessed by the goddess Lliira herself.
The feeling of being blessed by the goddess Aleida does actually have some truth to it, being that unknown to anyone she one day arrived in Crystall disguised as a normal human being to take part in a local festival, during the festival she would try this drink and be so impressed by the taste that she would bless the drink, giving anyone who drank it a sudden rush of inspiration and joy.
Since around the 10th century, the drink has been the royal drink of choice for the Dercian royal family.

Manufacturing process

First, the Paragrim fruit is collected from the jungle, it is then left in a dark room to ferment where after the fruit is placed into a fruit presser and after the fruit have been pressed the juice is then being slowly filtered through some fine Pulver made out of a crushed red crystal, that process needs to be repeated 3 times where after the juice is ready t be put into barrels made out of palm wood where the drink will have to mature for up to a year.
(It can be taken out of the barrels after only 8 months and still be a "Sanguine" but it´s tradition to let it wait a year or even more)

Significance

Since around the 10th century, the drink has been imported by the Dercian royal family as their drink of choice and as a result, it has been the pride and joy for the inhabitants of the island.

Item type

Consumable, Food / Drink

Current Location

Crystall

Rarity

Only available in the town of Crystall on the Causaburn Island in The Emerald archipelago south of the Dercian mainland.

Base Price

50 gold Bizant

Raw materials & Components

• Water is taken from a special spring near the town.
• A Red crystal from a secret crystal cave near the town.
• Paragrim fruit from the surrounding jungle.

Tools

• 75-litre iron container
• Heat source
• fruit presser
• Palmwood barrel for storage
• Long paddle (for stirring)