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FOURTH
RUIN AND A SHES

Farallon Jeweled Bloom

Alchemical Preparation of Dreamsmoke ::: The petal of the water lotus must be soaked in brine for three days under the full heat of the sun. Once bathed, each petal must be dried to a crisp between baked bricks of yellow sandstone and then ground under a granite pestle. Powder is dissolv’d in yellow bile bearing the Aspect of Water, then said waters are boiled off. The caked ash should be aged a full year under opaque glass. Only then will it prove potent when smoked.

- Basick Alkemie, ann. 1290