Seraphim

Seraphim is a drug that has been known in Imbryck and other coastal cities of the north Adelantean for some time, but which has become more widespread in the last several years. It comes in the form of a light sandy powder, greyish like ash but with the faintest hint of iridescence. Nobody in Ruvera is certain of its origins, though it is generally said to come from "the East".

Seraphim can be inhaled straight, for the most potent effect, or burned to release an astringent smoke that is then inhaled. Direct inhalation produces an extremely painful burning in the nostrils and throat, but this sensation is shortly followed and replaced by a growing feeling of ecstatic transcendance. Breathing in the smoke produces lesser pain and a more muted pleasurable effect, as well as a reduced awareness of pain. Burning seraphim power also creates an aura of low multicolored flame that, particularly under the effects of the drug, is considered by some to be quite mesmerizing.

Regardless of the manner in which it is consumed, use of seraphim is notably addictive.