An explosion in demand for wyvern parts for fake cures in beyonder lands has created a wyvern parts black market in Auxientia. Parastin Order security on the Janeway’s Firefly airship recently uncovered crates destined for ports in Qadar, Riphagen Isle, and Coalbourne with hidden compartments revealing wyvern parts, presumably gathered illegally by poachers. Advertisements and testimonials for patent medicines made with wyvern ingredients can now be found in the windows of nearly every pharmacy in beyonder lands. These various powders, potions, elixirs, and cordials are primarily peddled by quacks, charlatans, and confidence tricksters; some of whom falsely purport to be doctors from respected universities. The claims they make on behalf of their products are extraordinary. According to these advertisements, a restorative cordial or tonic can do practically anything, from curing dropsy in children to curing impotence in men and hysteria in women. Some even proclaim that they can cure a fellow of the desire to engage in that “solitary, melancholy practice.”
So long as there are vile poachers in Auxientia willing to slaughter our unique and beloved wildlife, the demand for patent medicines targeting both the physical symptoms as well as the nervous or mental ones will thrive. Experts agree that stopping the supply of parts will not be enough so long as poachers hunt with no consequence in Auxientia’s Mutu Valley.
