Lotus Islands

The Lotus Islands are home to a rare variety of black lotus flowers that excrete a powerfully intoxicating scent that induces an opium-like effect on anyone who smells it. When the flowers of the plant are eaten or drunk as a tea, the effect is even more powerful and can be compared to an ecstasy ten times the intensity of pure heroin. Due to the irresistible and highly addictive nature of these plants, very few of those who have set foot on the island have ever left. The inhabitants of the island are called the Lotus eaters, they do nothing else all day but get high on the flowers and lie around blissfully. Apart from the incredibly strong physical and mental dependence development, the consumption of these plants has no negative side effects.
== History ==
Most of this island's history is clouded in myth and mystery, due to the fact that very few who step on its shores ever leave. This island was first described by a Drunig historian, no less than 2000 years ago. 
Oral history from Anchovia states that the island was discovered by an Ellesian expedition sailing back home. The sailors stopped by this -uncharted then- island in order to rest and resupply, thinking they had landed on the shores of Drunigzar. Instead of villages, however, they were met by a strange looking tree whose flower seemed all too attractive for them, as was its smell. The sailors feasted on the flower of the Lotus, and succumbed into addiction. Their ships were abandoned, and the search party that went after them met the same fate.
Since then, there have been numerous attempts to colonize the island and take advantage of its hallucinogenic treasure, particularly by colonizers from Drunigzar as well as other opportunistic mercenary groups. It's fair to say that all these attempts have been met with failure, as the Lotus Eaters are still to this day idling and getting high of the flower's juices. It's still unknown how the island is able to maintain its population, given that in their state the Lotus Eaters would be unable to procreate. Most people theorize that the Lotus' fame has reached every corner of the world, and for that reason sailors from all over visit the island in order to indulge themselves in this idyllic bliss.
In Drunigzar, there have been talks of neutralizing the strong addictive effects of the flower in order to set foot on the island and profit from the Lotus, but previous failed attempts have stalled these efforts considerably.
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