Saemankelyk

Saemankelyk [sam-en-KELL-ick] was an inky-black, thick liquid that was subtly very toxic and extremely addictive when drunk. 
==In Toll the Hounds==
Saemankelyk was eventually discovered to be the 'blood' of the Dying God. A diluted form, known as KelykToll the Hounds, Chapter 6, US TPB p.185 - as well as the most concentrated forms of Saemankelyk - were used by the Dying God's adherents to bring new people into their cult.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 12, US TPB p.387 They would trade it to taverns where it was in demand for its initially ecstatic but ultimately numbingly deadly effect.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 12, US TPB p.393
The word literally meant "blood of the Dying God" coming "from a dialect common south of God's Walk Mountains" where "saeman" meant "Dying God" and "kelyk" meant "blood".Toll the Hounds, Chapter 16, US TPB p.531
Gradithan forced an entire bottle of saemankelyk down High Priestess Salind's throat to corrupt her into the service of the Dying God and forsake the Redeemer.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 12, US SFBC p.471-472
==Trivia==
*Author Steven Erikson says the saemankelyk storyline in Toll the Hounds is "about the West's--or the World's--addiction to oil."Not a TSACast podcast #5 - As pronounced by Steven Erikson at 11:50 Erikson says, "The black goo dripping from anonymous victims, so viciously addictive that an entire civilization can end up serving it, and indeed, kneeling before it, in the belief that without it, everything would fall apart. I was writing about our addiction to oil."Ask Steven Erikson Your Toll the Hounds Questions! - See answer to question #18
*The word appears once in Toll the Hounds spelled as "Saemenkelyk". This appears to be an error.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 6, US SFBC p.228
==Notes and references==
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