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Hi, my story is set in an alternate Earth, where the geography is basically Earth years and years ago, when there were only two continents; Gondwana and Laurasia.
The genre is fantasy, so there is magic, but the Earth is still the Earth, and the flora and fauna found on the continents should be consistent with what we have here in the real world (discounting extinct species I'm researching at the moment). There aren't any fantasy sub-human species, or dragons of anything like that, just humans. The era I've set is medieval, and continental drift is so subtle, the continents have barely moved in over two thousand years.
Islands are scattered between and around the continents, and the ice caps are considered non-continents.
I've set it so Characters A and B are in Gondwana, and Character A needs a steady supply of herbs, which are either the drugs, or can be processed into drugs, that are farmed from Laurasia.
Character A needs to keep character B, who is his wife, in a drugged up state. He needs her blood specifically (for various reasons I will not mention), which was why he married her. He convinced her she was ill by slipping drug X in her food, making her nauseous, dizzy, dehydrated, and forced to bed rest. He then confines her and puts her on drug Y, which makes her hazy and weak.
She should still be able to function to the point of eating if being fed, being aware when she's bathed, needs to go to the restroom and when she's being changed. She's able to register character A's words when he tells her she is still ill and he needs her to keep drinking her "medicine".
She also should be able to form some sentences, like agreeing when character A says he needs to take her blood to test it, albeit with difficulty pushing out the words on her part. I need her in a sort of... Unfocused state where there's a haze or shroud over her mind that makes her unable to fight back or think for herself. It should also be non-lethal, and I'm aware of drug resistance, so I'm having him steadily up the dosage over time whenever he notices her becoming more alert.
If anyone could name some plants or fruits or anything of the kind that has the same effects as drug X and Y, with Y having more... Asian origins, I would be very grateful.
Please advise, any help is highly appreciated.
Thank you.
The genre is fantasy, so there is magic, but the Earth is still the Earth, and the flora and fauna found on the continents should be consistent with what we have here in the real world (discounting extinct species I'm researching at the moment). There aren't any fantasy sub-human species, or dragons of anything like that, just humans. The era I've set is medieval, and continental drift is so subtle, the continents have barely moved in over two thousand years.
Islands are scattered between and around the continents, and the ice caps are considered non-continents.
I've set it so Characters A and B are in Gondwana, and Character A needs a steady supply of herbs, which are either the drugs, or can be processed into drugs, that are farmed from Laurasia.
Character A needs to keep character B, who is his wife, in a drugged up state. He needs her blood specifically (for various reasons I will not mention), which was why he married her. He convinced her she was ill by slipping drug X in her food, making her nauseous, dizzy, dehydrated, and forced to bed rest. He then confines her and puts her on drug Y, which makes her hazy and weak.
She should still be able to function to the point of eating if being fed, being aware when she's bathed, needs to go to the restroom and when she's being changed. She's able to register character A's words when he tells her she is still ill and he needs her to keep drinking her "medicine".
She also should be able to form some sentences, like agreeing when character A says he needs to take her blood to test it, albeit with difficulty pushing out the words on her part. I need her in a sort of... Unfocused state where there's a haze or shroud over her mind that makes her unable to fight back or think for herself. It should also be non-lethal, and I'm aware of drug resistance, so I'm having him steadily up the dosage over time whenever he notices her becoming more alert.
If anyone could name some plants or fruits or anything of the kind that has the same effects as drug X and Y, with Y having more... Asian origins, I would be very grateful.
Please advise, any help is highly appreciated.
Thank you.