Taming Syrup

Taming Syrup A.K.A. Sleeping Syrup is a syrup made from the berries of the Sleep Berry Plant. It is made by crushing the berries, adding water, filtering out the pulp and evaporating most of the water out of it. It is a medium to darkish blue in color and usually is as thick as liquid hand soap. It is used as both a tranquilizer and one of its name sake, a taming agent. It is usually administered through more physical means like arrows and blow darts, but is sometimes given through less physical means like drugging food.

It works by affecting the chemicals in the brain of the creatures and effectively chemically 'taming' them. This 'taming' will not work if the creature gets too stressed out by the taming process. Although it can knock out Smegolians and closely related races, it will not tame them like it would an animal. It is a preferred method of tranquilizing, as it takes very high doses to kill a target, although the dose to knock out a target is rather low. It is mostly made and used in Homeland, but it is also used in Jungle Island and few other places also. It was first made somewhere in the early to mid Second Age by the Jung Tribe.