Bloodmoon fruit

the cult of Bloodmoon and clarification.

The island of Raviel and the city of Port Raviel have been populated for ages. The original primitive inhabitants of the island who lived on the beaches and fringes around the abandoned city were known to eat an indigenous fruit that came from a certain palm, wrapped in a leaf and combined with a lime paste when eaten the fruit or nut of the tree would create either a mild hallucinogenic state or complete temporary madness. When eaten in large amounts the future and past could both be seen but as if through a distorted mirror. The fruit was known as the Bloodmoon fruit as when ripe upon the palm it was red in color and the size of a plum. When chewed it would stain the lips. It was usually eaten on a full moon before an important event or festival. King Glaumring Apasurian was the first to introduce the Bloodmoon to the eastern continent when he formed the kingdom of Thulsoma. His people still use it on occasion to learn new art or musical skills. And in rare times it will open the gateways of the mind and prophecy will spill forth from the mouth. Sometimes as gibberish and other times as visions.

To this day there only a handful of people in the Dwilight world nobility to have professed to have used or experimented with Bloodmoon. There are even fewer who use it for religious ceremony. It remains in use for a fringe of Bloodmoon spirit world travellers and the lesser peasant groups of Dwilight. It still remains a mystery to many outside of Ravielian aboriginal groups. And is only very loosely connected to the church of Sanguis Astroism.