Package of Oban's star raisins
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On my latest expedition into The Deeplands I managed to gleam another insight from the swamp dwellers. When we walked through the wet marshlands I was continuously assaulted by all manner of bugs, leeches and other parasites that were after my blood. But when I turned around to my two Deepland companions I was baffled by how the bloodsucking critters completely avoided them like a someone from the Subo family avoids social interaction.
I asked them how they were so untouched and they gave me a few strands of some kind of zigzag grass. The grass tasted like bark but I managed to keep it down and as if The Winds themselves had blessed the air around me, the insects now retreated at my mere sight!
After further research I theorize that when the Hatma grass (which I named after one of my guides) gets into the consumers sweat glands, the bug repellant toxin in the grass starts being expelled along with the consumers sweat.
I must make a note to stock up on more of this herb before my next expedition.
Firo Leng, Professor of Herbalism and Natural Medicine at Rivenleaf University