Welustite

Following their fall to Slaanesh and their total descent into excess, debauchery and rampant hedonism, the Black Stars have pushed the boundaries of thrill and sensation, seeking ever more intense experiences to stimulate their twisted senses and sate their perverted appetites. This imperative of theirs has led many Stars to the creation and sampling of potent narcotics. One such attempt led to the creation of a drug named Welustite, which rose to great prominence within the Legion.

The creation of welustite is both chemical and psychic in nature, and involves a particularly grim procedure; for welustite is made of the condensed sensations and emotions of human slaves, collected through special rituals and materialised as a narcotic. The drug may be administered nasally, orally or intravenously, and its effects vary based on the emotions harvested and used in a particular batch. For example, there is welustite that is meant to give the user feelings of utmost euphoria, feeling his heart and soul with heavenly happiness. Such batches are created by filling the minds of slaves with illusions of a happy, free life, where their every wish is fulfilled and they are surrounded by their loved ones, living in a dreamlike utopia. Others use welustite created using feelings of intense hatred and inhuman rage, which renders it a very effective stimulant and combat drug, as it leads the users into a state of berserk rage. Others, more depraved still, prefer their poison to wrack them with the most terrible pain known to the soul of any being, harvested from slaves who have been tortured relentlessly for years and left to ferment in the howling vortices of souls being torn apart by the Dark Prince's warpspawn.

Welustite however does not only serve as a recreational drug for the Legion, but also as an invaluable export and tool. Due to its highly addictive nature and the dire withdrawal symptoms it causes, anyone who uses it can rarely resist its seduction and is obsessively driven to acquire more, with no heed for anything except the next high, the next burst of sensations; Many a mighty Chaos Lord has pledged servitude to the IIIrd after sampling even a miniscule amount of the substance, and the drug has even been used as a tool to corrupt planets or entire systems, as the Black Stars set up drug trafficking cults that acquire wealth, power and a clientele including many powerful members of the nobility and political elite. Millions rise up in a frenzy fuelled by hedonism and addiction, serving every whim of their cruel providers so they maintain a steady supply of the substance they love more than even themselves. The success of welustite has caused the envy of many rival warbands and even some of the Chaos Legion, and there are hundreds who have tried to replicate its effects with grim and often deadly results.

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