Crimson Shade is the name given by Old Worlders to an extract made from the leaves of the blood oak of Estalia. It is an extremely addictive drug, but grants its users inhuman quickness and strength for one hour.[1a][2a]
Crimson shade is extracted from leaves of the blood oak of Estalia, the foliage laboriously ground down to a paste by mortar and pestle, before being dried and desiccated. The results are sold as a fine powder that addicts rubbed into their gums, snorted through their nostrils or mixed with herbs and smoked in a pipe.