Musgoardiente
| Musgoardiente | |
|---|---|
| Tipo | Moss |
| Se usa para | Anti-inflammatory and Recreational |
| Mundo de origen | Roshar |
| Universo | Cosmere |
“Rubbing firemoss was said to make a man’s mind more receptive to thoughts and ideas. The one time Szeth had tried it, it had given him a headache and two blistered fingers.”
Firemoss is a plant native to Roshar. It is an addictive drug used by rubbing the red-brown moss between the thumb and forefinger. When rubbed, it gives off wisps of smoke and a crackling sound similar to a knife scratching bone. It can blister the fingers until calluses are built up. Inhaling the smoke makes the experienced user feel euphoric.[1][2]
Firemoss can also be used to reduce cranial swelling in extreme cases, although there is a high risk of the patient developing an addiction.[3] While Kaladin is recovering from the fight with the chasmfiend and wandering in the chasms, he is offered firemoss as a pain reliever. He refuses it because he knows firemoss is addictive and remembers that his father hated using it.[4]
Teft had developed an addiction to firemoss when he was a soldier, which was the reason why he was sent to the Bridges in the first place. Shortly after Shallan's encounter with Re-Shephir in Urithiru, it became obvious he had relapsed. He used the firemoss to function, and did not even experience the euphoria anymore. His powerlessness to resist the drug made him feel ashamed, and he rejected the highspren trying to bond him because of it.[5] Eventually Teft got arrested because public intoxication of firemoss was forbidden.[6] When he became a Knight Radiant, bonding his spren at the end of Oathbringer, he was not freed of his addiction.