Poisoned Pestle

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Welcome to Poisoned Pestle Apothecary, where we strive to meet all your potion and alchemical needs!

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Products

See here for a list of our stocked potions, bath products, teas, and candies.

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Experimental Potions

A potion experience left up to chance. Click to learn more.

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Clinic + Tattoos

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Doku

Brain Cell #1

Age: 26
Pronoun(s): She/Her/Hers
Race: Wildwood Elezen
Likes: tomes, potions, the Arts, spicy food, cooking and baking, Chimera Doll, personal space
Dislikes: love potions, spiders, empty promises, unsolicited touching (especially the horns)

Doku is the proprietor of Poisoned Pestle and The Poison Grotto. She studied in Ishgard for several years, culminating in apprenticeships specializing in lutherie, archeterie, and alchemy. Initially, her apprentice years were spent abroad for the former two. However, a developed interest in local flora led to self-taught alchemy, soon leading her to seek formal training from a Sharlayan master. On top of her luthier work, Doku now specializes in rare and experimental potions as well as runic inscriptions and enchantments, her expertise sought by many around the world. The quest for knowledge is never ending, so Doku spends a lot of time researching the world's newest alchemy discoveries. Things are certainly looking up these days...This elezen often forgoes sleeping and eating in favor of completing tasks, such as research or brewing. Doku strives to provide high quality potions and remedies to those unable to seek a healer for whatever reason, and will often go out on a limb for her clientele. However, thanks to her wife any bad habits aren't so terrible as of late. But why does Doku speak in plural...?

Luciel

Brain Cell #2

Age: 24
Pronoun(s): He/Him/His
Race: Sun Seeker Miqo'te
Likes: giving compliments, 'out of the ordinary’ food (i.e. Xaela tail), fighting, provoking certain people, sleeping on the floor
Dislikes: splashes of water, wearing too many clothes, nobles/upper class, close combat, math

Escort. Dancer. Bartender. Barista. Now he claims the title of Doku's Chihuahua 'Healer-in-Training' as he is now learning the wisdom of medicine. Due to his past, he struggles to talk with others as some would comment he can be very crass, shameless, and even cringe. After an intense spat with his Xaela husband, he is determined to change his ways from his usual playboy self to a more loyal sophisticated man. This opportunity presented itself when Doku requested her part-time bartender at The Poison Grotto, to assist with her apothecary, Poisoned Pestle.He is a cheerful, naive individual of which his smile melts people's worries away. Currently, he is struggling to lessen his aggressive, impulsive attitude for more of an acceptable personality to society.Note: He is a dancer and bartender at Doku’s other establishment, The Poison Grotto.

Naja

Best Tester

Age: ???
Pronoun(s): She/They/Her/Them/Hers/Theirs
Race: Sun Seeker Miqo'te
Likes: Doku, the color red, fire, apples, painting, helping others, carpentry, learning new things, bubble baths
Dislikes: isolation, being misunderstood, complicated problems, wasting time, gaelicatnip

Naja has no real business being behind the counter other than her insistence on helping her wife, Doku. The miqo’te has little to no knowledge of alchemy or medicine other than what she has picked up spending hours in the shop, absorbing information passively. She does have a keen sense for the bath products and candles sold in the shop though, having been a tester for many of the newer scents. Naja loves helping customers finding the right scent or assisting them in her own capacity, even if she has to ask Doku for help from time to time.Naja has no formal education, having awoken immediately after the Seventh Umbral Calamity with no memory of who she was or even how to speak Eorzean. The years after awakening weren’t exactly pleasant or easy but Naja survived. She survived long enough to wander into the Pestle one night and have an experience that she couldn’t forget. Didn’t hurt that Doku was charming and kind in ways Naja hadn’t really experienced. One visit turned into regular visits which ended with the strange, semi-literate miqo’te wed to Doku. After a while, Naja asked her wife if she could help around the shop and Doku said yes and here we are.

Mina

Cute Medic

Age: 23
Pronoun(s): They/Them/Theirs
Race: Raen Au Ra
Likes: tea, complex astrological theory, unsolvable problems, nightlife, Centurio hunts
Dislikes: ceruleum, pointless fights, inclement weather, large crowds

Mina is a battlefield medic working alongside the Tenebrus Mercenary Company, though a lack of things to fight has led to them seeking new employment. Having studied medicine and astrology dutifully since they were 18, they took to it with single-minded devotion, growing far past the expectations of their tutors. Presently, they're at the forefront of new techniques to mend, blending Hingashi techniques with proper Sharlayan forms. They also have training as a culinarian under a nameless chef at the Bokairo Inn, with specialization in teas and the proper ceremony thereof.They're well-travelled and seemingly stoic, but Mina has many soft sides and is easy to fluster if the right buttons are pushed. Mina is dutiful and driven when given tasks, and is fiercely devoted to those in their sphere.

Solana

The Apprentice

Status: Vacation
Age: 22
Pronoun(s): She/Her/Hers
Race: Sun Seeker Miqo'te
Likes: Doku, Mr. Bubbles, escaping, anything she wasn't allowed to have while growing up
Dislikes: her parents, betrothals

A happy-go-lucky miqo'te with a streak of vengeance. Solana comes from a long line of alchemists and her interest in the subject was sparked early on. Her family runs a chain of successful apothecaries, but her relationship with them is strained for several reasons. Solana is following in their footsteps, but on her own terms. When she learned Doku was looking for an apprentice, she jumped at the chance. Solana has spent the past year poring over tomes and cauldrons with Doku, as well as spending time out in the field learning botany. She helps out at the Pestle when needed, especially after last year's events...Due to a sheltered upbringing, Solana is oblivious to many things and does not understand how the world works. She does not have a filter and often delivers casual comments that quickly turns heads. Her biggest inspirations are Mr. Bubbles, Doku, and Luciel.