Mara D'Lessio Merrill
The Lesser D'Lessio
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Intent: The second in a series of Sithspawn antivenins, following Mara's orbalisk antivenin.
Development Thread: None
Manufacturer: Mara Merrill, Stargo Forge Works
Model: Hssiss Antivenin
Affiliation: Select customers and associates
Modularity: No
Production: Limited
Material: Antivenin in glasteel-and-durasteel vial
Strengths:
- One dose can drastically slow the progress of Hssiss venom for days or weeks, so the victim can obtain advanced Force healing.
- Cannot completely cure Hssiss poisoning: that requires advanced Force healing. Until such healing is obtained, the victim may experience headaches, joint pain, and/or bursts of irritability.
- Not likely to be on hand, unless you know what you're getting into.
Description: While handling the disposition of her Aunt Rave's estate, Mara found extensive notes on projects that Rave never had time to complete. These projects involved making reparations for the noted alchemist's many crimes. One major project, which saw modest progress but never came to fruition -- largely because of Rave's focus on the Trees of Ankarres -- was a set of Sithspawn-venom cures. The first such project combined medical science and Light Side experimentation to produce orbalisk antivenin. Next, Mara turned her attention to the Force-imbued venom of a vastly more common Sithspawn: the so-called Dark Side Dragon, the Hssiss.
Mara tried several avenues to create the antivenin, including commercial antidote production machinery and certain Light Side Force influences. Ultimately, however, she got the most success from injecting herself with Hssiss venom and healing herself with the Ankarres Sapphire -- pound for pound, the most powerful healing artifact in the galaxy. The resulting compounds and Force effects provided the key to understanding the venom and producing the antivenin in some quantity. She had resorted to the same procedure to develop her orbalisk antivenin.
There is only one way to completely cure a serious dose of Hssiss venom: healing from a Force-sensitive specialist. Virtually any other treatment can only slow the venom or keep it in abeyance, leaving the victim with potential ongoing symptoms. Mara Merrill's Hssiss antivenin comes closer to a true cure than just about anything, requiring only a single dose. The antivenin's purpose is to stabilize the victim until Jedi healing can be brought to bear, even if that takes weeks. During the intervening time, the victim may experience headaches, joint pain, and/or bursts of irritability. It's better than being uncontrollably furious and dead.
The main disadvantage of Mara's Hssiss antivenin is that she and her Witch associates at Stargo Forge Works can only make so much of it. Hssiss are found on many worlds across the galaxy, including Ambria, Mimban, Korriban, Cularin, Tash-Taral, and Vjun. Antivenin quantities will never match demand.
Primary Source: Some elements adapted from the orbalisk antivenin.
