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Lore 224: Seriously Ill

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The Legend of the Terra Hope Mad Stone

Mad stones were incredibly rare, and most of the time they were kept within a family. The Terra Hope mad stone was rumored that it had been used to cure over 1,300 people - with a reported success rate of 100%. Every single time someone came looking for help with a bite from a rabid dog, those patients walked away, healed. Some historians think its roots are found in the Roman belief that rabies infections were more likely to occur when the star called Sirius was high in the sky.

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