Editing Datura

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{{Quote|A pretty little flower with a deadly secret. This one kills... slowly but surely.|Piri Reis to Ezio Auditore, 1511.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations|Piri Reis: Datura}}
'''Datura''' is a genus of nine species of highly poisonous, flowering plants belonging to the [[nightshade]] family that were historically used as poisons and hallucinogens.<ref>{{WP|Datura}}</ref> One species, Datura stramonium, is known to cause hallucinations, increased heart rate, as well as an aversion to sunlight and was believed to be capable of turning people into "mindless and utterly compliant zombies".<ref name="ACS DB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: Starrick's Soothing Syrup]]</ref>

==History==
In the early 16th century, the [[Ottoman Brotherhood of Assassins]] distilled their poison from the datura plant into a powder which they used in bomb-making.<ref name="ACR Bomb">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Database: Datura Bomb]]</ref> [[Master Assassin]] [[Piri Reis]] taught the [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins|Italian Assassins]]' [[Mentor]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] how to [[Bomb-crafting station|craft]] and use the datura powder bombs.<ref name="ACR Reis">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Piri Reis: Datura]]</ref> Around the same time, [[Mirela Djuric]] also made ample use of the poison, being spotted purchasing some by an [[Assassin apprentice]] moments before her final clash with the Brotherhood.<ref name="ACR Mirela">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[The Trickster, Part 2]]</ref>

In 1868, datura stramonium was used as one of the main ingredients in [[Starrick's Soothing Syrup]], a concoction made by the [[Starrick Brewing Company]] as a means to control [[London]]'s population through its addiction.<ref name="ACS DB"/>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''

==References==
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[[Category:Poisons]]
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