Ink can be made from the following: (Use Gum Arabic to thicken inks as necessary) Angelica, Beet Juice, Blackberry, Boysenberry, Dragon's Blood, Grape Juice, Lampblack, Pokeberries (POISON!), Pomegranate Juice, Saffron, Coffee Beans
Black Ink
Cinnabar
Mulberry Tree Sap
Rainwater
Wormwood
Vetch
Hermaic Ink
(Burn ingredients first, then mix with a bit of spring water and use to write.)
4 drams of Myrrh
3 Figs
7 Date Pits
7 Small Dried Pinecones
7 Piths of Wormwood
7 Wings of the Hermaic Ibis
Spring Water
Typhonian Ink
Red Poppy
Artichoke Juice
Acacia Seed
Red Typhonian Ochre
Asbestos
Quicklime
Wormwood
Gum Arabic
Rain Water
"Bat’s Blood" Ink
2 parts Dragon's Blood Resin
1/2 part Myrrh Resin
2 drops Cinnamon Oil
2 drops Indigo Color
12 parts Alcohol
1/2 part Gum Arabic
"Dove’s Blood" Ink
1 part Dragon's Blood Resin
2 drops Cinnamon Oil
2 drops Bay Leaf Oil
10 parts Alcohol
1 part Gum Arabic
2 drops Rose Oil
Dragon’s Blood Ink
1 part Dragon's Blood Resin
15 parts Alcohol
1 part Gum Arabic
Scented Dragon’s Blood Ink
Dragon's Blood Resin (powdered)
1 Cinnamon Stick (crushed)
13 cloves
clear alcohol
a jar with a tight seal
Pour the resin and spices into the jar. Pour in enough alcohol to cover the mixture plus 10% more. Seal the jar tightly. When the mixture has reached your desired darkness, dip a sterile toothpick into the liquid, and test it on the type paper you intend to use it with. Let dry, if it is not dark, leave to steep again, repeat until you have the desired result.
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