Adarnian
The Adarnian were a Xenos species that were discovered by the Imperium, during the Great Crusade.[1]
However they were decreed to be harmless and were allowed to live under an Imperial protectorate. Unfortunately for the Adarnian, though, their genetic makeup was soon discovered to have miraculous restorative effects on Humans, when their bodies were rendered down to a fluid. This elixir, which was injected into the bloodstream, became the last resort for Humans, when all other Rejuvenats had failed and the Adarnian were soon harvested to extinction. There were three draw backs from using the Adarnian's genetic material, though. The first was the intense pain the elixir caused its users, while it restored their bodies. The second and third were more detrimental, however, as the youth brought about by the elixir was only temporary and afterwards left the user's body in an even more decrepit state. Currently, the elixir has not been available for ten millennia, since the Adarnian are extinct and no one was able to synthesise the species' genetic material.[1]
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- 1: Belisarius Cawl: The Great Work (Novel), Chapter 1
