Engines & Demons - The Undestined

Appendix C - Food & Plants & Other things

Things that grow

Badliss root - Bright yellow plant, often found growing alongside whitestep. Its name is derived from its branches, which end in fine fronds and look very similar to the roots of other plants

Bloodgrass - Dark red grass that thrives in the blood soaked earth beneath cherossa trees

Brazen grass - Grass that grows in clumps on the plains. Stores water in its swollen roots, which can be dug up, and the water drunk

Cadir - Grains that are crushed and used for spices

Cherossa trees - Large low growing trees with wide trunks, thick twisted branches and small thick leaves

Ellesh - Hardwood used for making ale barrels

Eroni - Thick flowering hedge found in the private gardens of the fortress

Flower grass - Flowering grass, prevalent on the plains. It has a tremendously fast growing period and matures from a seedling to a full grown plant during the two weeks of the plain's annual rains. Once it has flowered, it is dormant for the remainder of the year, its pollinated seed pods waiting for the next rains

Frax - Flowers from Albain. Used to make material for clothing

Garrola - Thick skinned fruit that grows on low spreading bushes

Hova tree - Tree growing far to the south. Fruits are rich in oil used for preserving wood

Kernik tree - The seeds of the Kernik tree are dried and ground to make flour

Kolto Shells - Large seed pod shells from the eastern isles-ground up for spice

Krakla - Large sweet berries, commonly served at breakfast time

Krodillis - Scented flowers that grow on vines

Jepsil - Long tubular root vegetables

Larakkos - Sweet bulbous root vegetable. Favoured by Engineers who bake them in their cooling forges

Maylard shoots - Green leafy crop- often eaten with other vegetables with Olap oil

Narcali - Heavy scented climbing flowers

Olap vine - Plant on which Olap grow-Small bitter fruit often used to make cooking oil

Socro pods - Spice that grows in the fire deserts

Sweetgrass - Pretty much what the name suggests

Whitestep - Fungus. Grows in warm damp environments. Some rare varieties are farmed in tunnels in the northern hills

Things made from things that grow, and byproducts of critters

Sakk - Hot drink made from malted grains 

 Yhurt - Bitter tasting substance made from ghat milk

 

 

Things that don't grow

Barapane - Liquid gas used by the Engineers

Cickracol - Solid fuel used by Engineers

The combination of these two substances is required for the forges of the Engineers to reach the temperature necessary for the production of armour.

Cickracol, when in dust form and combined with barapane, is highly explosive. Their combination is utilised in the working of many war-engines. It is also the reason that cickracol, when in storage and in close proximity to barapane, must always be damped down to avoid the production of dust.

Ascerbium - Highly corrosive substance, used in the decoration of armour

Faller - Base metal used in tokens and coins

Salium - Precious metal used for coinage 

Jemaeld - gem stone

Firestones - gem stones

Theimast - gem stone

Palladium - precious metal

Beryllium - precious metal