Editing Trasidy (section)

==[[File:TrasidySymbol.jpg]]'''Plant Life'''[[File:TrasidySymbol.jpg]]==

*Despite the generally dry and hot environment plants grow well in Trasidy. Everything from box gardens, courtyard and sports fields, to fruit trees, wrinkled pines, fir, cedars,  flowering vines, ivy, and  shade trees crammed in the center courtyards of buildings. 
*Beyond the previously listed foods, nearly anything can grow here.  Trees grow to maturity in months rather then years.  Fruit trees are everywhere and grow like weeds.  Fields are cleared to grow grains and other crops. 
*Roof Gardens provide vast and plentiful supplies of a wide variety of vegetables from all over shadow.
*There are many trees across the realm, many imported by immigrants.  

==='''Trasidy Lichen'''===
Trasidy Lichen grows plentifully and glows at night, is edible, makes a fine tea, works as a great thickener for stews and medicinal preparations. It is easy to domesticate and compact sculptures coated with the lichen provide plentiful dim ambient light.     
*There are hundreds of types of '''mushrooms''' that seem ubiquitous. They clog niches, grow like rings on grassy areas, under ruins, nearly everywhere.  They are edible, taste varies, are usable for all types of food preparations. 

==='''Rock ivy'''===
An Ivy that grows wildly over ruins, as if its part of the process of breaking them down. A common activity is the removal of rock Ivy or the training of rock ivy to keep its roots from tearing apart masonry.
*They are a common ingredient in the diets of inhabitants. It grows fast. They are a wide leaf, that can be prepared for consumption in several ways. Boiled, they can be eaten as spinach. Most recipes that use spinach can use Rock Ivy.
*Used fresh they an be treated as grape leaves.  They make a sturdy wrap for nearly any food.
*dried they can be smoked like pipe tobacco, rolled as cigars, cut like tobacco.  The taste is hearty and sweet.
*Pickled, they make a ready vessel for how ever they are pickled.
*The vine, cleared of leaves, can be twined to make twine and rope.  There is a local method for treating partly dried Rock Ivy vine that causes it to break down into fine thread that is easy to spin, weave, and create cloth. The cloth is easy to cut & sew, making a rugged, and easy to clean fabric.  The thread may be dyed until it is washed in a broth of local lichens that sets the color permanently.
*Rock Ivy flowers are a common ingredient in teas and medicines.  It acts as a painkiller. 
*Rock Ivy is easy to domesticate.

==='''Avocado'''===
Avocado trees are plentiful and common, growing fast compared to similar plants elsewhere.  They are extremely plentiful and play a big part in the diets of the residents.
*Trasidy Avocado leaves, bark, skin, or pit are not harmful when consumed as avocados frequently are in other shadows. This lends them for other uses. Pits are dried and ground to make a common flour. 
*The wood is used normally but even with the speed of its growth it is still a slow growing and maturing tree and is usually only harvested for its  wood if the tree is damaged or dies. 
*Growing Avocados indoors is a common activity and many children have them and eventually plant them and treat them almost like pets. 
*The leaves are broad and provide plentiful shade.  They can be eaten but are rarely consumed except by wild animals. 
*Avocados are a water intensive and in a fairly dry world they tend to grow well near water sources or near places where the underground water runs close to the surface.

===The '''Brutus Tree'''===
The Brutus Tree is a common wood plant.  It is a native plant.  It grows from seed to full grow in two years, but small branches and leaves can be harvested as early as 6 months without damaging the main trunk's growth. 
*It grows bush like to 30' tall and 30'in diameter.  The interior trunk grows to 8' in diameter with numerous straight branches growing to 2' in diameter.  Thin, long branches grow from the branches that are easy to strip of the Brutus Leaves. The thin branches are pulled to make rope. 
*Brutus leaves are a large source of plant waxes.   
*The main trunk and main branches can be harvested and used as a solid clean grain soft wood similar to pine.
*Brutus Tree produce a pine-cone like seed pod with many uses.  Brut Seeds are a common food. Can be made into flour for all uses.
*Thick walled boxes of Brutus Wood are made to protect Continual items from Dispel Magic spells.  Continual spells cast on the interiors of the boxes are damped when the box is closed. This leads to its use with Constant spells like Con Light, Scent, Clear Area, and Con Temp being cast on the interior of the boxes allowing them to be dampened by closing.

==='''Trasidy Wax'''===
* Wax is a huge industry on Trasidy.  It ranges from small scale cottage industries to Structure groups, to Regional industry.  Candles are the most common light source.
*The wax industry and the Honey industries are frequently mingled
*Sealing and polish waxes are ubiquitous in this tone and wood world.
*Plant and animal waxes are common.
*beeswax, and hard fats such as tallow are used to make candles, used for lighting and decoration.
==='''Honey'''===
*Honey is the most common sweetener in Trasidy and its production is widespread. 
*'''Mead''' is a common drink.  A honey drink is served at nearly every meal ubiquitously.
*Beekeeping is a common practices and most Standing Structures find a way to have hives.

==='''Ground Tubers-Gurs'''===
**Ground Tubers are a low growing vining plant that tucks against the ground and wall edges, and grow into the earth near foundations.  The sizes, colors and type vary.  Generally  fingerling types. They are a weed type of plant, possibly part of the process of rending buildings to gravel. Its tubers, "Gurs" are a common food source.  They can be used in all forms of potato methods.
**Gursat is a potent grain alcohol made from Gurs.  It is a less flavorful vodka with considerable potency approaching 151 proof.

==='''Ground Bulbs'''===
*In a manner similar to Rock Ivy and Ground Tubers, ground bulbs are a climbing vine that follows along the edges of buildings, cracks, and crevasses.  They have a strong vine, able to hold great weight. 
*They have a wide variety of  fruits
**Large squash forms similar in texture and size to pumpkins and other squash. While colors vary, the preparations are similar to most squash fruits. 
**Variously sized hard shelled gourds filled with water.  Removed and cured the shells make hard vessels for many different uses. Practitioners of a specialized form of gardening grow the water gourd, placing them within stone or wood molds, allowing them to grow to suit the desired shapes.  When ripe, the molds are removed, the gourds cured and used as needed.  Bowls, mugs, water storage, etc.

==='''[[Urala]]'''===
*Urala is an imported flowering plant originating on [[Dreana]][[https://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Diners_of_Amber#Brolic.27s_Tower-Dreana]]

*Urala cigars and smoking herb has been a small industry for centuries.  Its only after Patternfall that the refinement of Urala rose to create the highly potent form traditionally produced on Dreana. Trasidy and Dreana  produce compare favorably. The range of Urala products have long been a part of Trasidy but only recently has it become well-known across the realm, rather then in small enclaves of enthusiasts.  Its cultural tradition is similar to absinthe.

*Frequent Urala use colors the lips, tongue, and inner mouth and nasal passages.
===='''Products'''====
*Cigars:  A common form of urala usage is cigars and cigarillos.  These are mild, unprocessed leaves, rolled, and cured.
*Buds:The most common usage is the potent flowering buds.  dried and smoked.
*Oil:  An extraction of Urala bud.  An oily compound is consumed in many ways.
*Honey:  Urala buds are suspended in honey and allowed to infuse.  The honey is often harvested from containers where the Urala has settled to the bottom of a large glass container.  
*Wine & Spirits:  Urala buds are added to casks & barrels and allowed to infuse for years while the alcohol matures.  The alcohol is strained before final bottling.