Baifa Monü Zhuan
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To expand on lore for Atrisia
- Image Credit: Game of Thrones
- Canon: N/A
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- Name: Nure-Onna
- Origins: Atrisia codex Atrisia wookiee
- Other Locations: N/A
- Classification: Tree
- Average Growth Cycle: 200 years to grow to maturity and can generally last for near 5000 years
- Viability: Subarctic conditions to grow and survive with moderate exposure to sunlight. Ideal for the polar regions of Shikoku
- Description: Thick ivory wood that has roots going deep into the frozen ground of Shikoku. The trees are usually over the entrances to a Yama's home and marks the location for others of their species. The oldest of the trees is in the long forgotten capital of the continent. Abuzu which was conquered through infighting of the Yama. The red leaves of the trees provide the starkestcolor within the white region and are ideal for boiling into a red tea that stains the teeth and gums giving a ghastly visage of pooling blood.
- Average Height: 5m
- Average Length: 30m
- Color: Ivory White wood with crimson leaves
- Nutritional Value:
The tea produced from the leaves is regarded as a rarity because of how horrible it makes one look.
The sap of the trees is regarded as an ideal syrup for food with a sweet taste and can be eaten right from the tap in some of the trees. - Toxicity: N/A
- Other Effects: The wood is sturdy and while it can break it is harder to snap even with the smaller limbs.
- Distinctions: Able to grow in the coldest regions of Atrisia and generally no longer seen outside Shikoku after it was overlogged for thousands of years out of fear the Legendary Yama could use it to lure victims into the snow.
- Deep Roots: Stretching far below itno the ground, the roots are stiff and unyielding. The Yama use them as the internal structure of their cave homes and as insulation from the deepest colds of the frozen lands.
Atrisian Red Tea: The rare and largely regarded red tea is something of a mystery.. the leaves grow despite the harsh weather and it takes a yovshins blade to slice them from the branches of the tree.
- Winter Weather: The tree thrives in the cold, when transplanted away from temperatures above zero degrees it will stop growing at first and then slowly dry.
Kindling: While it is special among the Yama of Shikoku the Nure tree is regarded as something ancient and evil.. twisted and from a time long forgotten... better left forgotten. The tree is often chopped down and burned when encountered by most all of Atrisia.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
The ancient lands of Shikoku are often regarded in Atrisian legends. From its arcane sorceries and mysticism to its eugenics and wanting a racial purit that would have seen much of the population killed off so only the most pure would survive. Those hallowed halls of the once ancient cities whisper of power forgotten and the Diamond Crown Emperors crusade against the shadow priests of the temples still echo in some memories. The tree however were regarded as a symbol of that corruption as it was believed nothing should be able to grow that far north... that nothing wold have been able to survive naturally so deemed unnatural by divine mandate the trees were called to be chopped down anywhere they could be found. The great library that had stolen texts from across the world and copied it painstakingly so that knowledge would be forever retained before destroying the original copies to deprive the victims of retrieving it. The ancient Atrisian texts were later stolen or burned being taken to the library at Jar'kai as the last dynasty of the Yama perished beneath an avalanche several thousand years ago. The trees were believed to be the only thing that remained of them and some botanists discovered the recipe for the Atrisian red tea... a stranger brew that stains the teeth and gums with a crimson visage.
