Pelchek

Pelchek (also pelseq) is a virid plant which yields a sharp citric spice particularly favoured in Hartheran cuisine.

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Referring to the Virid Kingdom of flora and fauna, toxic to human life. jungle. Its seed pods are small, multi-lobed and a purple-red colour. When eaten by foraging animals, the pod is digested, while the small hard seeds are passed out as dung which helps the seedlings germinate and grow.

In earlier times pelchek plants only grew on tall trees deep in mature virid jungle, making them rare and highly prized. Traditional peoples once sifted the seeds from dried animal dung, but today the pods are cultivated in stands, harvested, then fermented in vats of spor so the soft flesh is removed. Purists often say pelchek harvested from dung has a better flavour though this is a matter of debate.

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The Hartheran Union, commonly named Harthera, is an imperialist maritime nation state dominating the northeast of Anásthias. It is one of the two great powers of the modern epoch, arguably the most technologically and militarily powerful nation in the world, only matched by the vast size and wealth of its neighbour, viridOrorrMEOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorr clothing of the last century.