Dead Honey
"No."
~Jarl Gelmin Hrontar, Elector of the Northrealm, whenever asked if he would like a dab of dead honey.
Properties
Material Characteristics
A red honey-syrup.
Physical & Chemical Properties
Dead honey is usually warmer than its surroundings, tacky to the touch and stringy when drawn.
Origin & Source
Dead honey is made by Funeral Bees.
Life & Expiration
If dead honey sits in its cache for one to two hundred years, it solidifies into an amber known as Heartstone.
History & Usage
History
Dead honey is attested to in the writings of the Grimhii, who may have created Funeral Bees through Biomancy. They have been found both wild and semi-domesticated constantly through the intervening history.
Everyday use
Dead honey is used as a trade good, a condiment for fish and meats, and a meal replacement for athletes, gladiators and warriors during intensive training.
Manufacturing & Products
Through processes of fermentation, dead honey can be refined into Blood Mead.
Byproducts & Sideproducts
Beneath the hive, a greasy tallow forms into small piles. They can be refined to create fertilizers and alchemical ingredients (most especially components of explosives and incendiaries). If left alone, these piles usually rot away but can also be a fire hazard.
Hazards
Dead honey is a deeply addictive and dangerous intoxicant to Elvenkind.
Distribution
Trade & Market
Dead honey is a common condiment in the Northrealm, uncommon ingredient in other Cantons, illegal in Doroinir Nimloth, and an extremely popular luxury item in the Badlands and the Beastlands.
Storage
Dead honey can last on its own for one to two hundred years with little difficulty or risk. It is naturally disease and fungus resistant, and even at the end of its shelf life simply hardens into Heartstone
Law & Regulation
In Doroinir Nimloth, the possession, sale, and distribution of dead honey is illegal and punishable by fines, imprisonment, and possibly even sacrifice at the hands of the Airimossë.
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