Marshmallow
Marshmallow is a flowering plant that grows on riverbanks and in salt marshes where there is an abundance of moist, sandy soil.
Marshmallow is known as a healing plant, and is particularly renowned for its effectiveness at soothing a sore throat. Among the common folk, marshmallow can be a delicious addition to a salad or eaten alone as a small snack. Talented confectioners have even combined it with ingredients such as honey, egg whites, and rose water to create a variety of sweet treats. Among artificers, its skin-softening qualities make marshmallow a key ingredient in a number of cosmetics for the upper classes and its effectiveness as an emulsifier have earned marshmallow blends a place in any professional cleaner's arsenal.
Marshmallow is associated with dreams and is favoured by Allyce.
Marshmallow is known as a healing plant, and is particularly renowned for its effectiveness at soothing a sore throat. Among the common folk, marshmallow can be a delicious addition to a salad or eaten alone as a small snack. Talented confectioners have even combined it with ingredients such as honey, egg whites, and rose water to create a variety of sweet treats. Among artificers, its skin-softening qualities make marshmallow a key ingredient in a number of cosmetics for the upper classes and its effectiveness as an emulsifier have earned marshmallow blends a place in any professional cleaner's arsenal.
Marshmallow is associated with dreams and is favoured by Allyce.
Properties
Material Characteristics
A 100-120cm tall plant with thick, velvety, irregular leaves.
Physical & Chemical Properties
Level 1 Properties
Attract numenLevel 2 Properties
Foresight (incense)Perceive auras (incense)
Level 3 Properties
Fortify appearanceLevel 5 Properties
Cure diseaseRestore wound levels
Fortify constitution
Restore EP
Level 9 Properties
Restore HPLevel S Properties
Protection from spirits (4 required for Protection From Evil Spirits)Exorcise (4 required for Protection From Evil Spirits)
Protection from charm magic (4 required for Protection From Evil Spirits)
Restore EP (1 required for Mental Protection Tea)
Resist psychic damage (1 required for Mental Protection Tea)
Fortify courage (1 required for Eternal Sun Bath)
Fortify charisma (1 required for Eternal Sun Bath)
Attract Numen (1 required for Package of Good Spirits)
Fortify constitution (1 required for Peptic Tonic)
Cure disease (1 required for Pulmonary Remedy)
Compounds
- Analgesic tonic poultice (level 5)
- Green Oil of Charity (level 9)
- Protection from Evil Spirits (level S)
- Mental Protection Tea (level S)
- Eternal Sun Bath (level S)
- Package of Good Spirits (level S)
- Peptic Tonic (level S)
- Bog Remedy (level S)
Geology & Geography
Marshmallow is a temperate plant that grows in moist, sandy soil, including riverbanks, salt marshes, damp meadows, and shorelines. Its native range includes:
History & Usage
Everyday use
Marshmallow is widely used by the common populace, chiefly as an ingredient in confectionary, chopped into salads, or fried and eaten as a vegetable. The water left behind after boiling marshmallow can serve as a substitute to egg whites. It is also grown and burnt as incense to invoke divine protection from the local nature spirits, giving marshmallow the status as a foundation upon which relationships between mortals and spirits are built.
Cultural Significance and Usage
Marshmallow is looked to as a plant of healing, though many communities that have an abundance of marshmallow take this even further; they consider marshmallow the voice of the local spirits, and look to it for omens that might help them understand the Numen better. Furthermore, marshmallow confectionary are often given as offerings to royalty and in rituals to the divine.
Industrial Use
As well as serving as an ingredient, marshmallow flowers can alternatively be used as a catalyst for brewing Numen-summoning concoctions, or used to empower Numen-conjuration magic.
Refinement
While the plant itself is used in a lot of ways, the alchemical properties of marshmallow come from its root, which must be separated from the rest of the plant, dried, and ideally stored for years, whereas the rest of the plant can be used raw or dried.
Manufacturing & Products
- Confectionary, particularly soft meringues and hard sweets
- Stain remover
- Moisturiser
- Psychic incense
Byproducts & Sideproducts
- Beauty potion (failed level 5, successful at level 4)
Mm
Type
Biomaterial
Value
14 silver pennies
Rarity
δs-tier ingredient
Odor
Musky
Taste
Sweet
Color
Pink flowers
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