Havari Nuts

A delicate nut from the Havari Tree in central Khilgara, the nuts have a variety of useful properties, some more unorthodox than others.

History

The tree itself goes back as far as time itself, nearly. Ihstar, God of Trees and of Time, created these immense trees early in his process, and may have been his first creation. They are typically old, immense trees, with nearly the whole history of the world imbued in the rings of the largest of them.
the consumption of the nut goes back to the Lost Age, before writing was common, leaving details sparse. It is commonly believed that a rambunctious child climbed a Havari Tree as a challenge to themselves, and took an intact nut as proof.

Current Location

Khilgara

Rarity

Havari Trees are found plentiful enough in the woods of Khilgara. The branches, and by extension the nuts, from this tree are often out of reach for mortals, so harvesting intact can often be a challenge without proper preparation.

The shells of the nuts can be quite fragile, breaking on impact with the ground. This enables the nut to be more easily accessed by animals, who eat the nut and secrete it into the ground elsewhere, hopefully creating new foundling trees.
To be useful and consumed by sentient mortals, two methods have been been drawn up. The first and more simple manner is either with an adept and strong climber, or with a ladder, ascend into the branches themselves and remove the nuts, stem and whole. It's a quicker methodology, better suited for individual purpose, as fewer nuts can be obtained. The second method is, borrowing from fishermen, is to build out a lattice netting or cloth, that it put underneath the trees in question. Once secured in the air, it is merely a matter of time to let the nuts fall on their own, and harvest them at the appropriate time. Although this results in significantly more nuts, it is a much more costly venture, both in the materials to create the necessary material and in the labor from start to finish.