Iki Gardens
The Iki Gardens is home to the Verdorians and a sacred site of worshiping spring and rebirth. The plants within the forest are guarded, and while tourism is accepted, people who travel through the forest are closely watched for any attempt of thievery or butchery to the plants. The brigthalda is said to be the most gorgeous plant within the forest, only blooming through the spring and summer before dying and waiting to grow through autumn and winter.
Geography
The garden is a massive forest that spans up to two hundred miles across and three hundred miles long with a variety of terrain like hills and flat lands with rivers branching out. At the center of the garden is the garden's life tree, Astrum, the Giving Tree, who is said to bring life to the forest with interconnecting roots to all the plants.
There are winding stone paths that venture on forever, seeming to go nowhere, and some even disappear, leaving travelers lost. To those who have visited the Iki Gardens during the spring, they can witness the brigthalda fields in bloom
Climate
Iki Gardens has a temperate climate where winters aren't too harsh, barely dipping to a light frost, and springs are warm and rainy. Summers are seen as hot, resembling that of a jungle, and autumns are cool, with very few rainy days.
Fauna & Flora
| Fruits & Veggies | Description |
|---|---|
| Fire Pumpkin | A pumpkin that catches fire when exposed to frost. |
| Laurel Peach | A sour peach that grows on the laurel tree. |
| Liakin | A type of lavender corn that grows on strange, furry stalks. |
| Nucuri | A type of kale that gives food a curry-like taste when when cooked together. |
| Vra Fruit | Appears to be a cross-fusion between a blueberry and a blackberry, but it tastes like a cherry. |
| Wild Muscadine | A salty vegetable that looks like a blue squash with pink flesh and doesn't contain seeds on the inside. |
| Fungus | Description |
| Fly-agaric Urn | A mushroom shaped like an urn and eats insects like a venus fly trap. It secrets a sticky black goo. |
| Pale Gel Bird's Nest | A fungus that grows in the shape of a dove and has a gel-like inside. It is good for applying to rashes and also edible. |
| Toothed Phlebia | A type of mushroom that causes white rot and has sharp edges like teeth. If pricked, seek medical attention quickly or face a chance of being poisoned. |
| Wrinkled Powderhorn Lichen | An algae fungus that grows on the underside of tree roots, bark, and the inside of trees. |
| Plants | Description |
| Brigthalda | A flower that glows with neon colors. It blooms on the 5th day of spring and lives through the end of summer. |
| Drowsy Cress | A bright pink flower with pollen that is used to soften rough skin or enchance atheltic abilities in various potions. |
| Horned Rye | A small plant with huge leaves that gives energy to the being who eats it. It also grows small, delicious nuts when pollinated. |
| Iem Shadblow | A huge plant that can be cooked and eaten, but the small nuts it grows when pollinated are inedible. |
| Trees | Description |
| Aahasser | Named after the demigods that emit a faint glow around them, this tree's silver leaves give a faint white light that can easy to miss. |
| Barbed Birch | A type of birch with barbed hooks on the ends of its branches and leaves. These hooks are as sharp as fish hooks and can go through nails and small bones. |
| Black Milkbark | A black walnut tree that has white sap inside it, almost like milk. When left to dry, this sap can be used as an adhesive for shoes or binding books. |
| Eachove | Similar to a wisteria tree, it has red flowers that drape down to the ground, the smell is like honeyed candy. |
| Fever Fir | A fir with poisonous nettles. Each nettle contains hairs that prick the skin and injects a posion which causes a severe burning sensation that lasts for days. |
| Klon | A dark oak with red leaves and long, winding branches that block out most sunlight, creating a dark, eerie atmosphere where brigthalda like to grow. |
Natural Resources
Ores
Ores are the last thing one would expect to find in a forest as rich as this one. However, hematite and ruby silver can be found by mining deep into the earth. Some people find that the dwarves don't even need to mine as they are in touch with the earth around them. The trees' roots will dig up the rich ores and leave them in various spots around the forest. Amber is another ore found within Astrum's sap. When it hardens, amber can be found, but for it to harden, it has to be the dead of winter. Spring, summer, and autumn are too warm for the amber to solidify.Soil Richness
The soil is full of minerals from Astrum's sap, like the sangria powidot, a mineral designed to enrich the life quality of the plants in the forest. Even the milky sap from the brigthalda is a prime example of minerals found within the forest's soil. Where the brigthalda fields bloom, the soil is full of the milky sap, making it resistant to acid or fire damage.Tourism
Any non-dwarf who travels to the Verdoral Kingdom may enter the Iki Gardens after receiving authority from King Darrak Ironshiled, the king of Verdoral, as the as the ecosystem is sacred, especially during spring and summer.
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by Amelia Nite (dream.ai)
Alternative Name(s)
The Garden of Plenty
Type
Forest, Temperate (Seasonal)
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