Silverberries

Silverberries are an aulven creation. They have been evolved from cross-pollinating, magical additives, and careful regrowth. They are a hybrid of Living Steel seeds and golden berries, or Gooseberries, as the Ngākauwhenuan's call them.

They have a hard outer shell that must be cracked like a nut, and the seeds are dangerously sharp, so eating Silverberries is not recommended. Instead, silverberries are cracked open and mashed to squeeze out the juice and separate the seeds.

The seeds are then used to make tips for the heads of darts, or other things that need a small, sharp head. The shells are melted down, as t hey have similar properties to Living steel, and can be crafted as such. Alternatively, a dual kineticist of both wood and steel can shape them.

The juice has a sweet flavor similar to combination pomegranate and kiwi. Each fruit is rather large, and can produce between one-half and three cups of juice. While not the most common of juices, it is very popular among the aulvi, and has become fairly famous for the unique flavor of the sweet alchohol made from it.

Some Aulven chefs will use it as a side dish for food, but only after taking proper safety precautions for the seeds. When used in food, it can be eaten alone (after careful removal of seeds) or, more commonly in a similar fashion to how lemon is applied to fish. It becomes a spritz of flavor to the rare aulven meat dishes, or an uncommon alternative to lemon.

Aulven botanists are considering shifting the living steel fields to those of silverberries. Ecologists among the aulvi warn against this, as, while silverberry trees can function as living steel for production, their growth speed and mature sizes are both less than those of Living steel trees, that grow almost twice as quickly and can grow up to three times as tall, or taller if guided by an adept kineticist or primal sorcerer.

Mead made by the smaller bees of Gënlèul's rooftop gardens hat have access to the silverberry trees are also very popular for their unique flavor, and exceptional sweetness, even among aulven wines. Aulvi have begun to export small amounts of this wine abroad with overwhelmingly positive reviews from the Archduchy of Aildëhn, and Ngākauwhenua, with trade intended to begin in Kaigara very soon.