Gastronomy

Kingdom of Idoslane

Drinks

• Casklance Crimson Cider

  Pressed from frost-touched apples and aged in sprucewood barrels. Dry, sharp, and colored like an autumn sunset. Shared in the harvest months and offered at crossroads shrines.

• Casklance Apple Brandy

  Smooth and warming, with a sweet bite from windfallen apples. Distilled slow over birch fires and sipped on long winter nights. Halflings say it makes storytelling last twice as long.

• Farmer’s Love (Lager)

  Light-bodied and golden, brewed from lowland barley and clean spring water. The kind of drink you share with neighbors after a barn raising or a stubborn birth.

Types of Food

• Smoked and cured fish
• Game meats (elk, deer, rabbit)
• Root vegetables (potatoes, carrots, turnips)
• Berries and forest fruits (lingonberries, cloudberries)
• Rich dairy foods (butter, cheeses, creams)
• Dark rye breads and flatbreads

Al-Andur

Drinks

• The Fabled Muave (Red wine)

  A luminous red kissed by starlight and moonpetals; served at twilight revels of the radiant Feyheim court. Said to inspire dreams too lovely to forget — or entirely remember.

• Amyntas Nectar (White wine)

  Pale gold and honey-sweet, often served chilled in silver bowls; the preferred drink at elven rites and gnomish duels of wit.

• Sama the Sweet (Port wine)

  Sticky and rich, with notes of cherry and ash; named after a trickster goddess who drank it to outlast a hundred-year bet.

• Egni (White ale)

  Bright and cloudy, brewed with wheat and wild herbs; crisp enough to wake the dead or offend a brewer.

• Phantom Stalk (Dark Red wine)

  Deep crimson with a haunting aftertaste of spice and black plum; said to be pressed from grapes grown only under eclipse.

• Manis Gift (Violet wine)

  Delicately floral and faintly glowing, this violet-hued wine is offered during blessings, births, and solstice feasts. Said to bloom only from vines touched by moonlight and tended by three generations.

• Monis Sap (Rum)

  A rich, golden spirit drawn from the monis tree’s sweet sap and aged in sun-dried wooden casks. Smooth, warming, and nutty — a staple at forest festivals and slow, thoughtful dinners under lanternlight.

Types of Food

• Foraged wild vegetables, herbs, and mushrooms
• Light salads and delicate dishes
• Nut-based breads and pastries
• Sweet, floral-infused confections
• Fruits and berries (fresh and dried)
• Vegetarian-focused meals, rarely heavy meats

Holding Fields

Drinks

• Hearthmead

  A warm, spiced mead brewed from local honey and clove-root. Shared during village gatherings, harvest festivals, and winter nights. A symbol of common folk unity.

• Fieldwine

  Simple but beloved fruit wine made from apples and hedgeberries. Served in both countryside taverns and city inns, its recipe changes from town to town.

• Trailbrew

  A traveler's herbal tea, brewed from dried lowland herbs and wildflowers. Mild, restorative, and always found in a caravan pouch or soldier’s pack.

• Auregleam

  A pale, crystal-infused ceremonial wine. Used in rituals, oaths, and offerings — considered sacred, but occasionally poured at quiet, private meals.

• Sparkelmalt

  A carbonated, smoke-tinged ale invented in tinkers’ quarters. It bubbles faintly, and the taste carries a hint of iron and ash. Favored by engineers and eccentric minds.

• Grudgebrew

  Thick and potent, brewed in fortress halls with bitter honey and dark malt. Shared by warriors after patrols, duels, or victories — always from the same battered mugs.

Types of Food

• Mixed meat and vegetable stews
• Pies and filled pastries
• Roasted and grilled meats (various game and farm animals)
• Multigrain and mixed-grain breads
• Dumplings and stuffed foods
• Seasonal vegetable dishes

Alfara

Drinks

• Bogbrew

  Thick, bubbling ale fermented from swamp grains and flavored with pungent herbs and mushrooms. Often mildly hallucinogenic.

• Ash-root Tonic

  A bitter, earthy drink made by boiling charred swamp roots and bark, favored by orc shamans before combat or rituals.

• Spiceblood

  A warm, red-hued drink brewed from fermented berries, crushed fire-peppers, and animal blood — served during feasts or battle rites.

• Fangmilk

  A rich, protein-heavy drink made from beast milk and fortified with bone marrow and wild honey — used by leonins and goblins alike.

• Mire-swill

  A goblin invention — murky, unpredictable, and extremely strong. Ingredients vary wildly but it's always dangerously intoxicating.

Types of Food

• Freshwater fish and swamp seafood
• Game birds and amphibians (frogs, ducks, swamp birds)
• Root vegetable dishes and mashes
• Strongly seasoned grilled and smoked meats
• Wild foraged greens and fungi
• Hearty stews and soups

Ran-Ribastur

Drinks

• Mead (Elderflower)

  Light and floral with a crisp finish, this mead is often served at weddings and spring rites. Said to bring clarity of mind and soft dreams.

• Mead (Cloudberry)

  Sharp, golden, and rare — brewed high in the stone terraces where cloudberries cling to frost and cliff. Served chilled at oath-forgings and reconciliations.

• Mead (Honey)

  Thick, rich, and unflinching — brewed in iron kettles over coal-fed fires. A staple of every mountain hall and forge-feast.

• Dragons Eye (amber ale)

  A burnished ale with a bright malt body and fire-roasted finish. Believed to settle the stomach after a wyrm hunt or a political duel.

• Stones Pound (stout)

  Black as coal and thick as wet granite. One pint weighs more than two reasons to stop drinking it. Miners swear by it, and masons swear with it.

• Fire Gleam (Red)

  Brewed with ember-roasted grain and volcanic salts. Red, bold, and dry — a brew for those who still fight with pride in their blood.

• Vault of Barley (barley wine)

  Kept in stone-sealed vaults and aged for decades. Sweet and deadly — a celebrant’s toast or a traitor’s truth serum, depending on the night.

• Smiths Bath (whisky)

  A molten, smoky spirit aged in dragon-burned oak. Said to clean the soul like it scalds the throat. Only true kin drink it straight — and hot.

• Dwarven Smash (special)

  Thick as tree sap and strong enough to strip paint off a warhammer. Brewed in secret stone stills, it's often cut with whisky, rum, or even boiling water just to make it swallowable. Drunk neat, it's a rite of passage. Drunk twice, it's a bad decision.

Types of Food

• Roasted and smoked meats (pork, venison, beef)
• Sausages and preserved meats
• Hearty breads (rye, sourdough)
• Pickled vegetables and sauerkraut
• Savory pies and pastries
• Sweet pastries and fruit desserts
• Strong cheeses

Blaskogar

Drinks

• Frostwine

  A chilled, sharp-tasting wine brewed from crystal-grown frostberries, often enjoyed warm in winter rituals.

• ]Glacier Mead

  Thick, slow-fermented honey mead mixed with snowmelt and aged in ice caves.

• Crystal Broth

  A warming, tea-like infusion made from boiled herbs and crushed glowing crystals, said to fend off frostbite and bolster clarity during long winters.

• Seal-fat Brew

  A dense, savory drink made from animal fats, spices, and broth — consumed hot for energy and warmth during expeditions.

• Frozen flame

  A potent spirit distilled from fermented roots and mosses, with a spicy bite that spreads warmth instantly.

Types of Food

• Hardy root vegetables (magically cultivated potatoes, turnips, carrots, and parsnips)
• Crystal-grown greens (kale, cabbage, and spinach-like leafy vegetables cultivated in heated crystal greenhouses)
• Dried, salted, and smoked seafood (fish, shellfish, whale, and seal meats preserved for long winters)
• Arctic game and preserved meats (reindeer, polar beasts, hares—smoked, dried, or salted)
• Wild berries (frost-resistant or crystal-cultivated berries, harvested and preserved)
• Hearty grain-based breads and porridges (cold-resistant grains grown in magically warmed fields or greenhouses)