FROSTBERRIES: #scifi Sweet berries native to Riya that require near-freezing nighttime temperatures to ripen properly.
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SKIES (TINERAL VARIETY): Tinerals with feathers shaded from white near the skin to shades of blue, gray, lavender-blue or blue-green at the tips. They are somewhat smaller than the other two varieties, and often retain their ability to fly well into adulthood.
TELANA: A fine-leafed Riyan herb used to add a savory flavor to vegetables.
KIKIA FRUIT: A Riyan tree fruit with an extremely high water content and a rather bland flavor. It is triangular in shape and rose-pink in color when ripe. Useful primarily as a thirst-quencher.
KAVA PODS: A kind of high-protein Riyan vegetable, eaten while the pods are still green and the enclosed seeds are tender. It can be eaten raw, but is much easier to chew if cooked.
JEWELS (TINERAL VARIETY): Tinerals with solid-colored, usually brilliant feathers. They are the friendliest and most spectacular variety, but not the best singers. (All tinerals are good singers; the jewels and skies just aren’t quite as good as the natures.)
FORCEWEBS: Force-field generators attached to the feet. They can be adjusted in a variety of ways to mimic snowshoes, sandshoes, skis, water skis, snowboards, or surfboards, among others. Some (e.g., those used for avalanche surfing) have levitation circuits to reduce the operator’s effective density.
AVALANCHE SURFING: An individual sport, considered extreme even by Riyan standards. The athlete uses forcewebs on a snowboard setting, usually with some levitation, and rides atop a triggered avalanche. Don’t try this at home, or on your local friendly mountain, unless you can levitate and teleport!
WAVEBREAK: A Riyan island northeast of Windhome. A favorite spot for surfers before the epidemic..
JAGGA ROOT: A crisp Riyan root vegetable with a sweet-sour, slightly nutty flavor, usually eaten raw.
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