Keshbovro's Wagons

There are 23 items, each pertaining to one point of Keshborvo’s starting Wares 3W (for simple relativity, and to keep the number down; 23 is a nice illuminated number).

  1. Pickled ostrich testicles, three dozen (36) jars of
  2. Aromatic, jasmine-scented Kralori herbs, seventeen (17) small wooden boxes of
  3. Erigian staring ursine, one (1) thawed specimen
  4. Ground carapace of Thovelon beetle, one (1) small jar of
  5. Preserved quails' eggs, fourteen gross (2016)
  6. Finest red-capped fungi, dried, one (1) kilo of
  7. Sylilan jewelry, Jillaro mark, one (1) coffer of
  8. Red lunary beads with Full Moon copper pendants, one (1) chest of
  9. Finely illustrated Pelandan and Dorkathi fertility rituals, three (3) scrolls
  10. Moonblessed silvershine rainwater, ninety-six (96) small silver cans of
  11. Finest Holayan henna, four (4) small pottery urns of, embossed with the rune of the Red Woman
  12. White Sea whale oil, two (2) large tuns of
  13. Crimson angelfish, moonsalted, three (3) tuns of
  14. Wine, thirty (30) amphorae of:
  15. Oil of Kostaddi brown olives, six (6) large clay jars of
  16. Iron chests, two (2) large
  17. Crimson and scarlet-dyed cloth, forty-five (45) bolts of
  18. Exquisitely crafted Lunar idols (fired clay, wood, ivory, soapstone, metal), five (5) wooden crates of, marked 'Fragile'
  19. Balazaring Dulu Nuts, one (1) large sack of
  20. Man Who Would Be Hongo, one (1)
  21. Hypocorax Joon's Patent Sapphirine Moon Tonic, one dozen (12) vials of
  22. Kratikos of Mintinus' Grotaron Brachiognomy, six (6) first edition copies of, bound, with diagrams and anatomical illumination
  23. Box of haberdash: red clay tie-on pilgrim badges (Moonson, Crimson Bat, etc.), one gross (144)

Notes

Ostrich eggs: from the Rinliddi ostrich, a flightless bird much smaller than the Praxian kind, and commonly known as varimu.

Thovelon Beetles: A super rare species found only on the shattered isle of Jrusteli, first catalogued by the ancient (and thankfully quite gone) God Learners. The beetle's carapace, when ground and applied as a ‘kohl’-type makeup rimming the eyes, acts as an aphrodisiac. Very expensive, and purchased only by nobility (with Lunar noble families possessing a particular preference).

Fertility Rituals: One of these is an Illustrated Guide to the Great Sex Hunt, with attached woodcut engravings of the winning hunts of previous years with full instructions on how to achieve such improbable conjunctions.

Medonius' Shield: A bright and fruity wine of a ruddy amber colour, produced in the ket of Karresh. It is a popular beverage among the shield-brothers of the Lavic Legion, who commonly partake of the wine after drill, whilst combing each others' hair.

Riceapple Wine: A potent wine popular in Darjiin.

Acorn Beer: A fiery (and mildly hallucinogenic) acorn beer drunk by Dorkathi adolescents as they embark on the Long Run to manhood.

Kostaddi brown olives: As the rich and well-watered farmlands of eastern Vonlath give way to the drier, limey foothills ringing the Hungry Plateau, barley gives way to bountiful olive groves. With warm summers and mild winters, these rugged trees grow far from any coast; they are shorter than other olive trees, but can flourish in the hardiest of landscapes. Their fruit, the brown olive, is native to Kostaddi, and a fleshy and flavoursome crop. Its colour changes as it ripens, from a ruddy pale maroon when unripe, through to a rich russet when ripe, and a dull grey-black when overripe. The narrow leaves and white flowers of the olive trees are a favoured food of the Gerendethi goat daimones that roam the Kostaddi uplands. Though these goats do not eat the olives themselves, their actions cover unripe olives in a salty spittle, which helps ripen the fruit and prepare it for consumption. Brown olives are washed and pickled for eating, or pressed for oil. Tarter, unripe olives are occasionally used in compotes; while the black fruit is often sundried and taken with meat and cheese, or baked in bread.

Balazaran Dulu nuts: In Balazar, dulu nuts come from dulu nut trees. Performing the right magic in Sea Season helps the Berry Maidens (bees) visit all the dulu nut trees, thus ensuring a good harvest. Later in the year, the dulu nuts can be gathered, then eaten or stored. One attractive possibility is to bury the dulu nuts underground for storage, yielding, in the depths of Dark Season, a rich crop of very tasty dulu nut grubs (already in the nuts at harvest but they grow big and fat and juicy, see.) Aside from the obvious benefits of such delicious, fat-rich food being available in Dark Season, this delicacy is much sought after by Darkmen and could be used to stave off an attack.

Hypocorax Joon's Patent Sapphirine Moon Tonic: ‘Guaranteed to cure all septessential ills, malaises and diverse minor ailments.’ A supposed Lesillan recipe.

Kratikos of Mintinus' Grotaron Brachiognomy : A learned, refined and, above all, rich Pelandan Second of the ket of Mintinus, the noble Kratikos has served as Keshborvo's patron for nearly a dozen years. He corresponds frequently with his client, being especially interested in the knowledge and observances of daily life and differing philosophies that Keshborvo gains on his mercantile ventures.

In his younger days, Kratikos was an academic expert in grotaron brachiognomy. Indeed, it was his expeditions to the West that brought the hitherto-fabled gigantic race to the light of Imperial scholarly scrutiny. His corpus of work on the mythic and gigantologic implications of elbow extension, arm-hair density and relative tri-arm muscular development is a model of its kind, and a pioneering study in eugenics. Unfortunately Kratikos' later career was blighted by his open advocation of the existence of the legendary peak-hopping, sabre-toothed spirit mountain mammoths -- who are invisible to all but grotarons. Rumours of an over-indulgence of gocha root spread. His works on the mammoths' magical life, and even their supposed lost graveyard on the Spirit World, were less well received.