Gabriel Sionoma
Sheriff of Sulon
Intent: To provide a consumable material for holistic health products, being highly modular.
Development Thread:
Development: If needed
Obtainment of Ankarres Trees: The Gift
Manufacturer: [member="Gabriel Sionoma"], Katarn Homestead Apiary
Model: Ankarres Honey
Affiliation: Galactic Alliance, Circle of Healers on Sulon
Modularity: Yes. Honey can be used for an extensive number of products (consumable as is, used for mead, used for quick sealing of wounds, etc.). Along with that, susceptibility to Jal Shey Imbuement will allow numerous variations to be produced.
Production: Limited
Material:
-Ankarres Wood nectar and pollen
-Water from the Tap Tree
-Supplemental Sugar Water
-Wooden frames
-Native Sulon Bees (bee saliva)
Description: Honey begins it's life simply as nectar. Field bees, who have ascended beyond hive duties, spend the remaining portion of their life searching for nectar and pollen, suitable for continued hive construction, health of the hive, and food (the average bee gets roughly 500 miles of flight time before dying). Departing the hive, the bee begins its day with a singular species of plant and will work that one species for the remainder of the day. Consuming just enough honey and/or sugar water for flight and return, the bee leaves to venture out. Consuming nectar, this substance is stored within the honey stomach of the bee, allowing for them to return with half their body weight in nectar and pollen.
Once allowed back into the hive, given access by presence of returning with goods and actually belonging to said hive, the bee effectively regurgitates the nectar, which is then picked up by a worker bee. This is then transported and worked by the worker bee, involving a series of regurgitation and evaporation through heating, allowing for moisture to be whisked away. This provides the consistency that we all have come to love with our honey. However, honey comes in differing varieties and differing qualities, all based on the origins of the honey.
Gabriel originally planted hives near the Ankarres grove because he found that they favored the location, due to the production of swarms throughout. As such, it seemed natural for placement. However, he immediately noticed changes in the honey that were not typical to normal honey production.
First and foremost, the calming and healing aura that is inherent with Ankarres wood. At first, Gabriel assumed that this was simply due to proximity to the grove. However, with transport of the honey back to the homestead, for filtering, he quickly realized that this was not the case. While simply being around the honey isn't enough to truly appreciate the effect, consumption of the honey is similar to wearing weakly imbued Ankarres wood, until the sugars are digested by the body. This allows for a similar healing property, where a wound that might take a week to heal could simply be healed through daily consumption of the honey, over the course of a few days.
Because the honey is extracted from uncorrupted Ankarres wood, surrounded by a particularly lightsided orientation of the circle of healers, the honey produced can not be impacted by imbuement of inherently darksided powers. This differs largely from the Ankarres wood but is similar in that it instills a natural inclination away from the darkside. As such, it has similar potency to the original wood in treating sith alchemy based wounds and alterations, particularly in regression to former self and reduction in instilled aggression, anger, and indoctrination. Of course, this isn't something that can be used for immediate corrections. But in conjunction with other applications of healing, it can be very suitable towards reversal of sith alchemy on living beings.
The honey is capable of being imbued through Jal Shey imbuement. However, it takes a particular mastery of imbuement to properly ingrain the honey with force powers capable of being used by non force sensitives. This is for a few reasons. First, the mental concept of imbuing a consumable provides an immediate block to the notion of permanently impacting the honey, which must be overcome with either substantial practice or a clear mindedness typically indicative of mastery. Novice attempts at imbuing the honey can drain the user of energy, similar to attempting to permanently imbue a weapon or article of clothing. Second, while solid substances can be handled during the process of imbuement, the honey cannot, as it can compromise the natural sterility of the honey and introduce bacteria capable of growing from the inherent protein and sugars. Plus, sticky fingers are aggravating. Imbuement can provide healing similar to bacta, though diminished resources will prevent it's usage as such.
The honey has a naturally darker tone to it, caused by the translation of the nectar which can be seen across the comb construction. The honey can be consumed as is or used for other products, such as mead. Along with this, it can be applied to gauze and used to quickly sterilize and seal wounds. This isn't a permanent fix but can come in handy in crucial circumstances. Along with this, with imbuement, the honey can immediately get to work on disinfecting and healing the wound at a faster rate than what occurs naturally with Ankarres wood.
Due to the small population of Ankarres that occurs on Sulon, the production of this honey is extremely limited. However, as the grove increases in size through soil treatment and natural succession, stores will increase. That being said, any slump in natural production of pollen and nectar will cause a required supplement of sugar water, which will produce honey that is not reflective of the Ankarres wood properties. With this in mind, the Ankarres honey will not be sold and will only be provided on an as needed basis, particularly for the Circle of Healers, the Galactic Alliance, and those living at the Katarn Homestead.
Primary Source: No current canon source. However, alteration of Honey properties and other bee products based on the Mad Honey, which is form of honey that's nectar originates from a toxic rhododendron. By using said pollen and nectar, the bees create a form of honey with psychedelic and healing properties.
