Khor'vela

Khor'vela at a Glance
	Material Type	Woods
	Colors	Grey, Green
	Rarity	Quest-Only
	Cultural Relevance	Gor'Togs Halflings
	Required for Alterations	Yes

The khor'vela tree (also spelled khor'vala) a carnivorous tree that often shows small bits of undigested bone within the wood with grey wood, broad and spadelike leaves with a shade of deep green that (in the words of the poet Willesc) "lights upon a carpet of grass only when lovers awaken in the soft stillness of dusk and each other's arms to view it."

Is it any wonder that the khor'vela has been called The Mercy of Albreda; and a bed of leaves and branches taken from the tree (as the Gor'Tog males of Surlaenis do, in marriage/love gift to their brides) is termed Albreda's Bower?

It is mentioned in traditional poetry of Shard that the first bed of Sorril and Kanton was made from the khor'vela tree.

In many Halfling communities, to hang a sprig of the khor'vela over a house is to signal an approaching birth.

Among the Gor'Togs of Ratha, couples exchange a dried khor'vela leaf at their marriage ceremony. If either participant sends the leaf back to its owner, it signifies that the marriage is finished.

The great, anonymous epic of Marali'Tu comes to an abrupt and (to many people) unsatisfactory conclusion when King Uly'ta, on his 15-year long voyage home to his wife after the War of Wheeled Death, visits the lair of Serti, a notorious sorceress. She turns his sailors into peccaries and caracals, but drops all thoughts of vengeance when Uly'ta removes a twig of khor'vela from his breast and presents it to her. They settle down to a quiet life of magic, mutual affection and the herding of caracals, which is where the story curiously ends.

Alteration Rules

This material is required for alterations.

Items

Item	Source is	Rarity is
Adderwood broom with bound khor'vela bristles	Real Life Costume Contest 2013, Pumpkin Contest 2013	auction
Alabaster and khor'vela mask with a pyrope icesilk blindfold binding the eyes	Split Personalities (3), Item:Red gold music box with its gilding flaking to reveal wood corrupted by bone bits
Beaded khor'vela wood dragon mask	Headhunter Designs (1)
Bone-flecked khor'vela bass viol	Musiceum (3), Musiceum (2)
Carved khor'vela wood gansa-gambang
Corrupted khor'vela timber	Hollow Eve Festival 428, Corrupted khor'vela beltunumshi
Curved khor'vela comb inlaid with ruby teardrops	Squat Bungalow (2)
Dark khor'vela pelletbow tessellated with a murder of eerie black crows	Droughtman's Challenge 444/End loot, Droughtman's Challenge 441/End loot, Droughtman's Challenge 437/End loot, Droughtman's Challenge 433/End loot	end loot
Dried khor'vela leaf strung on a braided leather cord	Limited Treasures (4), Item:Formal charcoal-grey steelsilk robe pinned with a windsteel seven-pointed star
End-blown plains flute of grey khor'vela	Cultured Attire (3)
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