Dezoris

Notes on Dezoris:

Laconia:

Laconia is a precious metal found on Dezoris. When mined, it comes in an unrefined state and is often called dezorian silver. Special refining techniques can increase the strength of the low quality dezorian silver, resulting in a form called hi-Laconia or just Laconia.

Both the silver and hi-Laconia forms are used to create weapons and armor. Many of the most powerful equipment items in Algol are Laconia items. Laconia is often shorted to "Laco" in the names of such items.

In many cases, Laconia items have additional powers or special properties. Lashiec was said to have been afraid of a holy power residing in weapons made from Laconia.

*it is noted that dezoris lacks silver deposits, a unknown process converting the silver into laconia, unrefined silver ore from other locations placed in laconia deposits overtime begin to transform but scientists state complete transformation takes about a thousand years, dezorians mine laconia sparingly and purchace large quanties of silver from other worlds to replace the laconia they have mined in a attempt to maintain balance as laconia cannot be mined anywhere else in the known worlds, however they lack the ability to process it, leaving that to their allies the palmans who figured that mystery out when the races cooperated in the past.

Laerma

Laerma is the name of a fruit tree native to Dezoris.

These trees grow on the Altiplano Plateau and produce fruit known as Laerma Berries or Laerma Nuts.

Dezorians use these berries as a food source.

Once picked, the berries shrivel quickly, unless placed in a container made of Laconia, Palman travellers noted that silver containers also seemed to preserve the berries but only for a short time.

Some Espers, including Rune Walsh carried canes made of wood from the Laerma tree as weapons.

These canes possess special healing powers similar to magic or techniques.

If eaten by a Musk Cat, the berries cause a startling physical transformation, it is theorized a reaction would occur if a Numan consumed them, but what that would be at this time is unknown.