Yarm trees were given to Riders by the solar gods, and are treasured as symbols of continuity with the past. They grew in the Dara Happan empire, including the city of Nivorah. They yield several different delicious fruits, and are propagated by grafting cuttings from living yarm trees onto the roots of ordinary fruit trees; one does this when a clan splits, and also if a clan is so unfortunate as to lose their yarm tree—which is a great disgrace. All yarm trees living after Anaxial's saving of civilization were grafted from the cuttings of the yarm tree that he took with him on his boat.
It is said that after the Battle of Stormfall and the blanketing of the sky, Yarm trees refused to live and grow. They have presumably been lost to the peoples of the Black Eel valley ever since.
Ride Like the Wind[]
Your ancestors brought a yarm tree cutting with them from Nivorah.
Your clan may hear the following rumor:
| “ | A priest from the <otherClan> clan related a partly-remembered story about elves that tended <Emperor Yelm’s gardens/the gardens of the Celestial Court> and planted the first yarm tree. <Interesting if true, but not very useful/This might be so, but it really won’t help us>. | ” |
— Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind | ||
Lore[]
Your clan circle has the following to say about yarm trees:
- "All yarm trees now alive were grafted from cuttings taken from the tree Anaxial took on the boat that saved the solar peoples from the great flood."
- "The yarm tree symbolises solar continuity far from the imperial homeland."
- "The first yarms were grafted from the living wood of Anaxial's Ark."
Events[]
Yarm trees are mentioned in:
Lights Going Out[]
Sometime through Lights Going Out, you may hear the following rumor:
| “ | Supposedly the <Rider clan> have managed to grow a yarm tree. This magical fruit used to grow in the Golden City, and our ancestors brought a cutting with them when they left. But despite our best care, we couldn't keep it alive after the Battle of Stormfall. Neither could anyone else. It's hard to believe this story. | ” |
— Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out | ||
