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Commodity illustration: Aniseed

Category:Spices and aromatics

Aniseed from Persia

Standard price
250 pieces of eight for 100 kg
Surplus
100 pieces of eight
Scarcity
300 pieces of eight
Bulk
0.3 Tons

Equivalent to 833 pieces of eight per ton

Export regions

Aniseed consists of small, ridged, grey-green seeds with a sweet, penetrating scent. Fragrance matters: even sound-looking seeds lose much of their appeal when stale.

Confectioners coat them in sugar to make comfits, including the French sweets called anis à la reine. Apothecaries use them in digestive remedies. The seeds of commerce are the dried fruits of a plant with small flowers in umbrella-shaped clusters. They share a scent with star anise, but look nothing like its woody, star-shaped fruits.

Sources and adaptations

Pavillon Noir official references:

  • Carnet de Vercourt, p. 530.

Ludic RPG adaptations:

  • Commodity description.
  • Illustration (AI-assisted).
  • Bulk in Tons estimated because the goods are officially priced in kilograms.

An independent, unofficial fan-made resource, created by Ludic RPG and adapted from the role-playing game Pavillon Noir.