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Commodity illustration: Galangal

Category:Spices and aromatics

Galangal from China

Standard price
170 pieces of eight for 100 kg
Surplus
60 pieces of eight
Scarcity
200 pieces of eight
Bulk
0.2 Tons

Equivalent to 850 pieces of eight per ton

Export regions

Galangal is an aromatic underground stem, or rhizome, shipped in dried pieces. A reddish surface surrounds paler flesh with a strong flavour and fragrance, released when a piece is broken.

Apothecaries use it in their preparations, and vinegar makers may add it to strengthen their product. The rhizomes are dug up, prepared and dried before shipment. Merchants distinguish greater and lesser galangal, so seemingly similar pieces must be examined rather than treated as one interchangeable spice.

Sources and adaptations

References in the Pavillon Noir books:

  • Carnet de Vercourt, p. 533.

Ludic RPG adaptations used on this page:

  • Goods sold by the 100 kg lot: bulk (house rule).

The description was written by Ludic RPG. Prices are game values expressed in pieces of eight.