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{{Infobox plant|name=Oelwy|gloss=Liberty Caps|type=Fungi|grown=Wild, in every corner of the world; most abundant in Eldershore's heat and damp. Cannot be cultivated|used_for=Language for arrivals; a recreational hallucinogen; ritual in Eldershore and Stormharbor; a debated medicine|lexicon=Oelwy}} '''Oelwy''', in full ''Oelwy Moek'' — the '''Liberty Caps''' — are small wild mushrooms found in every corner of the Known World and most abundantly in [[Eldershore]]. Almost every city and waystation has tried to cultivate them, and all have failed; that a wild plant will not grow in a field is not thought strange.

== What it does ==
In the early years its use was nearly constant: people brought to the world could not speak the tongue, so they were fed Oelwy to learn it. That is no longer the case, since nearly everyone alive is native and learned the language from birth. For the handful of arrivals who still appear — the [[Aesloes]] — it remains a lifeline. No one knows why it works.

For natives it is a hallucinogen taken recreationally and tolerated in most cities; Eldershore and [[Stormharbor]] have ancient rituals built around it. Its medical uses are few and what one would expect — it is given for certain mental disorders, and physicians argue about whether it helps.

The trade is small, seasonal, gathered rather than grown, and entirely legitimate.

== The word ==
''Livrtei'', the word for mushrooms of any kind, descends from Oelwy's own name, though no one realizes it. A farmer calls Moeka and Kelrei alike ''Livrtei'' and never makes the connection.{{Hidden truth|The Oelwy is one of the old world's remaining tools, and the reason the survivors and their arrivals could speak to each other at all. See [[The Oelwy]] under [[Technology and the AI]], and [[Common Reason Tongue]].}}

== See also ==

* [[Aesloes]] · [[Historical Timeline#Years 0–80 — The Great Arrival]] · [[Faith]]

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