Lexicon:Modern/Aruvei
| Aruvei | |
|---|---|
| Stage | Modern CLT |
| Pronunciation | /a.ˈɾu.veɪ/ |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Etymology | formed on the pattern of Aruna; from Ireich |
| Related words | Ireich, alkoe, Alkra, Iron Coves |
Aruvei — cane spirit; the distilled alkoe of Eldershore, made from Ireich.
Notes
Eldershore’s most widely drunk export and the one that reaches places its spices never do. Cheap enough to be ordinary and strong enough to travel, it is found in every port in the world and is by a wide margin the favorite drink of the Iron Coves, where a cask of it serves as currency, wage, and celebration at once. The better grades are aged in cask and drunk with the ceremony Eldershore brings to everything. The younger grades are what fills a sailor’s cup, and no one pretends otherwise.