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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Khorod" data-source="post: 2137589" data-attributes="member: 1636">Contribution:Kes Trees grow to 20' high.  The first half the trunk is devoid of branches, while the second half has branches that fan out in all directions and arc upwards at half their length.  The bark of these trees is a soft yellow color, kept moist by the oils in the tree.  The wood is a pale brown, the leaves oily green, thick and slightly ovoid circles, and the berries purple and fat.The wood of Kes Trees is sometimes used for decorative work, because the native oils of the wood keep it from becoming brittle.  The wood itself is extremely and intensely flammable because of these oils, and so bits are often used as kindling.  The juice of the berries can be distilled into a potent and thick wine, used as an extremely hot cooking oil (Oil of Kes), or combined with various other substances to form a fluid that ignites on contact with air (Flame of Kes).Since many Kes trees grow fairly close to the coast, the Halflings were among the first to significantly experiment with its uses.  Discovering 'Flame of Kes' they were able to use it as a new and threatening weapon against ships at sea.  When Eyros, Nistadeen, and another country heard of this, they immediately sought to engineer their own version.</blockquote>