Nestled among the volcanic ashenlands of Ytargos’s frozen surface are the twisting, towering, tapering rihika stalks. Fed by hot springs, warmed to near boiling by the fumaroles, and chilled to equilibrium by the frigid winds, these sulking tree-like tendrils exist in a delicate balance rarely found on Ytargos’s surface.

Prior to their cultivation by the tauleer race, their existence was a job that took two. These plants were pollinated by a subterranean boar-like creature. Every spring, these predators would exit their caves and return to the surface to hunt, and would follow the sickly sweet aroma of the rihika flowers. Upon arriving, they would happily lap up the pollen-laden syrup oozing from the flowers, and would inadvertently pollinate the next rihika stalk they visit with the pollen stuck to their nose.

Rihika stalks are now farmed in greenhouses across the Neighborhood, and are commonly used in cooking for their unique flavors. It is said that the stem tastes of spicy ginger and sweet potato, their fiery petals taste like basil, and that the flower’s syrup tastes like blackberry jelly.