Plant Paper



Plant paper is produced from plant fibers using a method inspired by the ancient Japanese process for making washi paper.

Myne and Lutz originally develop plant paper as a way to fulfill their bargain with Benno and become merchant apprentices at the Gilberta Company. Later, Myne begins expanding the industry by setting up workshops at the Ehrenfest temple orphanage, in Hasse, and in Illgner.

In Ehrenfest, plant paper cannot be used for legal contracts or other official documents. However, the spread of the printing industry and the comparative cheapness of paper compared to parchment have created high demand for the product. New forms of plant paper made from feytrees, such as trombe and nanseb, exhibit some unusual magical properties that make them especially useful for certain purposes.

Once Rozemyne starts to show off plant paper at the Royal Academy, she switches to calling it "new paper" to hide the production method for as long as possible. After a discussion with her trusted merchants, they decide to name the plant paper after the provinces it is produced in. Volrin and trombe paper are called "Ehrenfest Paper," while trauperle paper is called "Illgner Paper".

There are several different types of paper that Myne and Lutz make, but all are produced using approximately the same method.


 * 1) Find wood from a young tree with lengthy, strong fibers
 * 2) Boil the wood near a water source
 * 3) Soak the wood in water
 * 4) Peel off the outer black bark
 * 5) Bring the black out bark back to the storage building to dry completely
 * 6) Soak the black bark in the river for an entire day
 * 7) Peel off the outer layer of the water-logged back so that only the inner white bark is left with a knife
 * 8) Boil the white bark with ashes for about a bell while stirring occasionally
 * 9) Wash off the ash from the white bark with the sun hitting it and then leave it in the river for a full day. Can also be done with a bucket
 * 10) Remove knots and broken bits  from the fibers of the white bark
 * 11) Peel and crush edile fruit, mix with water to make the tororo
 * 12) Beat the fibers until they are fluffy
 * 13) Place the fibers into the tub with the tororo, adding water as you go. Regulate the stickiness and stir, preferably with a rake
 * 14) Place water inside the suketa, swishing it up and down side to side to spread out the pulpy water and make even paper
 * 15) Take the screen out and place the paper on the drying bed to dry out
 * 16) Use weights to press out the water even more as well as get rid of the tororo's stickiness
 * 17) Stick the pressed paper on a board to dry even further. Usually one would use a paint brush here to get rid of air bubbles
 * 18) Gently peel of paper so that it doesn't rip