Compiled for the Nova Prime Gastronomic Registry (N-GRA)
Not served anywhere else in Nova Prime.
Not recreated anywhere else.
Attempts are made.
All fail.
The Lowland Gumbo is the undisputed masterwork of coastal cuisine.
Thick, rust-colored, glossy as lacquered wood, with a perfume that sinks into clothes and memory alike.
Base:
A slow-cooked roux done over a triple-burner copper iron, caramelized until it reaches Dark Blood Amber — one shade away from burning but never crossing that line.
Stock:
Made from brine-soaked river crabs, marrow bones, and the elusive “Hill herbs,” which locals refuse to explain. Its aroma is earthy, oceanic, and faintly sweet.
Proteins:
Always three.
Never named.
Every pot differs — depending on what the fishermen pull from the water or what the Hill “gifts” that evening.
Texture:
Hearty without heaviness.
Silky but strong enough to coat a spoon.
Served with “Stone Rice,” a grain that blooms into tiny pearls when simmered.
In the Lowlands, Gumbo is not a dish.
It is a ritual.
A pot symbolizes safety, unity, and the promise that no one in the city will starve.
Every household has their own version.
All of them taste like home.
The crown of Lowland street food.
Made from the rare and heavily regulated Raptor meat, sourced from the fringes of the Viridia Wildlands — a protein so muscular and potent it must be ground with herbs to tame it.
Iron-rich like deeply aged game
Smoky from Lowland charwood
Bright heat from swamp peppers
Slightly sweet finish from sunfruit molasses
The casing snaps with a satisfying crack, revealing a steaming, fragrant interior that borders on addictive.
Raptor Boudin is sold from carved-wood market stalls, each one marked with distinctive Lennix craftsmanship: spirals, river motifs, or hand-etched leafwork.
Locals claim the recipe was given to them by the Eldertrees centuries ago.
Whether true or not, the dish carries a sacredness locals will not talk lightly about.
A dessert so iconic that chefs from HavenReach and New Haven City have tried — and failed — to replicate them.
Dream-light, almost hollow, yet saturated with a custard-like interior steam.
Made using “Hillroot,” a powdered starch found only near Lennix orchards. Its flavor is faintly floral, almost ethereal.
Pillowed into tall stacks, dusted with frost-sugar harvested from the river marshes, and drizzled with amberfruit syrup.
It’s said the beighnet dough only rises correctly when made within sight of Lennix Hill.
Every attempt to recreate it elsewhere collapses into dense, disappointing bricks.
Forget corporate chains.
Forget standardized blends.
Lowland Coffee is art.
Beans grown in the swamp-to-saltwater transition zone, where mineral-rich soil and constant humidity force plants into overdrive.
Each bean contains:
triple the aromatics
natural caramel oils
a smoky mineral note from “Deepwater Stone” filtration
Rich.
Velvety.
Dark as river clay.
With a finish that lingers like the afterglow of a good story.
• The Emberline Brew
Served scalding, with a floating disk of sweet-cream that melts in spirals.
• The Nightcurrent
Cold brew steeped 72 hours, infused with marsh mint and storm-pepper flakes.
• The Hillshade
A Lennix-favored blend with crushed berry pulp, giving it a purple-black sheen.
Created as a luxury treat but now beloved by everyone in the city.
Churned using river-stone coolers powered by the geothermal vents beneath the Lowlands — a method impossible to replicate elsewhere.
• Orchard Frost
Made from the mysterious fruits left anonymously by Lennix hands.
Tastes like honey, citrus, and cold sunlight.
• River Salt Caramel
Rich caramel swirled with brine crystals harvested at low tide.
• Moonwhip Swirl
Violet cream with luminescent streaks; glows faintly at night.
Origin unknown.
• Forbidden Hollow Vanilla
Infused with the same spices used by the Lennix to preserve their longevity.
Not available often.
Often sold out within minutes.
Every gastronomic secret is protected as fiercely as Lennix Hill.
Food is memory.
Food is heritage.
Food is safety.
Every dish leans into natural produce, swamp herbs, and the gifts of the Hill.
Cooking in the Lowlands is intuitive — recipes are taught by scent, texture, instinct.
Owner / Head Chef:
Chef Marla Veylor (“Mamé Marla”)
Age 57 • Human • The Lowlands’ most respected chef
Warm, terrifying, and brilliant. Lennix elders visit her kitchen personally — which means she has secrets only she knows.
• The Heritage Gumbo
The most famous pot in the Lowlands.
Dark-amber roux, stone rice pearls, river crab tail meat, mystery herbs.
Simmered 18 hours.
Served only after sunset.
• Bloodline Boudin
Raptor meat, swamp pepper, hill sage, emberfruit molasses.
Smoked over driftwood.
Sold out every night.
• Blackwater Oysters
Raw, chilled over river ice with crushed storm citrus.
Fresh enough to “bite back.”
• Lennix Orchard Beighnets
Hillroot dough, frost-sugar dust.
Served with amberfruit syrup.
• Nightcurrent Coffee Flight
Three-shot tasting board of the Lowlands’ strongest brews.
Chef:
Mollie “Many-Spoons” Tran
Age 23 • Human • Fastest hands in the Lowlands
Laughs loud, cooks louder, flirts with everyone.
Her stall is always packed.
• Walkin’ Gumbo Cup
Portable street version.
Still thick enough to stop a bullet.
• Ember-Spiced Raptor Boudin Bites
Deep-fried, exploding with juice.
Served with three dipping sauces:
Hill Honey • Swamp Heat • Quiet Death
• Swamp Fry Basket
Crisp-cut marsh potatoes with bone-broth gravy.
• Cloud Pops
Frozen beighnet spheres dipped in river caramel.
Children fight adults for these.
• Many-Spoons Cold Coffee
Mint, marsh vanilla, cracked ice.
Refreshing punch-in-the-mouth.
Chef:
Old Man Rourke Lennix (Not a true Lennix — adopted long ago)
Age 81 • Human • The only outsider trusted with Lennix seasoning
Gruff, calm, and strong as a tree stump.
His food is considered holy by some locals.
• Brennix Braised Boar
Marinated in Forbidden Hollow spices (diluted for humans).
Slow-cooked 14 hours.
Smoky, powerful.
• Firestone Stew
Thick tomato-and-marrow broth with chunks of tender river-beast meat.
• Hillshade Coffee
Black as night, almost syrup-thick.
Lennix-approved.
• Orchard Frost Ice Cream Scoop
The original recipe.
Rumored to extend your life by a month.
• Elder’s Feast Plate (Lennix Only)
Mystery item.
Not on menu.
Rumored to glow.
Chef:
Toma “Firewalker” Jinn
Age 31 • Human • Ex-smuggler turned chef
Uses a charcoal grill like a duelist.
Never says a word while cooking.
• Raptor Heart Skewers
Glazed with sunfruit honey.
Tender, sweet, dangerously addictive.
• River-Eel Char Sticks
Crunchy outside, buttery inside.
Served with black vinegar.
• Swamp Corn Wheels
Fire-roasted with hill spices.
• Ashwind Chili Noodles
Thin noodles with molten-red chili oil made from wild Lowlands peppers.
• Moonwhip Cream Cup
Violet-whipped frozen treat with glowing swirls.
Head Barista:
Adele Wick
Age 28 • Human • “Queen of the Pour”
Speaks softly, judges silently.
Her drinks are widely considered perfect.
• The Black Crown
Pure Lowlands espresso served in a ceramic cup carved with Lennix patterns.
• The River Cloud Latte
Steamed marsh-milk foam folded over cold brew.
• The Stormline Mocha
Chocolate steeped in volcano salt and swamp mint.
• IceBay Float
Vanilla ice cream in chilled espresso over river-stone ice.
• Winterlight Tea
Sweetened swamp jasmine with glowing moon petals.
Chef:
Rina Snowmark
Age 34 • Human • Dessert scientist
Polite, brilliant, barely talks unless it’s about ice cream.
• Orchard Frost Pint
Honey-citrus-vanilla blend with Hill herbs.
• River Salt Caramel Scoop
Salt crystals crackle as you eat.
• Forbidden Hollow Vanilla
Warm spice, cold cream, lingering aftertaste.
• Crystalberry Shatter
Ice cream served in a thin sugared casing you crack with a spoon.
• Sapphire Swirl
Blue and silver streaked ice cream
— tastes like mint, smoke, and moonlight.
Chef:
Gus “The Grease King” Halden
Age 49 • Human • Big, loud, beloved
• River Shrimp Fry Basket
Crispy, juiced, with swamp lemon.
• Bison Belly Sandwich
Smoked meat, herb slaw, and stone-mayo.
• Salt-Spun Catfish
Pan-fried in spiced butter.
• Three-Egg Swamp Omelet
Made with marsh herbs and hill cheese.
• Sweet-Crunch Beighnet Sticks
Breakfast version of the classic.