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'''Barley''' was a type of [[grass]] cultivated for a cereal grain.<ref name="MiC"/>

==Availability==
Places in the Realms where barley was known to be cultivated included:
* In [[east Faerûn]], barley was among the primary crops grown in the [[Greenfields (Old Empires)|Greenfields]] plains of [[Unther]],<ref name="OE-40">{{Cite book/Old Empires|40}}</ref> in [[Tethyr]]'s barony of [[Tanistan]],<ref name="LoI3.E&FoI-p7">{{Cite book/Lands of Intrigue/Erlkazar and Folk of Intrigue|7}}</ref> the Tethyrian county of [[Hazamarch]],<ref name="LoI1.T-pp87-88">{{Cite book/Lands of Intrigue/Tethyr|87-88}}</ref> and the Tethyrian county of [[Varyth]].<ref name="LoI1.T-p86">{{Cite book/Lands of Intrigue/Tethyr|86}}</ref>
* In [[interior Faerûn]], barley was cultivated in the lands surrounding the [[Inner Sea]],<ref name="drag228-p34">{{Cite dragon/228/The Athalantan Campaign|34}}</ref> in [[Turmish]],<ref name="TR-p265-266" /> and around the town of [[Ghars]] in [[Cormyr]] in the 1360s DR, a time when it was quite the talk among its farmers.<ref name="MiC">{{Cite book/Murder in Cormyr/MMP|38,98,200|6,16,30}}</ref>
* In [[north Faerûn]], barley was cultivated in the Dalelands.<ref name="EE.TSL-p8">{{Cite book/Elminster's Ecologies/The Settled Lands|8}}</ref>
* In [[northwest Faerûn]], barley was cultivated in the walled abbey of [[Goldenfields]].<ref name="SKT-p48">{{Cite book/Storm King's Thunder|48}}</ref>
* In [[west Faerûn]], barley was cultivated in the city-state of [[Cursrah]],<ref name="SoC-p67">{{Cite book/Star of Cursrah|67}}</ref> in the small town of [[Nashkel]] in [[Amn]],<ref name="LoI.A-p33">{{Cite book/Lands of Intrigue/Amn|33}}</ref> Amn's capital [[Crimmor]],<ref name="EotS-p9">{{Cite book/Empires of the Sands|9}}</ref> and in the [[Western Heartlands]].<ref name="TGHotR-p136">{{Cite book/The Grand History of the Realms|136}}</ref>
* In the [[Unapproachable East]], barley was one of the major cereal grain crops of [[Thay]].<ref name="SCG-p15">{{Cite book/Spellbound/Campaign Guide|15}}</ref>
* In the [[Moonshae Isles]], barley was grown on the island of [[Snowdown]].<ref>{{Cite book/Moonshae|42}}</ref>
===Beyond Faerûn===
* In the [[Hordelands]], barley was one of main food crops grown in the countries of [[Khazari]]<ref name="TH.VII-p69-70">{{Cite book/The Horde/Volume II|69-70}}</ref> and [[Ra-Khati]].<ref name="TH.VII-p97-98">{{Cite book/The Horde/Volume II|97-98}}</ref>
===Beyond Toril===
* In [[Arborea]], the [[plane]] considered by many to be the "breadbasket" of the [[Outer Planes]], one could find many fields of barley.<ref>{{Cite book/Planes of Chaos/The Book of Chaos|36}}</ref>
* In the [[Outlands]], fields of barley could be found in [[Tir na Og]].<ref>{{Cite book/Planescape Campaign Setting/Sigil and Beyond|16}}</ref>

==Usage==
*[[Fillian's Brew]] was created using a special mix of [[hops]], barley, and sixty-four other secret ingredients.<ref name="nwnd">{{Cite game/Neverwinter Nights: Darkness over Daggerford}}</ref>
* Barley was used in the brewing of a number of alcoholic beverages. Such beverages included barley beer,<ref name="drag228-p34" /> [[Goldengulp]],<ref name="SKT-p48" /> [[Moon Mountain Ale]],<ref name="D299-80">{{Cite dragon/299/Elminster's Guide to the Realms: Moon Mountain Brewery|80}}</ref> [[slaker]],<ref name="VGttN-18">{{Cite book/Volo's Guide to the North|18}}</ref> and [[Sleeping Dragon dark]],<ref name="B-p74">{{Cite book/Blackstaff/MMP|74}}</ref> and [[Railur's Red]].<ref name="SSEd10-16">{{cite web| url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211028234155/http://candlekeep.com/downloads/So_Saith_Ed_Part25_%282010-2016%29.zip| title = So Saith Ed 2010-2016| accessdate = 25-11-2021| date = 25-11-2021}}</ref>
* Whenever [[rice]] was scarce or too valuable, people in [[Kara-Tur]] were likely to substitute it in recipes with barley.<ref>{{Cite book/Oriental Adventures|139}}</ref>

==History==
In the {{YearlinkName|233}} was marked by a bountiful barley harvest in the lands surrounding the Inner Sea, making good [[beer]] easier to find in the region.<ref name="drag228-p34" />

In the {{YearlinkName|1486}}, three [[Chosen]] of [[Silvanus]] got together on [[Sapra]] with the leaders of the Turmishan [[druid]]ic order known as the [[Emerald Enclave]] and conducted a magical [[ritual]] that ended a famine that had been plaguing that nation. This caused all manner of food to instantaneously grow throughout the land, including barley.<ref name="TR-p265-266">{{Cite book/The Reaver/MMP (2014)|265-266}}</ref>

==Rumors & Legends==
According to [[Shou]] legends, barley was once a plentiful crop in the province of [[Chukei]].<ref name="KTI-p10">{{Cite book/Kara-Tur: The Eastern Realms/Volume I|10}}</ref>

==Trivia==
The [[deity]] [[Bimasara]] of Ra-Khati's [[Padhran religion]] was typically depicted with one hand holding a sheath of barley.<ref name="SR-p53">{{Cite book/Storm Riders|53}}</ref>

==Appendix==
===Appearances===
{{Appearances
| novels = ''[[Murder in Cormyr]]'';''[[The Reaver]]''
| novel refs = ''[[Sword Play]]'';''[[Dangerous Games]]''
| video games = ''[[Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor]]''
| video game refs = ''[[Neverwinter Nights: Darkness over Daggerford]]''
}}
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