Guf Fish details
by Jeff Daly"Guf Fish" is the name for a species of fish about 1 to 2 feet long (though some rare specimens have been seen as long as 5). It swims off the coast of Gufetir (pronounced "guff eater"), a town of the Kingdom of Greenspur, in the Empire of Alphatia. Fishermen of this town hope and pray to catch a Guf Fish or two during the year, as a single fish can fetch anywhere from d6 to 5d6 gold pieces! Quite a hefty sum for a single fish.
The meat of the Guf Fish tastes
terrible. The fisher wives of Gufetir mix it heavily with spices, to
cut down on the bitter taste. But it is not the meat that holds the
price. The Guf Fish's scales are of pure gold. Research reveals
nothing of the origins of the Guf Fish. The natives of the
Alphatian continent, what few remain, tell fantastic tales of an
ancient hero, driven to death by an unbeatable foe, who sacrificed
himself to the sea rather than give in. His eyes "that saw all
truth", became two golden fish. The Alphatians consider this story
preposterous, and deny any possibility of common origin between the
tale and the fish. Such a fish was undoubtedly the result of some
magical experiment gone awry.