Curious Treasures
During a traveler's adventures across these strange and wild lands, one might come across a variety of items to collect. From herbal plants, scavenged loot, and hoarded treasures, to the most worthless of junk or the most delicate of cuisines, there is value to be found all around us. These passages, collected from the loosely written words of other compendiums, seeks to detail but a few of the treasures and goods found in the life of the everyday adventurer.
Dungoneer Dagger — A dagger dating back to the first years of the 1st Age, if not older. Historians argue that it may be one of the first daggers ever commercially crafted. This is due to its design used as a test for apprenticeships with traditional blacksmiths, passed on throughout the generations. Today, nearly every type of arms dealer and weapons tech company carry some variation of its design, most companies offer custom designs on the blade for a fee. Traditionally it is engraved with runes of power and protection or not at all.
Crescent Horn Dagger — A common weapon carved from tusks or horns of larger beasts like bovines, rhinos, and large deer. The loot used in crafting a Crescent Horn Dagger effects the durability and coloration of the blade. Today, it is much more common for over-the-counter weapons like these to be 3D-printed from stronger metals, to deter unethical poaching. Unless accompanied with proof-of-hunt evidence, most GUILD-licensed blacksmiths won’t even touch the loot required to make such a common dagger.
Health Potion — The most common type of potion, and the easiest one to make. It only takes ten sap plant leaves and their magical sap to make a health potion. Fully heals minor wounds, cuts, and bruises; rapidly speeds up the healing process of greater damage.
Blue Sugar — The generic name for the sweetener extracted from a perennial plant introduced to Ra by the humans. Its usage and taste remarkably exact to other cane plants native to Ra. Its blue coloring is the result of genetic cloning originally done in space aboard the voyager Hulls.
Chungu Fruit — The fruit of the zuur chungu tree. Known for its sweet-and-sour taste, its juice is used as a flavor enhancer for a number of recipes. The strange lumps that cover the surface are actually little pockets of concentrated juice that contain an extra burst of sour taste. Some of these pockets contain the seed of the fruit. The seeds are pushed to the surface, and the extra-potent juice is used to attract animals to distribute the seeds.
Gummyjacks — A desert originally crafted aboard the Valor-1 and made of the protein-paste humans consumed to survive in space. It is molded into the shape of waffles, a dough-based food that was hard to make once grain supplies became scarce. Today, it is mass produced out of eternal gummy and sold in major grocery stores around the world.
Iliyos — As if nature intended for this tropical fruit to be the easiest fruit to consume, it grows so that each “slice” of the fruit easily peels off the core of the fruit. The name of this fruit is wauan for peel.
Puntibolb — A small, polka-dotted crop plant with a bland and bitter taste. They have had a multitude of uses including food, kitchen tools, toys, musical instruments and decoration. But are best served prepped and accompanying a hearty protein-based main dish.
Sleggs — A berry species typically used as a vegetable in cooking. It constantly secretes a bitter slime from its stem by an unexplainable, magical means, even after being cut from its flower. The slime is edible.
Vavaberry — arguably the most savory and juicy fruit growing on Ra. It’s rich violet center contains a pool of ripened juices perfect for any dish or just a sweet, nutritious treat to make it through the day.
Sweet Elf Crap — A common elven desert consisting of a delicately blended chocolate and peanut butter whipped cream. Often presented as an option in overpriced restaurants.
Blood Curdling Ramen — A dark elf cultural entree, traditionally prepared with wheat noodles the broth is served at boiling temperature that further cooks the protein it is served with. The broth is also seasoned to give an optionally mild spice but mostly to mimic the appearance of boiling blood. Here we see the ramen served with soft boiled chicken eggs, steamed darkroot, violet peppers, and eft meat.
Barometz Heart-Seeds — Not actually a heart, this seed is a brain-seed and the entire being of a barometz. Barometz have two heart-seeds that grow simultaneously, their roots twisting together to form the makeshift skeletal shape of the barometz. The root-like feet of a barometz are actually the first roots to sprout from the heart-seeds when they start maturing. The heart-seeds are a barometz’s most valuable loot; only salvageable for a few hours after a barometz’s death, the heart-seed is used in a variety of rare cultural entrées.
Barometz Roots — The left over roots from the tracks of a Barometz. Once a Barometz has finished grazing, it separates the roots from its legs so it can walk again. If the leftover roots are gathered quickly enough, the roots can be packaged and sold for small shards. Barometz Roots can be used in a variety of cooking recipes and are commonly sold as a light snack, dehydrated Barometz roots are a high-protein snack similar to meat-based jerky.
Serbalia Nectar — The water collected in stored in the cactus-like humps of the serbalia. Serbalias store most of the water they drink to keep them hydrated when they go long periods without a water source. The water mixes with fat and muscle of the animal and becomes a thicker, nectar-liked substance. The nectar is rich with electrolytes and antioxidants, and has a fruitier taste than one might expect.