Seltenvogel

Seltenvogel (pron: ZEL-tən-voh-gəl; plural: Seltenvögel (ZEL-tən-vø-gəl); Germ. selten "rare" + Vogel "bird") are extremely rare, bird-like Wesen. One appeared in.

They are prized for developing a brittle, egg-shaped stone made of gold, called an Unbezahlbar, and was enslaved or imprisoned in earlier times and force-fed to produce them. The stone develops in a sac in the Seltenvogel's throat, if it is not removed, the Seltenvogel can suffocate and die. It can be safely removed making an incision near the windpipe, taking care to avoid the major blood-vessels of the throat, and then lifting the Unbezahlbar in its membrane out.

The Seltenvogel is based on early myths of a goose that laid golden eggs, which can be found in the original Aesop's Fables, and similar myths from ancient Greece and farther back in Eastern Europe.