Domesticated Animals
Cattle
Gaur (Hump-backed Cow)
Bos gaurus
Ages: Historical.
Distribution: Verenela.
Habitat: Jungle, Domestic.
Distinct Abilities: None.
These dark, hump-backed cattle are native to Fethlon, and serve the Teshnans in
much the same way as typical cows do elsewhere. Gaur is the Good Cow made long
ago by Elesha, the Teshnan Mother of Animals, to serve humankind.
Water Buffalo
Bubalus arnee
Ages: Golden, Historical.
Distribution: Kralorela.
Habitat: Marsh, domestic.
Weapons and Armor: Thick Skin ^2.
Distinct Abilities: Large 10w, Wade Through Mud 16.
Found wild near tropical rivers, domestic water buffalo are used throughout
Kralorela because they are particularly suited to wading through waterlogged rice
paddies. Fonmaleshan, the Kralori Mother of Animals, made water buffaloes long ago.
In the reign of Emperor HeenMaroun, Mr. Good Paddy Worker, a son of Aptanace the
Sage, tamed them. Out past the paddies the wild ones are threatening and aggressive
to humans, eager to avenge their enslaved kin.
Yak (Lofak)
Bos mutus
Ages: Green, Golden, Storm, Historical.
Distribution: Northern Pent, Shanshan Mountains.
Habitat: Mountains.
Weapons and Armor: Thick Skin and Hair ^2.
Distinct Abilities: Climb Rocky Slope 15, Large 10w, Resist Cold 2w.
These bulky, shaggy cattle live in large herds in Pent, and in small clans in the
upper Shanshan. They thrive in terrain too inhospitable for most other animals.
Because many are hsunchen, yaks are not considered to be either domestic or wild.
Lofak was one of many beings who lived peacefully until the cold and the Uz came.
Lofak covered his people with warm cloaks, gave them sharp horns to fight the Uz,
and taught them to lick ice to survive.
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