#and as a bonus note: Windshear's color scheme is based on a blend of peregrine falcons and red-tailed hawks!
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valiant-portabella-pirkko · 2 months ago
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Windshear - Northern Featherwing Griffon
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Thunderclap - Fulgurite Ridgeback Jackal
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Blitz - Lepidote Brute Skyscale
Presenting: 3 of Ruju's menagerie of mounts, all gradually gathered and tamed over the course of his journey as the Commander. each is just as stubborn as he is-- for better and DEFINITELY for worse.
Windshear
- an early encounter; Ruju met her in Lornar's Pass on a diplomacy mission for the Vigil, and was consequently carried off by the bird
- fortunately it turned out she was more interested in having a playmate to fly with than actually harming him
- the most dramatic of creatures. she takes him on the wildest and steepest possible routes entirely on purpose
- also the most likely to let you pet her. she loves being scritched right behind the ears and will lean her FULL weight into it
- (Ruju has been flattened by this on multiple occasions)
Thunderclap
- the djinn of the Desolation were tracking this runaway jackal when Ruju came into the area, so he decided to help them out
- turned out the jackal had a prideful nature; he expected any tamer to match his ferocity and prove their worth
- Ruju ultimately accomplished this by facing the jackal 1v1 with his air element, wrestling among the toxic sands
- his violet air element blended with the djinn's taming magic, producing his unique coloration and electrical current
- unlike Windshear he does NOT like being petted. however... he does enjoy a good game of tug-o-war, but will NOT hold back
Blitz
- Gorrik initially joked that the hatchling was so fiercely rebellious because Ruju was the one to retrieve his egg
- this stopped being funny after getting bitten like 15 times
- absolutely VORACIOUS eater when it comes to magic... but also notoriously picky. tends towards crystallized energy
- particular favorite is bloodstone, which caused his eventual bright red coloration. his scales glitter with crimson gems
- somewhat vain. he's very proud of his spiky crimson look and tends to preen and show off when other skyscales are around
- they all just think he's weird though (because he is)
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