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<blockquote data-quote="CCamfield" data-source="post: 545371" data-attributes="member: 8123">Re: Re: Re: Volume 1???Well, the elephants used by the Carthaginians were from North Africa; they were a smaller breed than the &quot;African Savannah&quot; type.&nbsp; I don't know if they were Forest Elephants per se or not.Thinking about other fantasy mounts... in the Malazan Empire series there are some mysterious people who use giant insects as flying mounts.&nbsp; (Mysterious because they wear insectoid armour and never let anyone see their real appearance.)&nbsp;&nbsp; And although I can't put my finger on any particular book, I'm pretty sure I remember books with more bestial - carnivorous - mounts for evil riders.&nbsp; Of course there are dragons and wyverns and so forth.A swine mount does sound silly... but a dire boar might be a pretty cool and vicious mount for an evil nature-based villain.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CCamfield, post: 545371, member: 8123"] [b]Re: Re: Re: Volume 1???[/b] Well, the elephants used by the Carthaginians were from North Africa; they were a smaller breed than the "African Savannah" type. I don't know if they were Forest Elephants per se or not. Thinking about other fantasy mounts... in the Malazan Empire series there are some mysterious people who use giant insects as flying mounts. (Mysterious because they wear insectoid armour and never let anyone see their real appearance.) And although I can't put my finger on any particular book, I'm pretty sure I remember books with more bestial - carnivorous - mounts for evil riders. Of course there are dragons and wyverns and so forth. A swine mount does sound silly... but a dire boar might be a pretty cool and vicious mount for an evil nature-based villain. [/QUOTE]

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