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Message: <blockquote data-quote="chutup" data-source="post: 5945841" data-attributes="member: 6690844">The Mounts of ThringSince the horses went out of the world, the question of the best mount for riding upon has been an eternally unresolved question. Today in Thring, the most valiant knights (cynics would say the richest) ride upon the resurrected horses of old, but most are forced to find other means of transport. Each castle generally chooses a different form of mount, and the lords often bicker about which is the best choice.At Castle Dinivar, northmost of the Thringish holdings, the knights ride upon black ostriches bred for their prodigious size. These beasts are fleet-footed and vicious with their beaks, but they are also prone to madness and early death; the sages say their bodies are too large for their souls to animate.At Castle Steadfast the knights ride on mules. Despite the derision heaped upon them by the other lords, the mules are steady and reliable, and many are the stories of a Steadfast man who was pulled to safety by his faithful mount.At Castle Tarengael the mounts are enormous bad-tempered boars. They are faithful to strong owners, but may unexpectedly devour a rider who does not take them in hand. Recently the Foolish Sages attempted an experiment to transmute the Duke's cattle into 'cowhorses', promising a new age of easy riding. The results were less than satisfactory.At the Forked Castle, they ride on enormous lizards captured from the Devil's Fingers. These beasts are swift over rough terrain and can even climb steep slopes; however they are notorious cowards.It is said that some individual knights have their own forms of transport. The Spellknight uses his magic to summon a ghostly charger. Lord Spiriwen the Cruel is known to ride on a horse-shaped palanquin carried by six stocky slaves.Hooks:- What other weird mounts are used by the Knights of Thring and others?- What happened to the cowhorses?- Tell me more about the Spellknight or Lord Spiriwen.(This makes me wonder what happens when an AD&D paladin reaches 5th level and sees a vision of his warhorse. Does it appear in a someone else's posession, and he has to go steal it? Or does he have a divine right to it once he's had the vision?)</blockquote>

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