##### Al Jaziri Horse Desert Blood, Sand Charger

2 2 10 1 0 / 1 12

3 / 3 / 1 / 3 / 3 / 1 35 800 Restricted Equine, Light Swift, Enduring, Desert-Bred, Sure-Footed, Bonded

- **Attacks:** Hoof (Unarmed; Damage 3; Crit 5) Bred around Mosulad in Jazirah. A refined, sand-coloured horse of medium height that keeps its pace across dunes for days. It is a scout's and a messenger's mount, and a cultural symbol. It is the Desert Horse of Chapter 9 at its best. ##### Carpsonic Grizzleback Malurten Bear, Dwarven Riding Bear

2 1 16 4 0 / 0 24

4 / 2 / 1 / 3 / 3 / 1 20 5000 Rare Ursine, Heavy Battle-Trained, Climber, Sure-Footed, Cold-Bred, Bonded Only, Meat-Eater

- **Attacks:** Claws (Unarmed; Damage 7; Crit 3; Vicious 2); Bite (Unarmed; Damage 6; Crit 4; Pierce 1) The riding bear of the dwarves of Malurten in the Carpsonic Mountains of Irna: broader and lower than a wild bear, grizzled grey-brown, calm, and devoted to the dwarf who spent years earning it. It works mines and passes that defeat carts. It sickens in lowland heat. ##### Drakin Flame Runner Fireblood, Ashfoot, Volcanosteed

2 2 13 3 1 / 1 14

3 / 4 / 1 / 3 / 2 / 1 40 8000 Rare Reptile, Light Racing Gait, Swift, Fire-Blooded, Meat-Eater, Temper 2

- **Attacks:** Raking Kick (Unarmed; Damage 5; Crit 4); Snap Bite (Unarmed; Damage 4; Crit 4); Panic Flame (Heavy Ranged; Damage 4; Crit 4; Short; Burn 2) The raptor-runner of Chon Buri in Shoing. It runs on two powerful hind legs with a long tail held out behind, clawed forelimbs tucked to its chest, and a horned, crested head on an upright neck. Its scales are rust red and ember orange, and the throat sacs at the base of its neck glow like banked coals. It has no wings. **Fire-Blooded**: fire and heat do not harm or frighten it, cold makes it sluggish (Speed 1), and once in an encounter, when frightened or commanded with a Hard Riding check, it uses Panic Flame. ##### Dwarven Ironhoof Steed Ironhoof, Rockwalker, Forge-Horse

2 1 13 3 0 / 0 22

4 / 2 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 1 25 500 Restricted Equine, Heavy Sure-Footed, Hardy, Steady, Fire-Proof Hooves, Pack Animal

- **Attacks:** Hoof (Unarmed; Damage 5; Crit 4) Bred in Rockmount in Irna for the Ironspike and Carpsonic ranges: heavy-boned, dark, and tireless under load. **Fire-Proof Hooves**: its hooves are as hard as forged iron, strike sparks from stone, and are not harmed by fire or hot ground. It is the Mountain Horse of Chapter 9, stronger and slower.

##### Emerald Pachyderm Forest Elephant, Gwajin Elephant, the Green Hide

3 1 19 6 0 / 0 50

4 / 1 / 1 / 3 / 4 / 1 20 10000 Rare Pachyderm, Medium Platform, Draft 4, Forest-Bred, Long Memory, Panic Stampede

- **Attacks:** Tusk Gore (Unarmed; Damage 7; Crit 3; Pierce 2); Trample (Unarmed; Damage 6; Crit 4; Blast 3 against clustered targets) A green-grey forest elephant from around Gwajin in Shoing, smaller and more agile than the elephant of open country, with a trunk precise enough to work a latch. Handler families keep one animal for three generations. As a Siege Pachyderm it carries a fighting platform. ##### Elven Moonmane Charger Moonmane, Silverfoot, Night-Breed

2 2 11 2 0 / 1 14

3 / 3 / 1 / 3 / 3 / 2 30 1200 Rare Equine, Light Swift, Forest-Bred, Silent Hooves, Keen Senses, Bonded

- **Attacks:** Hoof (Unarmed; Damage 4; Crit 4) Bred by the elves of Maxan in Antaea: tall, lean, and silver-grey, with a mane that catches moonlight. It moves through forest almost without sound and notices danger before its rider. **Silent Hooves**: add 2 Boon Dice to Stealth checks made while mounted on it in woodland. ##### Frost-Mare Frosthaven horse, ice mare

2 2 12 2 0 / 0 16

3 / 2 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 1 25 450 Common Equine, Medium Cold-Bred, Hardy, Enduring

The cold-country breed sold by the Frostbound Stables of Frosthaven in Irna. It is a Riding Horse that ignores the travel penalty for snow and does not suffer in the cold. ##### Funta Kasike Kasike, Sprint Horse, Tontou Racer

2 2 10 1 0 / 1 12

3 / 4 / 1 / 2 / 2 / 1 30 1500 Restricted Equine, Light Sprinter, Swift, Agile, Temper 2

- **Attacks:** Hoof (Unarmed; Damage 3; Crit 5) The racing horse of Tontou in Funta, heavy in the hindquarters and glossy as a polished boot. Nothing leaves a standing start faster. It is the Courser of Chapter 9, bred for the festival track. ##### Hashire Hopper Giant Riding Rabbit, Windhopper, the Long-Eared Express

1 2 8 0 1 / 1 6

2 / 4 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 1 30 300 Common None Small Mount, Leaper, Swift, Temper 1

- **Attacks:** Kick (Unarmed; Damage 3; Crit 5) The riding rabbit of the gnomes and Smalings of Hashire in Irna. It is the Riding Hare of Chapter 11 by its proper name. It dislikes rock and desert. ##### Irnian Courser Plains Runner, Aysgarth Blood, the Wide-Sky Horse

2 2 12 2 0 / 0 16

3 / 3 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 1 40 1000 Restricted Equine, Medium Swift, Enduring, Plains-Bred, Battle-Trained

- **Attacks:** Hoof (Unarmed; Damage 4; Crit 4) The tall, long-legged horse of the plains tribes around Aysgarth in Irna, bred for hunting and war in open country. It covers more ground in a day than any other horse in Dort, and frets in a stable. It is a Light Warhorse with a longer stride. ##### Orcish War Brute Durgor, Greyfang Boar, the Iron Mount

2 2 18 6 0 / 0 24

4 / 2 / 1 / 2 / 4 / 0 20 6000 Rare Suid, None Battle-Trained, Shock Mount, Armoured Hide, Too Angry to Stop, Temper 2

- **Attacks:** Tusks (Unarmed; Damage 6; Crit 3; Pierce 2); Stomp (Unarmed; Damage 5; Crit 4; Knockdown) The war mount of the Greyfang orcs of Antaea: a boar that stands above a warhorse, dark and bristle-maned, with great curved tusks the orcs band in iron. It is the War Boar of Chapter 11. The plates the Greyfangs hang on it are trophies and add nothing to its hide. **Too Angry to Stop**: once in an encounter it suffers 2 Wounds to ignore being Immobilized or knocked Prone. Three successful mountings are needed before it accepts a rider who is not an orc. ##### Smaling Meadow Trotter Windward Pony, Meadow Horse

1 2 9 1 0 / 0 10

2 / 2 / 1 / 2 / 2 / 2 25 200 Common Equine, Light Small Mount, Steady, Meadow-Bred

The gentle, thick-maned pony of the Smalings of Windward in Irna, no taller than thirteen hands. It is the Pony of Chapter 9 with better manners. **Meadow-Bred**: it walks through standing crops without harming them, and it is unhappy in mountains and desert. ##### Ice Lake Otter Coleshill otter, net-hauler

2 2, swim 2 16 4 1 / 1 12

3 / 3 / 1 / 3 / 3 / 1 30 2500 Restricted Mustelid, Light Swimmer, Amphibious, Swift, Playful

- **Attacks:** Bite (Unarmed; Damage 5; Crit 3; Pierce 2) The Giant River Otter of the Ix Adversary Catalog, as ridden. It is the Giant Otter of Chapter 13. The fishers of the Ice Lake Fishery at Coleshill, on the Haffsa River in northern Irna, raise it from a kit. It hauls nets along the ice edge, and in the short summer it carries one lightly loaded fisher on the river and the lake. It is ridden low over the shoulders in a water saddle. ##### Zazua Pilot Drake Delta drake, pilot drake

3 1, swim 2 18 5 0 / 1 20

4 / 3 / 1 / 3 / 3 / 0 25 12000 Rare Reptile, Medium Swimmer, Amphibious, Battle-Trained, Boat Hazard, Meat-Eater, Temper 2

- **Attacks:** Bite (Heavy Melee; Damage 6; Crit 3; Pierce 1); Tail Sweep (Heavy Melee; Damage 5; Crit 4; Knockdown) The River Drake of the Ix Adversary Catalog, as ridden. It is the River Drake of Chapter 13. The Pilots' Cooperative of Zazua, at the mouth of the Chanda River in southern Shoing, keeps a few trained to the saddle. A pilot rides one ahead of a loaded ship to read the Third Finger, the one deep channel through the delta. It is ridden behind the shoulders in a water saddle, and it walks across the sandbars between channels. ##### Tide Serpent Coast serpent, wave wyrm

3 swim 2 18 5 0 / 1 18

4 / 3 / 1 / 3 / 3 / 0 40 20000 Rare None Swimmer, Battle-Trained, Boat Hazard, Bonded Only, Meat-Eater, Temper 2

- **Attacks:** Bite (Heavy Melee; Damage 6; Crit 3; Pierce 2); Coil (Unarmed; Damage 5; Crit 4; Ensnare 3) The Tide Serpent of the Ix Adversary Catalog, as ridden. It is the Sea Serpent of Chapter 13. The patrol of Junaloia, in the Dort Islands of the Rhodian Ocean, has a few island-born riders who each raised a serpent from a hatchling. A rider goes out ahead of the patrol vessels, seated behind the crest in a water saddle, to meet arriving ships. It carries only the rider who raised it.