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This time, i wanted to ask that…
What mount does your character(s) use IC?
And what would be their story, if has any?
I thought this may be an interesting topic, which also helps others get more ideas
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Chieun has none. She is a very ‘infantry’ kind of character. She can’t afford one, and it doesn’t suit her equipment and fighting style. She is unlikely to ever get a permanent mount.
Ashiraya has a really, really old dragonhawk that she also used prior to the Third War, and therefore outlived her. As she lost her deathcharger, it is her go-to.
My other characters with mounts of note are:
My old priest Li-Lein, who usually rides the crane Esha for everyday purposes, but also calls on Taiyan in special circumstances - a magic-infused, heavenly golden cloud serpent, that is more akin to an ally than a mere mount.
And my mage En-Liu, who moves around on an enchanted disc. Having little patience or interest in caring for a living creature, it is convenient. I also like the imagery of her hovering over the ground, as if unwilling to sully her feet with it. It matches the personality.
The rest of my characters have either no mounts or ones that are not particularly meaningful to their character.
Ironbound Charger, because I love that mount model. IC, it is the Deathcharger steed she’s had since she was raised as a Death Knight, only “improved” during the events surrounding the new “affiliation” of the Ebon Blade Knights in Legion.
Aeranthiel’s current IC mount is a Thalassian Charger gifted to her by Magister Morde’nath (himself being a stable owner and horse breeder), former leader of the Eclipsion Blade after her Hawkstrider was slain during a mission in Silithus.
Isilmé rides on a swift medium horse she bought at a generous discount from a Human horse breeder in Elwynn after saving his wife and his son from bandits by chance.
Being a Ranger and familiar with horses from back before the events of the Second War, she trained the steed herself to act as a warhorse in some capacity, employing her favourite tactic of horseback archery for fast attack.
N’kara rides on a Felsaber, same as any other Demon Hunter, obtaining it from the Illidari.
Silmiel rides… nothing. She’s a Feral Druid IC, she just shapechanges into a sabretooth or owl.
Typically, a demonic steed is summoned as needed, suitably far from civilization so as not to cause panic and outrage. There is no sentimentality, no names given and no fondness. Demons are objects and tools to accomplish ends, nothing more. She doesn’t even dignify them with personhood.
An old but feisty manasaber lended to her by a Nightborne friend and workmate. The ornamental Shal’dorei armor was switched out for something goblin-sized and more practical, including levitation orbs.
A Red blade half-garn named Vrorg. Quite a big fan of the guilds story with them, how they won leadership of the pack by defeating a trueblood alpha while lost (and on foot) in Frostfire, to then bringing them back to azeroth. We have a huge menagerie of pets and mounts, but the Half-Garn add flavour to the guilds history and identity.
And they’re pretty awesome as RP tools. They make up a key part of our war fighting strategy.
Okiba being a former kor’kron wolf rider is quite proud to of bonded with Vrorg, and feels honoured the clan gifted the mount to him as a pup.
Kragrok has two mounts, one of which actually has RP significance and one that is unfortunately a simple mount.
The soulless mount to my chagrin is Krags wolf mount that he started with. I actually hate that it’s turned out that way, because you’d think an orcs wolf mount would be the more likely mount to become the more beloved partner, but that unfortunately isn’t the case. This mount is used when requiring speed and mobility, that’s it. No RP petting or grooming. I hate myself for this. It’s like a part of my character that is missing, but I just can’t muster the energy to care about this thing.
Mostly because my SECOND MOUNT is taking up all of that care and RP significance.
Kragroks second and primary mount is a brown kodo lovingly named Swinemincer. Originally the kodo was named Gorgo, but after an incident the creature earned a nickname of “Swinemincer” which then just became its name. Kragrok was part of a Horde warband at the time and was tasked by the commander to procure a beast of burden for them. He wasn’t provided coin, so Kragrok did what any sane person would do. He ventured out into the Barrens and sought out a fitting beast with the idea of taming one. After picking out his chosen kodo, a young specimen, Kragrok began a slow process of wearing down the beasts defenses by first getting the kodo used to his presence by getting closer and closer to it, day by day. Eventually, he had to act. The orc grabbed the kodo by its horn and swung himself over the beasts back and holding on for dear life. What followed was hours of bellowing as the young kodo threw its head around, trying to get the orc off to no avail. There’d be moments the kodo would stop momentarily only for it to begin thrashing again if Kragrok so much as moved. This lasted hours before the kodo was actually out of gas and submitted to the orc who looped a lead around the beasts neck and led it off towards new adventures.
This was the boring taming part of it. This is when Swinemincer started to shine. Kragrok became the go-to cargo hauler of the warband and was responsible for the defense of the Warbands rations. One of the first notable encounters Swinemincer was involved in was what gave him his name. The Warband was moving through the very southern tip of the Barrens where the quillboar make their homes and predictably, were ambushed.
Now, there was this nice, cramped opening in the thorny roots with a large central column of thorned roots coming up in the middle with quillboar all around it. Basically, it was a closed circuit WITH NOWHERE TO GO. At this point, Kragrok had unfastened the wagon from the kodo and charged in. With nowhere to escape to, the quillboar became little more than mince under the massive kodos feet as it trundled through. The aftermath was gruesome, but welcomed as the kodo had proven itself valuable in more ways than one.
That’s the most defining moment for Swinemincer. There’s others but I’ve written too much already.
The most important thing about Swinemincer is that he became a part of my character. I originally didn’t plan much for the kodo. It was just there because the commander told Kragrok to get a beast to haul cargo. After the quillboar incident I realized how awesome it was to have a mount like this. It’s useful for story reasons. It’s useful in combat. And most importantly, it gives Kragrok things to do. Gotta make sure Swinemincer has something to eat. Gotta find him a place to sleep. Gotta make sure he’s healthy. Hey, you, check out my kodo! isn’t he cute. Look at that mug!
Alry’s had two. She started off with Elthysra, her life-long Mana Saber companion. But as the kitty grew older and Alry didn’t stop slowing down she loaned her to a close friend who was better equipped to give the Saber a better life.
Since then she’s bumped her way into Epoch, the Undead Stallion, who she’s IMMENSELY fallen in love over. Having gotten him from a nasty Goblin Salesman, she utterly spoils the poor thing. From a full set of Shalassian-styled regalia (www argentarchives org/node/224349) to making sure his bones are totally clean and he’s treated like a prince. As she felt abandoned as she got older, she feels Epoch was abandoned to a life of solitude due to his state and she wants to make sure he never feels alone or unloved.
Telia has a black wolf called coal. He’s from the pack of wolves her mother keeps. The packs matriarch has kinda adopted Telia as one of her cubs. As she plays with her other cubs all the time. Coal treats Telia almost like a little sister in the way he protects her even from his own pack (wolf cubs don’t know how to hold back when playing with the little elf).
Telia also has a Cloud Serpent. Telia went to the little farm / nursery and while there she touched one of the eggs and out popped Elin. There as bad as each other for causing mischief. Elins only just big enough for Telia to ride, but so far she’s only allowed to float above the ground on Elin (Yeah over protective mum).
Epoch, Alryette’s steedhttps://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/546534285990035456/551191678531141645/Epoch.jpg
(Note that he had been a pleasure to draw)
As for Narmë’s mounts, she have two.
The first is of course Vestige, her dragonhawk since she joined the Escadrille. The great Blue was a veteran of the Northrend Wars who lost his previous rider (a Sunreaver) in the Dalaran Purge; they even participated in bringing a Frostwyrm down together at the time! The “dragon” part of his name is quite important as he have a very pronounced magpie tendency; he loves hoarding things, particularly the shiny ones! He successfully badgered Narmë into getting golden rings for his horns. His possessivity is an advantage if she ever needs to guard something (and a trait they share.)
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The other one is Radhanan, a Thalassian steed. Narmë puts most of her economies (when she was still a mercenary, and not a greatly successful one at that) into getting a good mount and she finally settled on the unicorn. Radhanan is seal bay of coat (because black’s the first color for the pvp unicorns, and I still haven’t gotten the motivation to go get the others coughs), and one of the most gentle and well mannered creatures that be. She accompanied Narmë in Northrend twice by now, both as a mercenary and a soldier.
If someone could repost with the pictures, that would be wonderful. My new impossibility to is making me grind my teeth unpleasantly.
Tak’rata has both a pterrodax (being a priestess of Pa’ku) and a glorious guided ravasaur that was originally her assigned ravasaur when she initially joined the 7th Rastari Cohort, it has been with her through many trial and she now considers it her own.
My elf Kyandrial has a Hawkstrider. This current Hawkstrider is a bit slow and sluggish and takes a lot of encouragement to do what she wants it to. It’s name is Garent the 3rd. After her Onxy, which had been a gift from her father, was killed during a battle, she was loaned Garnet the 1st.
Garnet I was fiesty, but was left behind when they had to quickly portal to safety from a mission.
Garnet II was a great fighter, but got lost in EPL during Drums of War.
And so the army gave her Garnet III!
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Sindri’s fishing ship descends upon winged goldshire draenei erpers in the barrens during modesty wars, year 35, Colorized
Kotur has two mounts: Highmountain Thunderhoof moose for ground travel and Highmountain eagle for traveling and fighting in the skies.
Oooo! I did a similar thread to this! Do ‘Your IC weapon next’!
Brigante has two. He has a ‘ceremonial’ mount, awarded due to him being a Ranger-Captain. a Hawkstrider named ‘Hotspur’. Originally the two did -not- get on, but they are now gradually warming to each other, by which I mean Hotspur has stopped trying to eat Brigante’s head, and Brigante has stopped punching Hotspur in his beaky face. They have a cool, yet cordial relationship, likean old married couple who have just had a row…They’re constantly annoyed at each other, but they don’t want to be with anyone else.
Brigante’s Dragonhawk…. Sunspear, or more correctly, Sunspear III, is a “Beautiful Brainless Bully” as Brigante describes him. He’s two thirds right, Sunspear is a fine example of a Dragonhawk, of mixed Blue and Silver heritage, and as such -massive-, he -is- a Bully. Sunspear is the Alpha of all the Sun Hawks Dragonhawks. This is a worrying trend Brigante is trying to stamp on. Dragonhawks are -not- pack animals, the fact Sunspear has started to assume such a role is…an aberration he really should be trying to trample on. As to the third point, Sunspear is definitely not ‘brainless’. Like most Dragonhawks, and indeed, most flying mounts in Azeroth, there is plenty going on in that skull of theirs, Sunspear is an odd one. He is perpetually angry, though is not sure what at, he is somewhat crippled, (his flame glands were damaged by an Alliance Mana weapon in Redridge, his flame is more a lance, than a cone) He is Very, very paternal of the other Dragonhawks in the unit. Not their riders, he tolerates them at best, but he genuinely looks out for the younger ones. He does understand how Elves work. He allows Brigante’s infant children to clamber all over him and pet his feathers without incinerating them, because he knows they are the Hatchlings of his ‘Wingless Self’. They’re two veteran soldiers growing old together, like a married couple but with more flame, scales, pointed ears, wings, cynicism, irrational anger, and being two entirely different species…
They do love each other dearly however, in their fashion.
Dangerbeard currently has none, having been released recently after a very long prison sentence. Being an engineer I’m contemplating going with the chopper because I could see her build one herself. Perhaps, though, after a lot of lucrative jobs she might just buy an animal though. Some sort of ram, goat or maybe even a bear.
I could also see her making a gyrocopter but I guess we’ll see where the story takes her (and her mount).
Alyndaria has a dark mare that she travels with currently. She has given the horse no name however, as she finds no current need for it. Though her horse is formidable, Alyn just doesn’t want to put the creature through too much if any harm at all - that is why she seldom rides her mare in battle.
If needed Frakhorn will ride the grizzled dusky worg; A’kor, a companion of his late mate, but otherwise he travels on foot, with the worg pack following at a distance.
A far old mount he rides is a Wyvern of a Pride that Primalsong Tribe made an ally long before Frakhorn became part of Primalsong, but he only rides it if neccesary in Central Kalimdor, the Pride being settled with nests in Brambleblade Ravine, between Mulgore and Southern Barrens.
Ercia doesn’t really have a mount, does a ship count? If so she’s often aboard the Myrmidon travelling from place to place.
Anna has a black stallion called Obsidian at her disposal.
Bred by Harry the Hussar.