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In Pakardia, the oviraptorsaur u’ruek is a juxtaposition of a beast. As adults, they are loyal, formidable, and durable mounts and protectors of clan and livestock. If it is established as ‘flock’, the u’ruek will defend. Wild members of this species in the lowlands are generally too aggressive to tame, but in the highlands, a lineage was domesticated and spread into the lowlands with the return of the Firebird Clan. Horses are generally easier to tame, and not bonding to a particular rider and being generally reluctant to allow strangers to ride makes horses more practical as mounts between settled areas, though the minimal grassy pastures in Pakardia does make u’ruek more appropriate for some journeys as they can subsist on a wide range of local flora and fauna.

As adults, u’ruek are calm and reliable mounts. Unfortunately, they must first survive their childhood. In this stage, young u’ruek are notorious problems. They harass other livestock, steal anything shiny, tear open and feast on crops, and see any closed door as a challenge. Chicks, or memos as they are called by highlanders, have such a penchant for mischief that many see their entire childhood as a two-year-long exercise in daring parents and handlers to put them down. Once they become adolescents they begin to settle down as long as they are kept in line by the flock, and adults are much more calm. It is accepted Pakardiant wisdom that the most difficult memos grow into the most amicable and reliable adults. It is not lost on many outsiders to note a similarity in the peoples of this island: adults are famously measured and stoic yet formidable hunters and warriors, yet their children all seem possessed by any of the dozen or so trickster spirits in their chaos, destruction, and glee. Though cruelty is not tolerated, they are forgiven most transgressions and encouraged to play loud, wild, and free.

Description
In Pakardia, the oviraptorsaur u’ruek is a juxtaposition of a beast. As adults, they are loyal, formidable, and durable mounts and protectors of clan and livestock. If it is established as ‘flock’, the u’ruek will defend. Wild members of this species in the lowlands are generally too aggressive to tame, but in the highlands, a lineage was domesticated and spread into the lowlands with the return of the Firebird Clan. Horses are generally easier to tame, and not bonding to a particular rider and being generally reluctant to allow strangers to ride makes horses more practical as mounts between settled areas, though the minimal grassy pastures in Pakardia does make u’ruek more appropriate for some journeys as they can subsist on a wide range of local flora and fauna.

As adults, u’ruek are calm and reliable mounts. Unfortunately, they must first survive their childhood. In this stage, young u’ruek are notorious problems. They harass other livestock, steal anything shiny, tear open and feast on crops, and see any closed door as a challenge. Chicks, or memos as they are called by highlanders, have such a penchant for mischief that many see their entire childhood as a two-year-long exercise in daring parents and handlers to put them down. Once they become adolescents they begin to settle down as long as they are kept in line by the flock, and adults are much more calm. It is accepted Pakardiant wisdom that the most difficult memos grow into the most amicable and reliable adults. It is not lost on many outsiders to note a similarity in the peoples of this island: adults are famously measured and stoic yet formidable hunters and warriors, yet their children all seem possessed by any of the dozen or so trickster spirits in their chaos, destruction, and glee. Though cruelty is not tolerated, they are forgiven most transgressions and encouraged to play loud, wild, and free.