Kurrals
Kurrals were one of the most revered creatures in all of the Eastern Colonies, especially among the Kelekossi immigrants that quickly made up the majority human population in the eastern regions. They’re reliable, sturdy creatures incapable of flight despite their seemingly avian visage. Kurrals typically lived well into their thirties on average, but the hardiest Kurral lineages boasted lifespans in the fifties. Because of this, Most riders were only gifted long-term Kurral mounts in their 20′s when the Kurrals were just hatched- or in some cases, a Kurral could be given to a rider as an egg to allow for parental imprinting to occur from the Kurral onto it’s rider. Because of the close bond formed between a Kurral and it’s rider, it was customary to put a Kurral to death as a mercy to the creature when it’s rider died as a Kurral could form a harsh, morbid depressive mood upon the rider’s death and would eventually go lame. Some Kurrals have been known to become dangerously volatile, lashing out rather than shrinking into despair. And in even rarer cases, a Kurral might seak out some form of active suicide.