Rendal

The Rendal is one of the most graceful runners on Tauria's plains. Slender-bodied, with an elongated neck and powerful rear legs built for explosive speed, they can outrun nearly every predator in a straight sprint across open ground. Their horns fork near the tip into elegant forward-curving tines that mature slowly over several seasons.

Rendals live in loose herds of twenty to sixty animals, relying on keen senses and constant collective vigilance. When a herd erupts into motion, it does so with an almost uncanny unanimity — no signal visible to the naked eye, yet every animal turns at once and the plain becomes a river of motion, dust rising in their wake like smoke from a signal fire.

Giliad's Field Note

"They did not scatter when I approached. They watched me with large dark eyes and then watched the grass again. I have since learned that they decide when to be afraid. This is, I think, the most sensible approach to living on an open plain. — G."