Three Species of Cornupedia (Spur-Horses) entered by Mr.Prongcat04 for my 4th design event for Exoton
The Grave Horse is among the largest of the extant Bone Horses, named so by the native Takren peoples of the region due to its monochrome almost deathly appearance. They’re an elusive sight out on the moors and among the pillars of the Pillar Graveyard being nocturnal feeding and vocalizing to each other in surprisingly high pitched ghostly wails and whinnying. Grave Horses live in small family groups led by a lead stallion and his small harem of 2 to 6 females along with their young and other related males usually the stallions sons. To the Takren who live in the frigid moors and bogs, the Grave Horse is a sign of ill omen and death (another reasons why the name ‘Grave Horse’) and hunting and eat one is seen as strictly taboo.
One of the most abundant large herbivores of the Pillar Graveyard, the Crowned Lantern Horse is the largest member of the Lantern Horses, a linage of Bone Horse that have evolved a symbiotic relationship with a bioluminescent bacteria that live in a gelatinous bulb on top of their heads. The lights are used to communicate with other horses and distract predators by disorienting or blinding them with their biological headlights. The lights of the Crowned Lantern Horse shines a brilliant yellow and Takren of the Pillar Graveyard hunt these horses for their meat, the skulls (which make wonderful masks) and for the bacteria which can be made into a source of light with just a shake. The bacteria can be poured into membranes creating lanterns or be crafted into glowsticks for smaller light sources and are especially popular among Takren children.
The Graveyard Nosesinger is the most northerly dwelling Nosesinger Bone Horse, a linage of bizarre long legged Bone Horses with highly derived chambered nostrils used to create beautiful or eerie songs to communicate with each other over long distances. They live solitary lives in the bogs and moors of the Pillar Graveyard singing melancholic songs through their noses. Graveyard Nosesingers are most often heard not seen and are so elusive that a Takren may go for their entire lives and never see one in the flesh. The music these Bone Horses produce are highly intwined into their society and have fashioned flutes and horns to imitate the sad, mournful sounds they produce. These instruments are most commonly played during funerals.
