Ricardo Williams @rwgs76
Dear @TheEdVerse, what can you tell about the High Moor ponies? Specifically, what's the breed's name and appearance? Are they wild or domesticated? Thanks in advance.— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 1, 2020
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The ponies of the High Moor are known as “the Shalune” as a species. They are wild, are short and shaggy (long-haired) and have black legs and muzzles. In hue and shape they look like real-world Konik horses, but have reddish 2)
…backs, and are always stocky of build (heavily-muscled). Orcs and hobgoblins have been known to eat shalunes and to force them to drag logs or other heavy cargos by means of ropes and sledges (beating them with sticks on…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 1, 2020
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…either side of the head to guide them). Trolls occasionally manage to catch and eat them, too, but shalunes can outlast most pursuers and outfight many of them (wolves usually avoid them, as shalune hooves can smash a wolf’s 4)
…skull with ease). There have been many attempts to domesticate them, but all have failed; captive animals seem to soon will themselves to death. There are persistent legends in the North of a giant Shalane who comes in the…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 1, 2020
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…howling heart of the worst blizzards to lead the ponies to shelter. In a few tales, this gigantic horse is described as a goateed unicorn or even a wingéd unicorn.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 1, 2020