(July 1st, 2014, 00:24)RefSteel Wrote: So I've got a definite order now...for some definition of "definite." The reason I've not posted two of chapters of the Sarcodes cycle that I've written is that I'm not sure how well they really illustrate the unit they're nominally talking about, and I'm still not sure of Rivanna's place in the Cycle. (I'm hoping to get away with using Chapter 7 to complete the triangle with the other three.)
So while I'm waffling about that...
Boar Rider Wrote:Deep in the Underhome, the only crops that can be grown are certain fungi, roots, and tubers. Such livestock as the Dwarves can keep in the world below must learn to survive on a steady diet of crops like these - and only one type of livestock actually thrives on it.
Fortunately, thanks to their compact nature, Dwarves who come to live in the surface world are able to use the powerful, hardy boars they raise this way as steeds. Often, they will give their mounts endearing names, in keeping with their people's love for these noble beasts. Thus is Kardir the Mighty famed for his exploits upon the back of Thromdim, and Formas the Bold for his audacious charges upon Sifissis - or, to render their names in the human tongue, Battlehammer the Mighty on the back of his noble Sausage, and Stoneback the Bold upon Bacon Grease.