Jhag horse

Jhag horses were originally bred long ago by the JaghutHouse of Chains, Chapter 10, US SFBC p.392 as riding animals, but they had long since gone feral.House of Chains, Chapter 17, US SFBC p.583 They were carnivorous,The Bonehunters, Chapter 1, US SFBC p.45/60 travelled in packs, and their favoured prey was the common horse.The God is Not Willing, Chapter 19, US HC p.351-352 They were known to kill Bhederin calves on occasion.The Bonehunters, Chapter 9, US SFBC p.407 They were usually grey as iron with black manes and tails.House of Chains, Chapter 17, US SFBC p.584 Twice as large as a regular horse, they were larger even than the Teblor horses who were bred by the Teblor and similar in ancestry. The mares were broad-backed. The horses were drawn to the smell of bloodwood and blood oil.House of Chains, Chapter 17, US SFBC p.585
Current populations of the breed could be found in Jhag Odhan and those bred by the Teblor in Northern Genabackis. They bred infrequently and only maintained their numbers because of their longevity, granted to them by Phyrlis' blood. However in the Odhan they were being hunted to extinction by the Trell, whose favoured technique was driving them off cliffs.House of Chains, Chapter 17, US SFBC p.583House of Chains, Chapter 14, US SFBC p.518
Jhag horses were known as "bone-horses" by the Anibar people.The Bonehunters, Chapter 12, US SFBC p.487
Jhag horses were known as "Jhag'athend" by the last clan of the Kindaru people of the Lamatath Plain of central Genabackis.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 6, US TPB p.189/191
==In House of Chains==
Phyrlis summoned a herd of a dozen Jhag horses so that Karsa Orlong could select a worthy mount. Though thought close to extinction, nearly fifteen thousand horses arrived in answer to the summons. Phyrlis said the overwhelming number was not from her call alone, but due to the scent of blood-oil in Karsa's veins. The horses remembered when the oil could be found on the odhan tens of thousands of years ago. Karsa chose the stallion, Havok, from among their number.House of Chains, Chapter 17, US SFBC p.582-586
==In The God is Not Willing==
Pake Gild explained how her people's Teblor horses were not a natural animal, but were a gift of a half-blood Jaghut who had long ago come among the tribes. The Jhag had fused together two beasts--the Jhag horse and the common horse--into one, so the Teblor horse was both predator and prey. Even so, breeding Teblor horses required much skill to prevent them from growing too large to support their own weight, or from being too vicious because they possessed too much of the Jaghut strain.
== Notable Jhag horses ==
* Havok, Synyg's destrier given to Karsa Orlong
* Havok, (the second) of the Jhag Odhan
* Undead Seguleh Second's Horse
==Notes and references==
Category:Animals