Bear Training

The act of Bear Training is a highly secretive affair. While more groups known how to train a Burden Bear, only a handful has the known-how and capabilities to train bears ready for war. As these ferocious beings are hard to domesticate and even harder to keep domesticated. The know-how is primarily transferred through oral tradition, with few scholars having tried to create manuals. These manuals are exceedingly rare as the state of Berok has forbidden the production of them. Nonetheless, in places like Madamsrest, with thriving printing industry, efforts have been made to gather and replicate information on how to train a bear. 
== How to train your bear ==
At first there was little difference between the training of a cub into either a Burden Bear or war bear. In general they will be placed among the litters of dogs. Growing up amongst them the cubs will adopted more docile characteristics. During their growth the personality of the bears is carefully monitored. The more aggressive yet responsive cubs are taking out of the litter to receive special training as a war bear. While more docile bears were selected to become bears of burden. And sometimes to be adopted as pets by rich aristocrats. Over time this system changed as the docile burden bear was bred amongst themself creating a new species of bear. 
=== Burden Bear ===
Main Article: Burden Bear
Smaller than a brown bear, the Burden Bear. Bred amongst themselves one will find more docile bears, however a skilled animal handler is still required to have these creatures grow up to be fully docile. Therefore someone can not simply buy two Burden Bear cubs, for if they grow up without proper training they will revert to their animalistic instincts. The bears themself are used for various jobs on farm fields, pulling carts and even pulling artillery. 
=== War Bear ===
It was not until the dawn of the War Bear that the people of Berok started to ride feared bears into battle. The first experimentations came with the people trying to ride Burden Bears, but this proved unsuccessful in the long term, while still strong and somewhat fierce, a Burden Bear is not made out to fight in large battles. The War Bear however was trained for aggression and fighting ferocity, but also to listen to their riders every word. A War Bear is coupled with a new rider from a young age, so that rider and bear can form a strong bond. For this strong bond is the key to have a War Bear listen to its rider.
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