G'athend

The G'athend were a breed of small and stocky steppe-horses, who lived amongst the last clan of the Kindaru people of the Lamatath Plain. The g'athend had ochre flanks that deepened to brown haunches with manes and tails that were almost black. They were wide-rumped and bristle-maned.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 8, US SFBC p.287 Calling themselves the "keepers of the horses-of-the-rock", the Kindaru worshipped and protected the g'athend, whose population bordered on extinction, much like their own. The Kindaru did not ride the g'athend or drink their milk. They believed that when the last of their clan died off, the g'athend would run free once more until they too disappeared.
The meat of the g'athend was highly prized by city dwellers, so the Kindaru were constantly on the alert for murderous ambushes of The Captain's Skathandi raiders who sought to steal the horses for profit.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 6, US SFBC p.229-231 
==In Toll the Hounds==
Traveller encountered the last of the Kindaru and their g'athend while crossing the Lamatath Plain to Darujhistan. Near their small camp a band of thirty Skathandi raiders working for The Captain had been killed by Karsa Orlong before they could ambush the Kindaru and take their horses.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 6, US SFBC p.229-234
==Notes and references==
Category:Animals