Beetle Rider

Beetle riders form the foundation of transportation along the so called beetle routes in Ralmulash. These lines are dug far and wide between the different dwarven homes within the country. Some routes simple only connecting locations within the mountain homes themselves, while others go far away. The profession however is slowly fading away in certain parts as the beetle routes are replaced for a minecart service.
A famous beetle rider is Bemmatir the writer of the children's tale Bremmy and Mirry.
== Profession ==
Being a beetle rider is no easy feat and requires a decent amount of practice. Even before riding a beetle a rider has to know cave beetles. What are their habits? What do they eat? How do they convey their emotions and needs? Being a rider means being one with the cave beetling you're riding. Only then can a rider be considered to be allowed to ride. After passing these first set of trials rookies will be trained in a closed environment, to get the ropes before being send out on a small public circuit. Its a proud moment within the training of a beetle rider when they are allowed to traverse their first route (albeit with an instructor). Afterwards (after passing the requirements) they are allowed to independently operate on shorter beetle routes. Then follows what many beetle riders consider the proudest moment of their career. They are allowed to pick a cave beetle who will accompany them for years to come, well perhaps its more the cave beetles who pick their riders. For they carefully sniff and investigate the potential new riders. From this point on a beetle rider is allowed to fully operate on short to medium length routes within a mountain home. 
Still the learning process has not ended yet. For being a beetle rider on of the longer far out routes require a new set of skills. The routes through the caverns can be hard to navigate and sometimes even flat out dangerous, especially when compared to the dug out tunnels that make up a portion of the beetle routes. Advanced navigation courses are thought to beetle riders who wish to traverse the longer routes between fortress. In addition they are also thought survival skills, in case of when they get lost they will be able to subside on local foragables. Furthermore basic combat skills are also an essential requirement, for when a stray magma crab might be encountered or even highwayman waiting in ambush. 
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