Zûrafy

The zûrafy of Nûrad, northern Chey Sart, and the Talathrant Valley resemble stout giraffes with long, spikelike horns. They are related to deer and feed on the foliage, fruit, and buds found in the upper part of trees or tall scrub. In harsher locales, a zûrafa will stoop to eat grasses, and herds of the beasts have been known to devastate crops. Detailed Description

The Nûriags, Variags, and Chey use the zûrafy as mounts, for they are swift, fearless, and exceedingly fierce combatants. Because of their limited numbers and the difficulty in capturing and domesticating them, though, only small numbers of the beasts have been employed outside the circles of royalty.

Most zûrafy have a whitish or light tan coat and brown and white striped legs. Their horns are covered with short, white hair which they never shed. The rare, omnivorous, nocturnal Variag zûrafa is jet black.