Sithis

Sithis
Sithis is a planetouched warhorse first introduced in the game as the specialty mount for the Druid Charala Mavra. He was taken from the stables of a conquered vampire and his parentage, though clearly Nightmarish in descent, is questionable. As the game continued, Charala began to gradually become less of a player character in the plot (schedule conflicts with her creator vs. game time) and in time, fell behind all together. However, Neria had gained favor with Sithis earlier on when she fed him the flesh of fallen enemies. His hunger filled by her bloodlust in battle led ultimately to a companionship that even the bonds of slavery could not break.

Sithis is a large horse, similar in body-shape and size to a Percheron. He is deep, warm-black with reddish eyes and nostrils. His mane is long and flowing, and has very deep auburn hints in the blackness of it. His mouth and nostrils emit tendrils of smoke on occasion and when he moves, his massive hooves leave scorched marks on the ground. When excited or prancing, he can actually start small fires, which makes traveling with him on a boat possibly problematic.

He is currently trained in Hunting and the command "Come". He has a special ability called "Smoke" that allows him to create a smoke screen with his breath. His battle gear consists of a bitless bridle (wouldn't do any good to have one in his mouth- it might melt!), saddle pad, and banded mail barding.

Because of his parentage, Sithis is carnivorous. This works well, since his rider is both a proficient killer and a lycanthrope- they can share! Due to his diet, he does not have typical equine teeth; he instead has fangs similar in arrangement to any carnivorous mammal.

During the group's internment at Ashtakala, Sithis was slave to the Lord of Pleasures. Terrible things happened there, things that won't be mentioned here, but Neria and her miscreant band freed him and he'll never have to go back there again... never never never... I hope.