Pegasus (animal)
A curious type of winged horse native to the mountains of Amaghea, the pegasus is easily the most iconic beast of the region. They spend most of their lives leading solitary existences in mountain pastures, but seasonally fly down to the lowlands and come together in spectacular herds to breed.
The pegasus seems like something straddling the border between legend and reality, but they are all too real, as people who have had ill encounters with one can confirm. They have all the speed, strength, and ferocity of a wild horse, combined with great soaring wings that allow them to flee—or attack—in any direction they choose. Due to their difficulty to tame or breed in captivity, as well as the position of their wings making it difficult to ride them like normal horses, they are only best to be kept as curiosities or hunted for sport. And today, it is the latter.
I scramble up the path with my pages, traversing the hills that pegasi like to call home. The steep and uneven terrain is an obstacle that the winged beasts can navigate with ease, but there is nothing in this world that is indomitable to man.
Ahead of us, grazing on some grass by the path, stands a beautiful white stallion, wings folded along his sides as he grazes on some grasses along the edge of the path. Perfect! I nock an arrow, draw my bow, and take aim...