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Raptoroids

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For some reason; as I continued to ponder how my monster-race story is going to pan out, I thought about the idea of each race having their own steeds. In the case of Harriers, I thought about a Griffin-type of monster, and I eventually decided on the Hippogriff. I figured that Hippogriffs should be a deeply engrained facet of Harrier society as horses are to Knights and the Samurai. Reading on Hippogriff behavior, they tend to be very aggressive towards other mamalian creatures (as they see them as prey)...but I foresee that Harriers would have some form of symbiosis with the Hippogriff seeing that they both share the same raptor gene.
The young Takaji, before his first flight, was plucked from the Gyuki tribelands by a winged monstrousity...the winged Hippogriff. At first, the little Harrier was terrified (what creature abducted wouldn't?), but that tension was relieved when the Hippogriff brought him to an aerie nearby a Harrier kingdom. Takaji was essentially brought to its nest and shown a lone egg; the last surviving egg after a previous raid by a rogue wyvern. Takaji realized that this Hippogriff was a mare; a caring mother watching after her brood. Her intent for bringing the young Harrier to her aerie was to train him to fly; seeing that Harriers and Hippogriffs have a symbiotic bond and realizing that Takaji did not have a suitable mentor in flight, she took it upon herself to help Takaji in his first flight. This is, in fact, a part of the coming of age ritual for all Harriers.
A few months after his first flight, Takaji pays a visit to 'Amaya's' aerie...to encounter the tragedy of Amaya's last egg missing. The rogue wyvern dispatched the last of the brood. Amaya had intended for her youngling to bond with Takaji as his companion, but seeing as her progeny are all but gone, she instead became Takaji's mount and brought him back to the Harrier Shogunate.
As Takaji was re-integrated back into Harrier culture, he became a member of the Imperial Dragoon.
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