Lifespan
8-12 (average) years in the wild but there are records of domesticated Arellund hounds living into their mid-20s.
Average Height
32”-38” | 81-97 cm
Average Weight
55-100 lb | 25-45 kg
Average Length
33”-38” | 84-97 cm
Average Physique
Generally large and elegant.
Domestication
The exact domestication process of the original Arellund hounds is largely unknown and lost to the annuals of history. The only information cyphered from sources come from ruins and ancient hieroglyphics that few today can still decipher. Offering very little insight as to how the Arellund came to be domesticated by the ancient monarchs of Amon'Isettii and their successor civilisations.
Typically Arellunds are kept in pairs, as they had been in depictions of the kings and queens of old.
Originally domesticated as hunting dogs, only the quickest and most intelligent Arellund were selected for the aristocracy, traditionally accompanying mounted hunters who release pairs of a male and female Arellund in each direction to search and draw out their prey. When their quarry is found the hounds give chase, the small and more agile female in the lead with the male keeping the prey from darting too far to the sides.
This is an elegantly designed animal. Is there a reason for this canine to have grown an extra set of limbs or is it just a 'magical' evolution?
Olarae & Astaroth Arcaine
Hi! Thank you so much :D We put a lot of love into our critters and I like to hope it shows! And yes indeed, I'm not sure if Ast already had updated the Physiology section but we've popped a brief reason they developed wings in our rather inhospitable desert! ^_^