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Krofi horse


Rarity: Common mount
Price range: 7-15✪
Customs are created by Brissinge

Custom import requirements: Completing this quest.

CLASSIFICATION
Species: Mesfes (equine)
Subspecies: Krofi horse
Breed: Forest, Grass, Desert, Mountain


DESCRIBTION AND ABILITIES (General for all krofi breeds)

Lifespan: 25-30yo
Life cycle: nursing foal 3-6months, weanling to 1yo, yearling to 2yo, adolescent to 3yo, adult till 20, senior 20+
Breeding details: Chance for twins 88+, no more than two foals at once
Extra pictures for proper offspring growth: Foal with at least one of parents, playing foal
 

Visual references 

WILD BEHAVIOR [click me]
Horses are sociable creatures. They stick in herds. Herd consists of separated smaller bands sharing one territory, size of band ranges of 2-25 individuals, mostly mares and their offsprings. There are 1-5 stallions. Each band has its own lead stallion as only stallion present in band. Stallion watches over his band, preventing predator attacks and incoming males intending to mate with his mares.
Stallions challenge each other to establish dominance.
Horses spend most of day by grazing or traveling long distances in between grazing spots. In herd hierarchy determines who eats and drinks first. It might occur that horses of lowest rank don't get to eat at all.
Horses decide whether to run from danger or use nature for to cover. If there's enemy in inevitable proximity, horses will run. If they smell or see enemy from a distance, they will from herd camouflage, which makes them basically invisible, as it eliminates even smells. If predator gets too close to herd while camouflaged, some stallions us element of surprise to attack or chase it away, since foals yet don't know how to fully use natural form and might be vulnerable. Horses can sleep standing or laying down, their nature forms are activated while sleeping and instinct of a herd is to sleep close to each other, some standing some laying. This mass behavior makes them even less visible.

 

DOMESTIC BEHAVIOR [click me]
Stays the same as in wild. Stallions need of dominancy prevails, and often is required to separate stallions and geldings from mares or other stallions. However healthy herd can benefit from presence of strong adult mare.
As there's not immediate need to use natural form, some horses are slower in learning how to use it. Some horses in domesticity never reveal nature form.

 

STABLE REQUIREMENTS [click me]
Big enough stall to fit size of a horse. Stall needs to be well ventilated and drained. It's good to keep windows to provide natural lighting and even some opening, so horse can look outside. Paddock needs to be positioned in safe terrain so horses cannot hurt themself. Water or trees can be present, but there should be enough grass so horses can graze. Paddock shouldn’t be swampy.

FOREST BREED [click me]
SPE END JUM GRA AIA WAA STR ELE INT DRE OBE COU RES
1
 3
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 -2 0 3
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 0
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Forest symbol
Height and build: 170-185cm, medium draft body build, cob
Habitat: Pilrak lowland woods, woodland hills and mountains
Feed: regular horse food, pine leaves, heather, gorse leaves
Danger: non
Most common coats are various shades of brown and most common shade of brown is dark brown. One of historically most valuable coats is birkhide variation.

Examples of forest coats.
DESERT BREED [click me]
SPE END JUM GRA AIA WAA STR ELE INT DRE OBE COU RES
5 5 4 4 -2 0 0 4 2 0 0 3 0
 
Desert symbol
Height and build: 145-165cm, light build sport horse, thick neck, roman nose
Habitat: Northern Coldaira inland deserts and warm grassy plains
Feed: regular horse food, dethorned cactus, cactus fruit, palm leafs
Danger: non
Very common colors are dun and chestnut. Various stripes are also fairly common. Quite uncommon and considered royal, are seemingly golden features on coat.
Examples of desert coats.
GRASS BREED [click me]

SPE END JUM GRA AIA WAA STR ELE INT DRE OBE COU RES
3
 3
 3
 2
 -2 0 2
 4
 3 0
 3
 3
 1
 
Grass symbol
Height and build: 165-185cm, baroque body build
Habitat: Grassy plateaus and prairies of eastern Terrateka, lowlands
Feed: Regular horse foods, blooming flowers (even poisonous ones), various berries
Danger: non
Moss coloration is for grass breed more common than for other krofi breeds. Still rare, but in seal combination with bay, it has much higher occurrence.
Examples of grass coats.
MOUNTAIN BREED [click me]

SPE END JUM GRA AIA WAA STR ELE INT DRE OBE COU RES
0
 4
 0
 0
 -3
 1
 4
 2
 2 1
 5
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Mountain symbol
Height and build: 170-195cm, heavy draft build
Habitat: hills and mountains of north-east Terrateka
Feed: regular horse food, lichens, pine leaves
Danger: non
Most common coat are various shades of gray. However, steel coloration, which has blue hues, sometimes even in sky like shade, has much higher occurrence for mountains.
Examples of mountain coats.

 

TRIVIA

  • Most krofis can change coats according to seasons
  • You can harvest herbs from your horse, but they shouldn't be pulled out with roots (as roots are usually rooted in the horse)
  • You can polish stone parts of mountain horse’s nature form, just don't go too deep
  • There are no 'regular' real world horses in World of Colderra universe, so Krofis take their place
  • Did you know that partial reason for creation of krofi horses were Farrosian horses with their fire form and idea of two-coated creature?
  • Originally, they were called "forest horse" in global, but it got confusing with creation of desert, mountain and grass breeds 
 


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