Commonly used by couriers and the postal services the great endurance and affection of the haurse makes up for its sometimes skitishness.

Combat: Haurs are cowardy by nature and will opt to flee unless cornered where they will use their teeth and claws to defend themselves. Pups are guarded by the entire heard and, if threatened, are surrounded by the adults, much in the way Earths buffalo create a protective ring about their young.

Habitat/Society: Wild haurs are generally found in light woodlands where there is plentiful water. They are sometimes a pest to orchard farmers, especially as their meat is not particularly palatable.

Ecology: Haurs are omnivorous herds - beasts, they prefer fruit and small prey but can browse on anything including bark and leaves if pickings are thin.
Wild haurs are far smaller than their domesticated cousins and unsuitable as anything but pack animals due to their slight build and fragile spines. Domestic Hause have been specifically bred to carry a rider and their economic paces make them extremely suitable for messangers, couriers and scouts as they are slow to tire and happy to run as long as there is daylight enough to see by.

Haurs tend to form herds of six or more individuals of mixed gender - they tend to pair off during the breeding season but still remain in the herd - competition seems minimal. A female Haurs (doe) gives birth once in every three years One to two pups are born in very early autumn and remain blind and dependant on the mother (who gains an impressive amount of fat from autumn fruit, nuts and hunting) until spring. Throughout the winter months the haurs doe goes into a torpor - her pups latched onto her teats and surrounded by the exceptionally long coat that is grown to co-incide with
Wool from a haurs's 'three year coat' is prized by weavers for its lightness, warmth and sheer quantity. Both males and females produce this exceptional coat every three years whether producing young or not.

Domestic haurs are traditionally gentled to saddle in their fourth year when their bones are fully grown and generally live fifteen or so years.

The region of Ahfyek is famed for its battle trained Haurs that have been schooled to carry banners and couriers out into the field - haurs from these stables are few and limited to the sphere of nobility directly under the emperai (country ruling class)

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