[Breed Lore] The Kanakawa Horse

[DecoLamb 959]

The Kanakawa Horse

Many groups of horse users often have specific breeds of horse they favor. Ranchers often prefer the quarter horse for its endurance and agility. Show jumpers favor Warmbloods. Dressage has much love for the Andalusian and Lippizaner, and the most iconic of draft horses, the Clydesdale. These horses were not always born the way they are, but selectively bred. Carefully paired to bring out certain tempers, colors, builds. Creating special breeds to perfectly suit the job its needed for.

The Kanakawa Horse is a heavy horse, or draught, breed developed for the Ishikawa Clan’s purposes. Their outline is marked by a thick, heavily crested neck bearing a far arch, and short, stocky bodies. They should always stand square, their legs slender and uniform with lightly feathered feet. The breed features two very striking features; Their stiff, upright manes, and the oddly striped markings that appear across their coats. These stripes vary in placement and shape, but always stand out sharply. The prefered color is black stripes on white or bright chestnut coats.

Bred for war, these animals are truely massive, standing at an impressive 17.5 hands on average (About five and a half feet at the shoulder). With a wide, deep chest and heavy head, they are wonderful chargers, however because of their immense girth, they take a bit of time to get up to speed. Their short, somewhat slip legs bring a look of elegance, but also a touch of risk. Because their legs are smaller than normal conformation would allow, they are prone to being born with defects. Many a yearling will snap their bones springing around in play, and all too often a careless rider will force one of these horses to run too quick over uneven ground, causing them to trip and break. Their hooves are prone to cracking, and need frequent farrier care and must be periodically oiled to keep them healthy.

Only the most intelligent of these horses are allowed to breed, resulting in a very bright, but also incredibly stubborn animal. Because of how smart they are, whomever owns them must keep them constantly entertained, less bad habits form. A bored Kanakawa is a violent Kanakawa, prone to biting and kicking out at whomever draws near.

A trait that has cropped up frequently in the breed, is a penchant for being possessive. These horses will often choose a ‘favorite’ among the people around them, jealously attacking those that draw near. Many war breeders capitalize upon this trait, and train them to reject all but a single few. However sometimes the horse will not chose a human, but another horse or animal, even an object. One case was that of a mare named Tochrais, who obsessed over her foal blanket to the point she would kick apart her stall should it fall outside her window.

Overview:

 

Pros

Large breed, well built for war or heavy pulling

Intelligent and Curious

Known to be very affectionate

Cons

Thin legs prone to breaking

Conformation problems in the legs

Prone to hoof cracking and disease

Intelligence often leads to bad habits

Cannot survive in cold weather, unable to grow a winter coat

Annoyingly vocal…

[Lark 2227]

Zorse is go, I repeat, Zorse is go.

[Demotheus 651]

Yes. +1

[Booklight12 481]

Like it. You should make more lore on horses you breed. Your stables are pretty impressive +1

[DecoLamb 959]

Like it. You should make more lore on horses you breed. Your stables are pretty impressive +1

If I make another custom breed, sure. Other than the kanakawa I just sell normal breed horses though :3

[Ford 1996]

I don't know why there's actually a need to make new lore for a different breed of horse, but I guess anything's possible. Sure, I support I guess.

[Lvke 1000]

Damn this is good lore. Much approval, and seems pretty damn... horsey. Nothing even remotely unfair about it and very balanced. I'll be enjoying running across uneven ground as an orc with one of these chasing me, or chasing one on a Lur wolf :)

 

[DecoLamb 959]

I don't know why there's actually a need to make new lore for a different breed of horse, but I guess anything's possible. Sure, I support I guess.

Mainly so I can sell horses of this breed and people wont powergame it like its a super poni tank of doom.

[Quavinir_Twiceborn 1050]

I like it. Nothing wrong with it, lots of good...

 

+1

[everblue2er101 906]

Implemented

[Jistuma 1996]

The lore is not required, and the creature is not in use. Thread moved to the archives, but still accepted. Exists a link in the wiki.