Homing pigeon

Homing pigeons, also known as carrier pigeons or messenger pigeons, were a domesticated species of pigeon specially trained to return to a particular location when released into the sky.

Habitats
Frequently moving halfling communities in the Marching Mountains would keep in touch with each other through use of messenger pigeons.

Homing pigeons were found in Shou Lung and in much of Zakhara. In the bazaars of Zakhara, the price of a homing pigeon varied from around 75 to 150 gold pieces depending upon how good one was at haggling. Homing pigeons were also found in the Feywild.

General

 * Some bandits utilized carrier pigeons.

Businesses

 * Worried Wyvern Inn ran a messenger pigeon service.

Individuals

 * Melannor Fellbranch was partial to contacting members of the Emerald Enclave through means of carrier pigeons.


 * Ting Mei Wan and her agents utilized homing pigeons.

Organizations

 * The Everlasting, the largest holy slayer organization in Zakhara, widely utilized homing pigeons, keeping them in an aviary atop the roof of the Tower of Martyrs in Sarahin.
 * The Knights of Myth Drannor used homing pigeons.
 * Members of the Lords' Alliance communicated via trained carrier pigeons, provided by Piergeiron Paladinson of Waterdeep.
 * In Zhentarim garrisons, messenger pigeons were one of the means that secondary guards often had for reporting to Zhents elsewhere.

Races & Sentient Creatures

 * Some noble djinn raised homing pigeons.

Appearances

 * Adventures
 * Dungeon #8, "The Flowers of Flame" • Assassin Mountain
 * Video Games
 * Warriors of Waterdeep