Pegasus

Pegasi were a breed of magical beasts.

Description
Pegasi, at first glance, resembled mere horses with large bird-like wings. Despite this, they had other avian features as well: their lower legs were feathered instead of furred and their manes and tails were also of feathers.

Personality
Being wild and shy magical creatures, pegasi were not easily tamed and ridden. A pegasus would serve as an aerial steed only to a good-natured humanoid. In any cases they will strongly be opposed to wear saddle. The most common way they were trained was after being raised from birth though sometimes a grown pegasus might be tamed, with a friendly attitude to the tamer, making a worthy steed indeed.

Being goodly creatures, they would only serve good causes and riders, with an absolute faithfulness for life. But it is excluded that they join neutral and evil character.

Abilities
Pegasi could also detect good, detect evil, fight with their bite and hooves.

Society
They were incapable of speaking Common. Many pegasi revered the gods Eachthighern and Lurue. On Evermeet, their queen was Yathaghera.

Habitat
They most commonly lived in temperate forests.

Ecology
Along with their physical attributes, pegasi were also like birds in that they laid eggs rather than giving birth to live young. Pegasi laid eggs in nests high in the mountains, where only flying creatures can reach. These eggs are incredibly valuable on the market. A pegasus would mature at the same rate as a horse, however, and had somewhat similar habits.

Appearances

 * Novels
 * Archmage • The Dream Spheres • The Thousand Orcs • The Two Swords • Waterdeep
 * Organized Play & Licensed Adventures
 * Blood Above, Blood Below • Escape from Elturgard
 * Video Games
 * Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms