I don't SEE any horses! - The Lore Team Responds!

[Bayohne]

The Lore team has been keeping busy and responded to a few more questions since we last heard from them. A player pointed out that there exist horse stables, but there aren’t any horses around. I’ll let the Lore team take it from here!

For some time there have been murmurs saying “Hydaelyn is a world where no horse exists,” but this isn’t the case at all. We actually created the whole world view with the vision that horses and their subspecies inhabit (or used to inhabit) the world.

For example, one of the four High Houses of Ishgard, the House of Fortemps, features a red unicorn on a black background for their crest’s motif. This unicorn is one kind of horse species. Shields that NPCs have equipped also have unique drawings on them, so if you are interested, try hunting those down.

Also, Odin, which we introduced in the 2.0 documents, is also riding his famous steed. While I can’t get into too much detail, we have laid down the proper foundation for Odin’s companion.

So while it may seem like there are no living horses in the currently accessible areas of Eorzea, there are in fact horses when you consider the entire planet of Hydaelyn.

Hyur and Lalafell travelled to Eorzea long ago and it is because their ancestors utilized horses as mounts that you can see remnants of this in their speech and crests.

So… why aren’t horses imported in modern day Eorzea? The reason is that trustworthy chocobos, that are better suited for the weather and environment of Eorzea, exist.

[HiirNoivl]

So the Chocobos ate them...

[HiirNoivl]

...Now that's just nasty.

[Sophia]

So the Chocobos ate them...

Yep they were eaten .. poor horsies

[Scherwiz]

Yep they were eaten .. poor horsies

It was Arby's wasn't it...? I knew that horsey sauce was strangely named.

[Dragon]

Yeah, who needs horses when you can have unicobos anyways?

[_pops]

I guess this COULD explain the prospect of rare mounts Yoshi mentioned.

It would be nice to see like, an ancient unicorn/horse type creature as a mount.

[TwinMoon]

I don't remember if there is another instance of it in the game, but one of the leves mention draft horses being eaten by giant toads, so they must exist in present day Eorzea, right?

Great Hoary Toads
http://ffxiv.zam.com/en/guildleve.ht...uildleve=10930

[Loki_Jortunn]

To the lore team and design team please don't make the mistake that was made in ff13 and 13-2 and give Sleipnir only 4 legs.

[Altanas]

Would be nice if [the pre 2.0 subscribers][players] had a choice of mounts. I would have picked up a horse type mount over a goobue ahriman or drake. Nothing wrong with putting a bit of reality back into the fantasy.