> << Alynx Breeds:
> Hunting alynxes come in several breeds, which specialize in different
> prey. >>
I can easily see that the shadow cat has branched into several breeds,
living with the orlanthi clans. But if people are saying that the orlanthi
purposefully breed the sacred cats to do spesific tasks, then I'm afraid
that at least to me this sounds very silly.
I know that Americans like to breed the most outrageous and strange
breeds of dogs and indeed cats, but this isn't something that would seem
at home in a bronze age sosiety, and among the orlanthi. As far as I
understand the Orlanthi respect the Shadow Cat for it's independence, and
don't try to mold it to their whim.
In the real world people used both leopards and cheetahs as hunting
animals, they didn't create spesific breeds of them, nor did they breed
felis sylvestris trying to bring out spesific traits.
I'm sorry, but this just seems like treating the sacred cat like a common dog.
OTOH shadow cats can be useful with keeping sheep. Not so much keeping the herd together, but scaring away predators (Just imagine that POW 19 cat, big as a bix lynx... like Greebo it can just sit and grin at a pack of wolves until they get uneasy and leave :) )
-Adept
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