What's with the ostards? hmm?

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Gidge

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seriously? no one knows why someone bothers to tame an ostard and release it where the stealables spawn in the abyss? i was thinking someone was dying and they were going wild, but why not buy a horse.

Something is up and i will get to the bottom of it.
 

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Frenzied ostards (if memory serves me) are agressive. Maybe they're leaving them there to kill thieves attempting to ply their trade.

If it's just a regular forest ostard, my best guess would be its owner died and it went wild.

As to your question as to why not just buy a horse? Because horses are boring. Some players (myself included) like to go out of their way to be a little unique. I once stoned taming and lore onto my stealther just so I could easily tame a pet ferret to follow him around town.
 

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*nods*

i guess my wondering turns to, if they died from the Slasher of Veils, i am sure the Slasher would eat the pet too. Asking around, someone said they seen a person purposefully realease them.

*thinks*
 

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They are just ostards. I see them in towns all the time wondering around. Someone tames them, names them Gobble Gobble and leaves them, no Idea why.