Ad'jenwa

Desert herbivores, A'djenwa wander the sands and savannahs of the Shar. These creatures are tall (3 meters) and lanky, but surprisingly short in length (1 meter long). Four tusks surround a short trunk. Their lanky legs are tipped in three lobed hooves. A ridge of minerals grow along the males' spine, excreted after ingesting sandy foliage for nutrition and water. During the night they hunt for sparse grasses and tubers. In the morning they spread out their long, thin legs and hunker down for the day, covering their bodies with sand.

Ad'jenwa are usually solitary in the wild, or in small family groups (a bull, a cow, and 1-2 offspring). Despite their long legs they are not fast runners, and for protection they depend on a booming vocalization that can stun predators and knock them to the ground like a small earthquake. For this reason many a'Shari view ad'jenwa as elementally earth aligned, and are favored cattle of those who venerate Goa.

Ad'jenwa are the primary cattle of the a'Shari, who use them as a source of both meat, a watery milk, and the common a'Shari cheese made from that milk. They also harvest the mineral excretions that grow along the ad'jenwa's spine for use in alchemy and glass-work.