Pet Tamer's Handbook

Aisling Cycle - There are eight Deochs on an Aisling (Era) Cycle. Each cycle is dedicated to a god, starting with Deoch and ending with Sgrios in the same order as they appear in the octogan.

 

Bait - In this handbook, bait typically refers to a form of food that is used to lure or entice an animal to the location it is placed. Bait does not necessary have to be food.

 

Baiting - Baiting (in the form used within this lore) is a form of sport where an animal is sent to attack another animal that is chained or confined. 

 

Breeder - Aislings and Mundanes who intentionally allows their pets to mate, usually with the intentions of selling the babies ((for this lore, the kruna shop is referred to as 'a breeder'.))

 

Breeder Loaning - The act of 'loaning' a pet to another aisling for a short time for the purposes of breeding. Usually the loaner temporarily gives their pet to the breeder long enough for the pet to become pregnant, or impregnate (whichever is applicable) the other aisling's pet.

 

Breed(ing) - In this lore, breed refers to the group a specific creature falls into. Typically it is used to make a distinction between two similar creatures, such as the wasp and the green wasp, or the Mehadi Swamp viper and the Wastelands viper. 

 

Capture(ing) - Recommended process(es) or method(s) of taking possession or containing the creature you wish to tame.

 

Caring - Information specific to meeting the needs of the creature while it is under your care.

 

Domesticat(ed) - intro

 

Hostile - When a creature is naturally aggressive towards aislings or other creatures without having been provoked.

 

Provoke - An action or presence that causes a creature to act aggressively. 

 

Reward - Typically a piece(s) of food given to a pet after the pet preformed a desire action. This is used to promote repeated positive behavior displayed by the pet. 

 

Taming / Tamer - Domesticating. A process of making a previously wild creature tolerant (or welcoming) of aislings and mundanes. A tamer is an individual that captures wild creatures with the intention of making them a pet.

 

Untameable - A creature that cannot practically (or legally) be owned as a pet.