[Spirit/Air] Tribes 15: Horse
The Horse Tribe is the liminal tribe of Fire. They are free-spirited and half-wild, though friendly and amenable to being ridden, provided the person asks respectfully. Their tribe is fairly widespread, to allow their herds to graze in peace, but they are not entirely nomadic, engaging in small-scale horticulture in the foothills that border the plains.
The Storm-Lord is one of the Horse-Lords, or clan chieftains, and the Wother was fostered by this tribe; indeed, that was how they met, and later wedded. The Lord of the Green and Lord of the Winds also have ties to this tribe, their father being the Storm-Lord.
The Horses are the primary means of inter-World transportation, carrying humans and spirits through the veils that bound dimensions. They are the spirits that carry shamans and other spirit-specialists into the Otherworlds, and the way by which Gods and other beings enter our primary reality when invoked. And, since they travel the Ways so frequently, they act as patrols and sentries.
The lesson of the Horses is Service - not the groveling and abasement that is so often pictured as being service, but true and honest Service, doing a job that needs to be done and doing it well and with pride in one's skills and abilities without unnecessary complaint. A good Servant is worth their weight in gold, regardless of what that service may be.
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