Elsecaller3414 she/her Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 Seriously, though, I agree with Shallan in that Alethi are freakishly tall!
natc Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 Five foot six inches is definitely what I remember. It was one of her quips in response to Adolin saying he knew what she was "up to". It was a pretty good one for her track record I reckon.
Lirins hand Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 I've always pictured them as draft horses in comparison to riding horses. A few hands taller and much broader all around. For the US folks - compare a Budweiser Clydesdale to your average cowboy 1/4 horse. Actually, in my mind they are Friesians, all the size but nimbler than most other draft horses. Back in the old days, most knights in full armor would have ridden draft-type horses because of all the weight they carried. Shardplate being what it is, I assume they are similar. As far as investiture, my guess is it's a spren thing: Shardplate wearers who can't fly still need to move fast so how can we help? I know, let's help their regular ride grow bigger and stronger. Similar to how squires get some of the benefits of their (liege?/KR). But with the horses it somehow became part of their DNA and they bred true instead of reverting back to "normal horsiness" when having foals. So I think it was a conscious spren-initiated change to horses but I don't know if that is still the case today (i.e. I think the Ryshadium may have spren bonds today like the fiends and isles, but not like the KR). 2
Arook he/him Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 Back in the old days, most knights in full armor would have ridden draft-type horses because of all the weight they carried. Shardplate being what it is, I assume they are similar. Bigger would be my guess by maybe a hand span or so.
Meg Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 I've always pictured them as draft horses in comparison to riding horses. A few hands taller and much broader all around. For the US folks - compare a Budweiser Clydesdale to your average cowboy 1/4 horse. Actually, in my mind they are Friesians, all the size but nimbler than most other draft horses. Back in the old days, most knights in full armor would have ridden draft-type horses because of all the weight they carried. Shardplate being what it is, I assume they are similar. I totally agree as for my imagination of Ryshadium also goes for Fresians (or perhaps Shire horses which might be closer to the Clydesdale, I don't know in mind and I'm nearly asleep ). I also agree on the origin of Ryshadium as an equivalent to the former war horses.
Elsecaller3414 she/her Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 At first I was confused by your reply, because I thought "Shire? I didn't know that hobbits had horses." And then I remembered that it was a kind of horse. Sorry about that. Anyway, it makes sense. Ryshadium would have to be war horses to the extreme, because the normal horses are described as "fragile" in WoK. It seems that the Ryshadium have much more endurance and stamina than other horses. It might be that they were bred for Shardbearers specifically because the Plate is so heavy. 2
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