The Enayran Camel

The Enayran Camel is fairly standard in regards to camels. A large, short-haired animal known for being able to exist in extremely arid and dry conditions, on very little water, and with humps used to store fat to provide them with energy to go long periods without feeding.

However, they vary greatly in their morphology compared to the camels of our world, for Enayran Camels have not one or two humps like our dromedary or Bactrian variants, but indeed have three humps, if they’re from central and eastern Altimara, or four humps, if they’re from the mountainous regions in northern Altimara, around and further north than the capital of Kasaadua.

The three humped subspecies is known as the Altimaran Camel, while the northern four-humped subscpecies is known as the Kasaaduan Camel.

Their morphology also plays into their domestication and use by the humans of Altimara.

The three humped variants are harder to ride and saddle due to the placement of their middle hump, but their hardiness and medium size make them perfect for pulling wagons and as pack animals for trade caravans, or for use as beasts of burdan in the wagon and supply trains of the Altimaran Army.

Meanwhile, the Kasaaduan Camels, with their four humps, laid out two side-by-side on their front shoulders, and two on their back, have a natural valley between the sets of humps, making it them a bit easier to ride. They’re also larger than their Altimaran cousins, and can handle not only a rider, but saddlebags as well. The Kasaaduan Camel is the prime candidate for use in the Altimaran Army’s Camelry Corps as a form of cataphract.