Unicorn

The Unicorns are a species of Mystical Creature from the Course Books.

A group of unicorns is called a heard. They typically live in forests though were originaly native to open plains areas. Since as far back as the dark times, unicorns have been hunted for their horns, which are called alicorns.

Like dragons, unicorns have a Genetic Memory, however theirs is experential in nature. That is to say, every unicorn is born with the lifetime experiences of every unicorn that has come before it, up until the moment of it's birth.

Though there are numerous heards spread throughout the Known Worlds, the unicorns are not dividied into factions. Any individual can move between the heards at will, and it is more out of desire to be with their own kind that they remain together.

The unicorns are lead, to some degree, by a king, who possesses great magical signficance. His horn is called the Sepilcorn and is the soul of all unicorns.

Appearance

Unicorns are magical in nature and often appear as a dazzling white horse with a long golden horn. This is an appearance created through the use of an enchantment, and they actually look like any other horse, but with the addition of a simple chitonous horn.

Unicorns began using the enchanted form sometime during the Mage Wars and is their most commonly believed to be their true form. Because the horn does not look in reality as it does on the enchanted unicorns, many true alicorns are mistaken for false ones.

History

Uncorns were probably created along with the dragons and were likely not uncommon during Antiquity. In the Age of Darkness they started being hunted for their horns, and the Unicorn King's horn was taken sometime around B.G.A. 2000