History: Unicorn Mounts

As I alluded to earlier, each clan has a mount that resembles their name. The Gryphonclan had Gryphons, the Pegasus clan had pegasi and so on. And this held true for the Wolf Clan as well for quite some time until the time of Moonshade, the first female Leader of the Wolf Clan. She was a fine leader, a beauty in her own right, and a woman with a temper. No one wanted to get close to her save Targon, God of Magic.

Targon was never one to get close to mortals. He had, on occasion, had a tryst with a mortal, but Moonshade intrigued him. First he knew the Wolf Clan would spawn the mortal able to use the gift, so he had been careful to protect the Clan as best he could without intruding. But in watching over the Clan he found himself falling in love with Moonshade. He tried to keep himself distanced from her, but could not help himself. Not that Moonshade was amendable to such advances at first. It took Targon, a God of all things, time to turn Moonshade's head and the love between them grew greatly. He disguised himself as Skaska Blademaster, so as to be among the elves without revealing who he was and eventually a child was born of the union.

Targon took great pains to disguise the fact the child was his, for the baby was the only half-god in all of history. Eventually Moonshade died of wounds in protection of her charge, which grieved Targon greatly, but he continued to watch over their child and extending grand children. To help in this, he created a magical herd of unicorns to serve as intelligent mounts for the Clan Leader and his guard, knowing his child's line would continue to lead. The oldest of these unicorns was Swiftwater who eventually became the mount of Amber Blackwolf, descendant of Moonshade and Targon and the first mortal to use the Gift of the Gods.

No one knows Targon's secret, except Aiyana. Since she is the Goddess of Love, there was no way her father could keep such things from her. She teases him about it from time to time, but she has told no one, not even Jared Switarrow, her true love and companion of Amber Blackwolf.
Tomorrow: Dragon Bow of the Gods