Carrier Pigeons

Carrier pigeons are a domesticated subspecies on the Giant Polar Pigeon. They are used by the Merchants Guild as means of transportation for packages and letters. They can return home on their own, but they are always accompanied by a Runner that guides them and protects the packages when they must deliver something.

Their darker feathers are different from the light ones of the Great Polar Pigeons, the carrier pigeons' feathers being adapted to help them blend in in the dark surroundings of the Frozen Empire.

 

All the carrier pigeons belong to the Merchants Guild. Each neighborhood offcie owns at least one carrier pigeon, and depending on the guild's size they can own many. The backpacks carried by pigeons have color coded ribbons. The colors represent the guild they belong to. Very few of them are owned by individuals, those having rainbow or other kind of ribbons.

 

The carrier pigeons are raised in a special building in the Merchants Guild Neighborhood. Some are trained there while some are kept for emergency food rations. In case there isn't enough food for the Empire, a not trained pigeon will be killed for meat. Their eggs are also used as a food source if there are enough fertile eggs to ensure a good future population.

 

 

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