[jason taylor]

Cleon's Gazelle

An animal bred for high-class hunt's. It is in fact clearly mammalian and clearly related to the Terran Gazelle. It was known in the days of the Zira Sirka and no explanation is proferred for this other then "Ancients mucking about"-that ubiquitous explanation for such anomalies. It goes by many names and is found widely throughout the Imperium and beyond but the most common is Cleon's Gazelle because of the number who were hunted and captured at the coronation.

These animals are bred and trained specifically for princely hunts and are noted for their swiftness and cunning. Their expense is to great for them to be slain; they are only hunted with tranq darts. They are also at birth, fitted with a transponder implant and another implant to shock into unconsciousness to allow the rancher to find them again.

The lineage of notable Gazelles is traced meticulously in the manner of the most famed Terran racing horses.

Cleon's Gazelles are almost never eaten because of the expense involved. When they are they are served at a noble feast and considered an ostentatious display of power.