Giant Passenger Birds of Dalamatia
Fandors
Enormous intelligent birds domesticated by the corporeal staff. They could carry two people 500 miles in a single day, speak simple words, and were remembered in every major culture as mythological creatures.
What Were Fandors?
Fandors were giant passenger birds domesticated under Bon's Council of Animal Domestication at Dalamatia. Standing roughly 6 feet tall with a wingspan of over 10 feet, they resembled enormous condors but with vivid, iridescent plumage: rich coppers, golds, crimsons, and deep blues across the chest and wing edges.
They were intelligent enough to speak some words, like a highly advanced parrot. They bonded with their riders and could carry one or two passengers up to 500 miles in a single day. Fandors served as the primary long-distance transportation system of Dalamatia for hundreds of thousands of years.
Adam and Eve rode fandors. Amadon bonded with a wild fandor during the rebellion. It chose him. The species went extinct approximately 30,000 years ago, about 8,000 years after the events of the Dalamatia era.
Fandors in World Mythology
Sumerian
Anzu Bird
Giant eagle that carried bulls in its talons. Depicted on reliefs at the British Museum (c. 2600 BC).
Imdugud Relief, British Museum
Hindu
Garuda
Krishna's giant bird mount. Depicted with iridescent plumage carrying divine beings across the sky.
Mahabharata, Vishnu Purana
Indigenous American
Thunderbird
Giant bird of power across Native American traditions. U.S. National Park Service connects the myth to teratorn fossils, real giant birds.
NPS Teratorn Research
Arabian
Roc
Enormous bird in Sinbad's voyages, large enough to carry elephants. A distant echo of the fandor memory.
One Thousand and One Nights
UB References
66:5.6, Domesticated under Bon's council
52:1.5, Giant passenger birds
61:4.3, Evolutionary origin
74:3.4, Adam and Eve's fandor ride
66:5.6, Carried two passengers 500 miles/day
Extinct ~30,000 years ago