This one companion that all magi lack is one of the most important ones. The chicken. Now before you think, "Uhh, chickens already exist in Magistream." let me tell you this, you're basically right. You see, chicken-
like creatures do exist in the Magistream universe, but no normal chicken is available to magi for usage or training. Again, before you think, "Uhh, chickens
shouldn't exist in Magistream." let me tell you this, they already do! As shown in the descriptions for the Tenabre Fox, Kiwi Bird, and the Pastel and Chromatic Wugu Amagnae, normal chickens
already exist in the Magistream universe. I think it would be a good and fun opportunity for the staff to create a
completely normal chicken available to all magi, just for the sake of it.
I've taken it into my weirdly misshapen hands to create some egg art and descriptions for my idea. Just egg art though, I'm not good enough to do any other kind.
Egg:
You look down and see this egg. It doesn't look like much to you. It is plain tan with a couple feathers still stuck to it and some brown markings splattered over it. It looks as if it had just came from it's mother. Who knows where it had really come from! Reminded of a Raza Cobra, you pick it up, brush it off, and take it home, hoping that, despite it's simple appearance, it too will grow into an incredible exotic creature to take along with you on your many adventures!
Hatchling:
Your simple egg has now grown into an tiny adorable yellow chick! It reminds you deeply of an Arkenian Goose. Unfortunately, cuteness came with a price. You realize now that this creature was only a simple flightless chicken. A baby chick is very unpredictable. One moment it's resting in your warm arms and breathing softly, while the next moment it's running all over your room and pecking at whatever it can! Chicken hatchlings are very hard to work with! You might decide to be unpredictable as well, one day you're too scared to let it near most other creatures, as you are afraid it might get eaten, while the next day you might consider eating it yourself! Despite being hard to deal with, baby chicks are still very lovable.
Adult:
Fully grown chickens, whether rooster or hen, are larger, smarter, louder, and no less bothersome. Their feathers can be many different colors based on where they came from. Fortunately, now that your chicken is stronger, you're not afraid to let it outside, as now, despite it's relatively small size, it can fend for itself. On the Keep grounds chickens thrive. Many seeds are scattered along the ground fairly often, so the chickens have plenty to eat. Because of this they commonly grow to decently large sizes, at least, large for chickens. Most grow taller than two feet. Adult chickens commonly terrorized the other creatures on the Keep grounds which led to many of them being killed. Fortunately, most of the smarter chickens caught on and learned not to hurt to other creatures, except on special occasion or in self defense. Often times, magi are not particularly fond of adult chickens, especially roosters, whose wake up call forces them to get up early! Trained roosters will crow when any unknown creatures or humans are nearby, which provides a good alert for any magi on a quest. Because of a chickens mild usefulness, some magi will take one or two of them on some adventures or quests, though usually not more than a few.
Havn't come up with a general description yet, but I think chickens should probably come from almost any place in the known Magistream world, except maybe the cold ones. I'm not sure if the magi would eat chicken eggs, or actually kill and eat the chickens themselves for that matter. You guys can decide that for yourselves if you like this! Let me know if you're actually considering this whole idea!