Mevoh had unearthed four Fledgling-level gemstones, and a single Pupil-level stone.

Of the Fledgling stones, one was a glittering yellow Chrysoberyl, leaning toward green. A second was a fiery Topaz. A third was a shining, dull-colored red-orange Jasper gemstone, reminiscent of fresh clay in hue. The fourth and last was a pale, chalky, cloudy Blue Quartz.

The Pupil-level stone was a rich, dark, mottled blue Azurite gemstone, gleaming in Orion's quartz-light.

The cloudy Blue Quartz was, as it turned out, once a hybrid between a Domestic Horse of heavy draft type, and a Bighorn Sheep.

The creature was a rich seal brown (dark, rich black-brown, with paler brown muzzle and undersides, and black legs), and overall the height of a draft horse, nearly six feet tall at the shoulder. Yet in build, it was light and muscled, like a Bighorn. Its head was like a Bighorn, with sheeplike dentition, skull shape and nostrils, but horse-like, rich brown eyes. A muscled, upright neck was clearly of Bighorn origin, though it had no horns, and its legs were thick and sturdy draft horse limbs. It had the long, black mane and tail of a horse, and cloven Bighorn hooves adept at gripping treacherous surfaces, though its horse-like legs made it a less-skilled climber than a sheep.