After a time, the little egg began to hatch. Pieces of pink shell flaked away, and from within emerged a bird far too large for the egg: the size of a small crow. It stood tall, shaking away the shell fragments, and then broke into trilling song. Though several of these birds were hatching throughout the caves, Aran's would be unique: its color, beak, crest, tail-feathers etc. would form a combination likely to make it stand out.
Regardless of the form Aran's "Lovebird" took, it could--regardless of its knowledge of the related magic, and so long as it did not already have a familiar--bond as a familiar in its own right. Or, if Aran preferred, it could be a simple companion and a friend, or whatever else he might choose to make of it.
Aran has hatched a
'Lovebird!' If he does not already have a familiar, and regardless of whether he knows the Familiar Forge spell, the Lovebird can--if he wishes--bond as one. Otherwise, it can be a companion, meal, or anything else he wishes. (The image can be clicked to see one without a background, in case one wishes to try and piece together a version of the Lovebird for their character.)
