Lexicon:Modern/Roeva

Roeva
Stage	Modern CLT
Pronunciation	/ˈɾɔɪ.va/
Part of speech	Noun
Etymology	from Middle Rōvē, from Proto rov
Related words	Draech, Grimvach, Skadh, Vaelith

Roeva — the wild grazing animal of the frontier woodland and moor.

Notes

The commonest large native animal left, and what the Draech, the Grimvach and the Skadh actually live on. Herd-living, quick, and constantly watchful, which is what nine centuries of engineered predators leave behind.

Hunted where the ground is safe enough to hunt, which is a narrow band outside the walls and no further. The meat is dark and lean and reaches city markets in small quantity at prices that reflect the risk of getting it.

Overlapping dermal plates lie across the shoulders and flanks beneath the hair, which is why a Skadh that takes one from the side often does not keep it.