Eledh

A lean long-legged riding animal five feet at the shoulder in side view, short dense dappled dark brown-gray coat, lower legs shading into rough scaled texture, narrow angular head with forward-set eyes, two swept-back bony protrusions above the eyes, a line of small bone nodules running down the neck, hard pointed front hooves and curved spurs on the back hooves, standing alert in broken forest light, painted natural-history illustration, muted brass and iron palette, parchment warmth, not a horse, no photograph, no fantasy creatures, no magic glow --ar 3:2