Destrier

Alongside the coursers and rounceys, are those cavalry that were constructed by the BLANK during the BLANK. Unlike the coursers and the rounceys, the destriers are artificially intelligent. As a result of being artificially intelligent, the destriers are each more than a little unwilling to allow themselves to be either reverse engineered and or mounted by anyone whom it doesn't relate to. An individual that has somehow managed to earn the favor of a destrier is referred to as being a kindred spirit of the destrier. A destrier without a kindred spirit is referred to as being a bronco.

Locomotion
Much like the coursers and rounceys, the interior of a destrier is an incomprehensibly complex network of seemingly indestructible gears and freshwater-powered turbines. However, the turbines of a destrier are more of a fail-safe than a source of power. For under normal circumstances, the gears of a destrier are turned by a shift-inducing enchantment rather than by its turbines. It is only when a destrier's enchantments have been compromised in some way that it begins to rely upon its turbines for locomotion.

Navigation
Under normal circumstances, a destrier is capable of being navigated in two ways. The first and more efficient way is through the utilization of the destrier's wishpad, a surface that has been enchanted with the ability to both swipe will from whomever has his or her hands upon it and then manipulate the aforementioned will into shifting the destrier's gears in an appropriate manner. The second and by far less efficient way is through the utilization of the various cranks that are situated within the destrier's saddle.

List of In-Service Destriers and their Kindred Spirits

 * The Hengroen (Archibald Warwick)