Shandhur

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Shandhur, a great silver bull elephant is the mythical mount of the god Atur.

Royal Tusk of Shandhur

According to legend, when the god Atur rode Shandhur in battle against the king of the dragons, the left tusk of Shandhur was slashed off and fell to the earth. The god Atur later had a prosthetic tusk made of magical gold with the strength of hardened steel replace the lost tusk. Meanwhile, the tusk had fallen to the earth and was found by Thaulyokha, the son of Aturyanda, and received as a sign of divine approval of his rule and his subsequent lineage. Rulers of Kalama closely guarded this relic. The tusk was reportedly lost or taken back by the gods during the Chaos Period (6,992 AS to 6,100 AS), but rulers of Kalama continued to keep a great, gilded tusk as a potent sign of the authenticity of their rule.

an artist's depiction of the royal tusk of Shandhur

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