Question on Ansom's "Mount"

[Swashbuckler]

... just what the "H"-"E"-double-hockey-sticks is it?!

It looks like a tampon!

[Begle1]

It's a magic carpet, only rolled up instead of splayed out.

[sihnfahl]

It's a magic carpet, only rolled up instead of splayed out.

And done specifically so the writers can make Evel Knievel jokes.

[Waldgeist]

But the question is...

Is it a magic item or is it a living being (called the "cowpet")?

[sihnfahl]

Is it a magic item or is it a living being (called the "cowpet")?

Magic item, of course. Created by the noted caster Haleu.

Points if you get the ref.

[Waldgeist]

Magic item, of course. Created by the noted caster Haleu.

Points if you get the ref.

O boop of... I'm German, I'll never get anything...

[sihnfahl]

O boop of... I'm German, I'll never get anything...

Heh, sorry.
Anyhow, if I remember right, Evel Knievel's first corporate endorsement was American Eagle Motorcycles. Doesn't transfer well to Erfworld; after all, no Amerigo Vespucci, nor America.
So, the alternative was to use the American Eagle itself (the bald eagle) - also known to biologists as Haliaeetus leucocephalus.
Since that's a bit long, you can shorten to H. leucocephalus.
I thought that was still a long name, and, since I prefer NPC names between 4 and 7 characters... Haleu.

[Begle1]

And how many points would've that been worth, Mr. Miller?

[sihnfahl]

And how many points would've that been worth, Mr. Miller?

Pretty much pass the class.

It's a very cross-knowledge ref.