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Overview
Guar are a familiar part of daily life in Morrowind and Black Marsh. Their large two-legged bodies support loads, and domesticated herds supply hides, meat and other products. The common animals are usually manageable, but wild or provoked guar can attack. Holia Asellio's Morrowind Fauna describes them rooting for tubers with their lower jaws. This feeding account helps distinguish a grazing herd from the more predatory relatives alit and kagouti, without making guar exclusively vegetarian.
Esqoo of Dhalmora's official Loremaster's Archive answers add a herder's account of training. He claims that a lovingly hand-raised animal can learn pack work within a week, whereas persuading it to accept a rider can take a month. The difficulty is an instinct to bite creatures that land on its back. His recommended diet includes whole rodents, and he warns that scathecraw produces unpleasant flatulence. These are statements by a humorous in-world practitioner, including his extravagant preference for guar over horses, rather than a universal training guarantee.
The same sources complicate names and lineage. The pony guar is a smaller relative, while the bantam guar belongs to the scuttler family despite its name. Esqoo rejects a questioner's suggestion that Argonians and guar share direct ancestry. The broader reference records another uncertain historical claim that guar were brought from Black Marsh by slavers; that is not a settled origin. ESO's staff-authored Circus Guar announcement describes selective breeding for vivid colours. Neither these mounts nor that breed imply that the original Morrowind implements an ordinary player riding system.
First appearances & development
The selected comparison starts with Morrowind's 2002 herd and pack animals, then adds ESO's named in-world texts and the 2015 All Things Guar feature. Cosmetic and riding breeds remain variations within this profile. The original geographic origin is disputed within the setting; publication chronology does not resolve an in-world historical argument.
Canon & continuity
The citation-bearing UESP article and complete Fauna and Esqoo transcriptions were inspected through its public API. The official feature's live endpoint presented an age gate, so its prose is cited through the actual transcription rather than claimed as a fresh publisher-page reading. The official staff forum announcement independently supplies the colour-breeding detail.
Selected bibliography
Documented works and useful reading. This is not a list of every appearance.
- 01
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Morrowind culture, politics and in-game books.
- 02
The Elder Scrolls Online
Ongoing game; referenced creatures may belong to later chapters rather than the launch roster.
- 03
Loremaster's Archive: All Things Guar
Official in-world Q&A on training, diet, breeding and alleged Argonian kinship; complete UESP transcription inspected.
Family & connections
A source-supported family tree or inspiration record has not yet been compiled for this profile. Related reading below indicates a connection in subject matter, not a proven lineage or creative influence.
References
Sources supporting this profile. Linked pages have their own scope and editorial standards.
- ReferenceUESP — Guar (The Elder Scrolls) (citation-bearing lore reference; API inspected)Research access: 2026-10-05
- ReferenceMorrowind Fauna, Part One — Holia Asellio's in-game textResearch access: 2026-10-05
- ReferenceEsqoo of Dhalmora Answers Your Questions — complete official-feature transcriptionResearch access: 2026-10-05
- OfficialLoremaster's Archive: All Things Guar — original publisher endpointResearch access: 2026-10-05
- OfficialCircus Guar — official staff announcementResearch access: 2026-10-05
Image credits
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