Phoenixi are amazingly beautiful birds that are about the size of horses and are capable of carrying a human with little difficulty (Without a riding harness, riding a bird 'bareback' tends to be... interesting, although there are some brave souls that do it.) When in flight they can dissolve into a flying fireball with the rider and anything else touching it, or remain in bird form. No, third degree burns are not a requisite of being a phoenix bond!

Phoenixi reproduce the same way as fire dragons -- a mating flight -- with some exceptions. Only the mating of a royal male and a royal female will produce a large clutch of up to fifteen eggs containing a royal. If a royal male flies a common female, or a royal female is flown by a common male, the result will be a clutch of up to six eggs and never a royal. If a common male flies a common female, the clutch will be of one or two eggs and no royal. Of course, sometimes the gods interfere, if a royal is desperately needed...

Females are capable of laying two to fifteen eggs in a clutch every seven months. Eggs are laid two months after the mating flight, and hatch roughly six months later. Phoenixi come in all colors; again, within reason. Royals are, again metallic and can be male or female. Names end in "NAL".