Originally posted by Courage and Sense:

It's the custom among patricians that first-born children, slated to inherit nothing of their families' estates, venture out of numb Ibul into the wide world, and that -- in the case of the Iuto family -- they shove off with the companionship of their household's foremost hound. So it came to be that Octadius, grown by manhood into a spiteful wreck, pledged his intention to cross bleak Arthax with his canine Hylaeus, who himself harbored no desire to abandon his lamplighted streets, but -- lacking the rights afforded to dogs in other parts of the world -- was forced to obey. And when Octadius, who cherished courage more than sense, found himself impaled on the fossilized stinger of a manscorpion, Hylaeus could do little more than look on with irritation at his own new predicament, and ponder how he might finish crossing the desert with his life in tow. By a hound's luck, though, several days of vexed wandering were rewarded with the company of a dromad caravan, which saw him safely to the white dunes of the East, and from there, to a curious land called Qud.

Compilation collection for the Caves of Qud Modding Jam: Pets & Presets[itch.io], which ran at the start of November 2024.

This collection only includes mods uploaded to the Steam Workshop. See all of the entries here[itch.io]! We have also assembled a mod bundle containing all eligible entries plus a handy way to spawn all pets (GitHub[github.com]).

A gigantic feathered phase-harmonic thanks to all who participated!
— The mod jam organizers

Octadius pets Hylaeus. Hylaeus puts his snout in Octadius' lap.