# Strider Ostrich

The fastest runner in the grasslands. It can keep pace with a cart.

Character · Fictionalized · Established

Stable ID: `starlight-ostrich` · Revision 1 · Updated 2026-10-30

Context: [Starlight Menagerie](/field-guide/collections/starlight-menagerie/)

[Web page](/field-guide/entities/starlight-ostrich/) · [JSON record](/field-guide/entities/starlight-ostrich/record.json)

## At a glance

- Violet and black plumage with pale pink wing feathers, and legs in a bright magenta. It is still the fastest thing in the grasslands.

- Leaves Seven alone until he comes within about 13 metres. Then it charges. A hit takes 12 points off a 100-point shield.

- Home: Ombra.

## Appearances

- [Starlight Menagerie encyclopedia](/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/encyclopedia.html) (context: [Starlight Menagerie](/field-guide/collections/starlight-menagerie/))

- [The creatures](/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/creatures.html): Named in this published page.

- [The map of Doorly Orbital](/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/map.html): Named in this published page.

## Dated changes

- 2026-10-30: Added from the named source to the Field Guide.

## Open questions

- Inspired by Ostrich; the guide describes its game depiction.

## Sources

- [Starlight Menagerie encyclopedia](/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/encyclopedia.html)

## Reference library

### Scene

![Strider Ostrich in the Starlight Menagerie.](/gamelab/assets/starlight-menagerie/creatures/ostrich-three.webp)

Strider Ostrich in the Starlight Menagerie.

[Download original](/gamelab/assets/starlight-menagerie/creatures/ostrich-three.webp) · [Starlight Menagerie encyclopedia](/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/encyclopedia.html) · v1 · SHA-256: `18654818b4960c844054f2246bc3bad074cc7294cd984e524b37f589746ba64f`