![]() Once they reach the colony, they must choose their own banshee. The journey itself is an ordeal, during which you have to climb, balance and jump, always careful not to fall from a great height. In the case of the Omatikaya clan, when a Na'vi is ready to tame their own banshee, most of the time accompanied by other hunters, they go on a hike to the Hallelujah Mountains, which takes them directly to the banshee's colony. The bonded mountain banshees nest in the highest branches of Hometree, where they can be close at hand for their Na'vi rider. It is here that the Na'vi come to select (and be selected by) a banshee for domestication. The largest rookery, which features the largest specimens (and therefore the best to tame for riding), is in grottoes and outcrops on the sheer cliff faces of Mons Veritatis, one of the largest of the floating mountains. ![]() ![]() The mountain banshee rookery is high in the Hallelujah Mountains. In Na'vi culture, taming a banshee is a test every young hunter has to pass. A rider can bond with a new banshee should the previous one die, as was the case after Neytiri's first mount Seze was killed during the Assault on the Tree of Souls it remains unknown whether the same applies to a banshee that has lost its rider. Unlike the direhorse, however, the banshee will only bond with one Na'vi in its lifetime. After eight days studying an individual banshee, he was able to bond it and name it Rotalyu. The first ikran makto was Taronyu, a Na'vi of the Kekunan Clan. ![]() Like the direhorse, a Na'vi can connect to a banshee through a neural interface that allows animal and rider to move with apparent effortlessness through the skies. Bonding with a banshee and becoming an Ikran Makto is a dangerous and required rite of passage for Na'vi warriors in some clans, including the Omatikaya. ![]()
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