I already let Anabelle go. She was a spider I tamed (Darkmist Broodqueen, specifically) in Dustwallow Marsh. I never used her and after only a couple days, I decided to let her go. I love spiders but this one just really did not suit Ariela, and I don't think any spider will.
The other three I'm thinking of cutting loose are: Chauncey, my raptor; Boris, my scorpid; and Ysolde, my wind serpent.
Chauncey seemed like a special tame at first, but after the excitement of seeing Takk in the wild and taming him wore off, I was left with a raptor that I never use. I really can't get into raptors on any character so far (but then, I keep making elven hunters, too). There's something about him that just doesn't seem right with Ariela. Raptors have such a harsh and primitive look to them (IMO), and it just really does not suit Ariela.
Boris was a tame on a whim. He's just a regular Scorpashi Snapper that I found out in Desolace. We had fun for a little while and I even took him into a couple of battlegrounds with me. But, again, he just doesn't really suit Ariela. He has a personality and I like his name, but they just seem like a very mis-matched pair and I can't get that out of my head. Besides, when I PvP, I almost exclusively use Pierre (my monkey). I do like the disarm ability, but I would much rather have it on a white eagle when I reach that level.
Ysolde is my favorite wind serpent model, the white old-world model one. The mob that I tamed is Hayoc from Dustwallow Marsh. I make it a point to get him on every hunter (this time I made it a female). But, just because something's tradition doesn't make it right for everyone. Ysolde is beautiful and graceful, but that's about as far as her appeal goes. She has no personality and I rarely use her. As much as I love this model and family, it just isn't right for Ariela.
I think what really instigated this was that I started to feel like I was getting too much, too fast. I don't want Ariela to be a pet collector. I want each and every pet to be special and mean something, but lately I was just taming things because they looked neat or because I liked them on other hunters. I want Ariela to have her small group of companions, a family, that she can call upon and depend on. I don't want her to have a zoo or a menagerie, and that's what I was starting to feel like.
