For all those reasons, the Bashe was an extremely rare thing to see in Yano or even in elite circles where exotic beasts were occasionally exhibited.
It didn't reach the level of absolute rarity of a hydra like Ren's, which hadn't reached Gold rank as anyone's beast in either city in literally hundreds of years, setting aside its extravagant jade mana as well. That was an almost impossible standard to match.
The Bashe wasn't so unknown. It had been the beast of some high command officers in Yino in relatively recent history, according to Selphira's recollection.
As recently as 80 or 100 years ago, there had been distinguished tamers in Yino who possessed Bashes cultivated to impressive ranks and used them effectively. She'd met one such tamer during a diplomatic visit, watched the serpent demonstrate techniques.
