So we have taken a look at the Hamiltons from a people perspective, now its time to talk about the animals because frankly speaking Thomas adores animals and being a lord he had every excuse available to own a fair few, though his primary ones were hunting and convenience. 

Thomas owned three to five horses at any given time, though when he knew James McGraw he had three on his main estate and two on another. The mares were Persinna and Chariclea, the geldings Theagenes and Hydaspes and the stallion being Calasiris.

The significance of these names lies in the fact that they are all characters in the same Hellenistic romance novel where one of the primary obstacles between the main protagonists included pirates. Interestingly, the male protagonist and the father of the heroine have been set as geldings, whilst the man who aided both protagonist and heroine is set as the stallion – Thomas’ very quiet and personal way of telling a complicated political joke that ultimately amounts to doing what you believe in is the only true way to keep your big dick energy. 

Though Thomas had many cats to manage rats and mice on the estate and they all had names because he’s just like that, there were only two that were considered more like pets than working animals. They were decorated with beautiful collars and spoiled rotten. Pure white and almost identical in sheer volume of fur, Andromeda and Perseus were gifts from Thomas’ mother and both have their own romance story, while also being briefly featured throughout the one that names his horses, because Thomas is nothing if not dedicated to being Very Extra.

His prize hunting hounds were Orpheus and Eurydice, though he had three others, those were the only two that James was likely to interact with. He also had a goshawk named Hamlet, whom he would often hold while reciting nonsense because in a fit of absolute boredom, he trained the bird to respond to certain lines for dramatic effect, solely to be That Guy.