Animal Empathy

Empaths, Rangers and Bards share something in common, an empathy towards all life. One cannot be a bard and not be somehow connected to the populace and life of Elanthia. The same goes for Empaths. A bard understanding and knowing how to soothe a human, can also soothe a wild beast, calming it's rage, they can therefore possibly tame a wild animal for use as a one-time ride with the concentrated aid from an Empath and Ranger. This does not extend to evil animals and will only work for large, huge or collossal sized creatures. The animal must be a living breathing entity with some intelligence. Now, what I thought would be really, really cool.

Taming beasts that are often hunted, (but it only lasts for 1 elanthian day) to carry the bard and companions to a single destination, and then dump them there, and take off, free again. Now I'm thinking... critters for this: la'tami (flight only but it could get over the chasm to shard faster than the gondola), leucros, crocodiles (water travel only), swamp trolls (piggy back ride), rock guardians, peccaries.