Renose said
The bandit's horses did not run off.So yes, you are correct, there are two horses available for Lyrisa and Allereun and another horse to do with however you please. (You could even sell it in town for about 17 iL, give or take, as when selling things it usually at half the price of what it was bought for, Persuasion (haggling) making the price potentially higher or lower). Appraisal also helps as well for other goods.
In other words we have three free ~35 iL riding horses. Selling one sounds like an appropriate choice, but why sell it when you can use it to make sure everyone is unencumbered? Now we can sell all the bandit's armor and equipment without having to carry it ourselves~!
Also, because it kept getting washed away in the tides of the OOC:
For the "Animal Companion" trait, what would be an example of an Uncommon and Exotic animal?
For Common animals I was assuming it was your standard wolves, bears, hawks, maybe a cat or something, but since we haven't really encountered any other animals yet (besides epic horses with haughty personalities) I can't really form an idea of what to expect.