Post by rizzo on Dec 30, 2008 16:51:28 GMT -6
Name-[/i] Valkyrie
Gender-[/i] Stallion
Alliance-[/i] Neutral
Herd- Summer Forest
Rank- King
Breed-[/i] Oldenburg
Age-[/i] 7
Appearance-[/i]
Personality-[/i] Valkyrie is not necessarily a nice horse, but he tries his best to be fair. He can't tolerate idiots, and thinks that anyone with less intelligence than he who is not actively trying to educate themselves is of no use to the world. Usually he's in a good mood -- quiet, but happy and easy-going. As in all horses, his temper flares in battle, but over the years he has managed to learn how to keep his flames burning cold. He much prefers to exchange words with enemies and push them into a rage, since he has found that rage usually inhibits good judgment. He hates being still; exercise is pleasurable to him. He has a true love for life, though he is not naive enough to forget what happened to his herd. Valkyrie has trouble understanding the Darks, and why they do the things they do. He isn't fond of taking sides, but he fails to see the point of mindless destruction and evil. He tends to laugh things off if he can't deal with them immediately, and that's especially true with mares. He's never been interested in a particular mare before, and has no offspring -- he wouldn't know what to do with himself if he loved someone. The closest he's come to that is protecting his younger sister, Lorelei. All in all, he's not a very complex guy. He's fair, quiet, active, and awkward.
Past-[/i] Valkyrie was raised well, but not in any special way. His sire was a lord in the Summer Forest herd, and between them, his parents had three foals. They had two colts, the dappled-bay Valkyrie and his chestnut brother, Cartazonon, and a black filly, Lorelei. Cartazonon was the oldest, followed by Valkyrie, followed by Lorelei. They were all spaced about two years apart, give or take a little. In any case, his foalhood was relatively happy. He was young when the feud began, but he understood that someone from Summer Forest had provoked the wrath of a Dark herd, and now his father had to go off and fight. His brother didn't cry; at age four, he was too old for that. His sister didn't understand; she was only a few months old. Valkyrie was only two, and he wept as if his father was already dead. It took a while for things to really boil; there were stealth missions and guard duties, sure, but nobody really expected anything. A few years passed and they were raised knowing that they had enemies who would hurt them just because they were from Summer Forest. Something changed one night, and the main militia of the herd was gone. For three days the mares and the young ones stayed in the forest, close together, prepared for the worst. At age seven, Cartazonon was the oldest of the young ones, older even than the king's heirs, so he took over as regent. Valkyrie was five, and Lorelei had just turned three. On the third day, one of the stallions returned. He told his herd that he was the only survivor, but that the other herd's army hadn't won. "It was a draw," were the last words that stallion uttered before dying in his homeland. Again, Valkyrie wept. Lorelei had barely known her father, so she couldn't be too sad. Cartazonon bottled his grief, if he had any. His position as regent turned permenant, but he only stuck with it for a year. He disappeared during the night, just as his father had done on the eve of battle, and never came back. Valkyrie succeeded his brother to the throne at the age of six, and has ruled in peace for a year. His problem now is that he's not sure he's really meant to be king, and wonders if he should copy his brother and take off some night.
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