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#101813 Posted on 2017-04-20 01:17:39
This is a jump-in roleplay! Feel free to add your character and horses to the story at any time. But, please read the following before posting.
Please feel free to use character sheets or images to describe your characters! :)
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BACKSTORY
Millennia ago, there was a secret collection of tribes situated in an uncharted portion of the Middle East. Each tribe specialized in a trade that was shared and exchanged with the others to benefit all, a harmonious arrangement to ensure life not only survived the region's harsh environment, but flourished. Yet, at the heart of each tribe were their horses.
Every tribe member at the age of 13 is allowed to choose their "spirit horse", a horse who remain their most loyal companion for a lifetime. Tribe members can have up to three horses at a time, most hold a stallion, mare, and foal in raising at any one time.
Horses can be traded, sold, or released into the wild. Wild horses can be tamed, but some find their way into new lands far away.
Twice a year, during the Spring and Winter equinoxes, a member from each tribe is sent across the Great Desert with the horse of their choice to fetch an artifact. The desert is laden with treasures left behind, nobody knows by who or what. The artifact retrieved is then to be offered to the Kurat by displaying it along The Chasm oasis in hopes of gaining blessings for each tribe's people and horses. Recently, there have been rumors of outsiders finding their way into view of this hidden place, either by braving the dunes or traveling across the sea. It's a time of change and discovery, and a most critical time for tribes to focus on the health and strength of their horses.
KNOWN PLACES
The Kalyspi Sea
Coastline is dry with sparse vegetation, but the beach often washes up bountiful seaweed. Wildlife here typically includes birds of prey, fish, and the occasional dolphin pod. Every now and then, some claim to have seen ships on the horizon:
The Mohglen Forest
Inland forested desert is spotted with oases and trees provide ample shade during the hot summers. Some shrubs harbor rare fruits, a good source of portable water. Wildlife here includes wild antelopes, tortoises, hares, and insect-eating birds.
The Chasm
Final oasis stop before the Great Desert. Good fishing spot. Locals warn of crossing the endless dunes for fear of mind-tricking mirages and cursed days, but some say wondrous rewards are hidden within its reaches and paradise lies just beyond it. Nobody has ever made it all the way across and returned. Treasures line it's banks, but it's horrid luck if you move them.
THE TRIBES
Ronan Tribe
Color: Red
Trade specialization: Crafting
Avelyx Tribe
Color: Yellow
Trade specialization: Gardening
Wanuk Tribe
Color: Blue
Trade specialization: Fishing
RESOURCES
At the end of every week (Fridays), each tribal member will be given 100pts resources based on their trade specialization and occupation. If a character's tribe's trade specialization and occupation are the same, they will earn 25% or 25pts more resources.
Ex. If you are a gardener in the Avelyx Tribe, you will earn 125pts in produce. But if you are a gardener in the Wanuk Tribe, you only earn 100pts.
These are just a fun income type add-in, so don't get too caught up in the math. But do have fun using this as a reason for why your character maybe does or doesn't do something.
Points can be traded for horses and items for exploring. Remember, you can't just ride off or sail off into the unknown without preparations! ;)
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To join this RP, make sure you've chosen a tribe* and character trade** specialization (which can be different from your tribe's specialization).
**Life occupation options include the 3 main tribe trades or any other trade related to them (with approval). If you choose to have the same trade your tribe specializes in you can earn 25% more resources weekly.
*Characters can be born into one tribe, and moved into another (need a backstory for this though), but they then must forfeit the advantages of their birth-tribe and will always be considered somewhat as "outsiders". Inter-tribe dating is looked down upon, but happens.
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#101881 Posted on 2017-04-20 19:36:19
Cera and Bramble
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Full name: Cera Benoit pronounced sar-ah ben-oy
Tribe membership: Ronan
Tribe of Birth: Ronan
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Occupation: Crafter
Personality: Headstrong, creative, sarcastic, tough, and a tad selfish (except when it comes to horses). Cera is rarely ever deterred when it comes to doing what she wants, which sometimes gets her into trouble. She's a proud Ronan, yet maintains a rebellious nature, tending to treat some laws more like guidelines. With horses she demonstrates adept patience and intuition, allowing her to work with the headiest of the tribes. However, she hates to show her soft, loving side with other people. It's become somewhat of a secret only her mother knows.
Appearance: A natural crafter of the Ronan tribe, Cera learned how to make much of her own clothes and accessories with her mother. Usually she wears a light-stitched orange long sleeve shirt, with buttons carved from seashells and dyed from berries found in the Mohglen forest, and sooted-gray harem style pants. She wraps her brown leather boots just above her ankle and has worn them so long their soles are shaped perfectly to her feet. On long rides, she sometimes ties her palms with white cloth. She likes to keep her reddish-brown hair short so she can leave it down on rides or easily tie it up with stretched seaweed. She also wears a single hawk feather, tied into her hair, as it is one of her prized finds. And like her father, she has eyes of melted chocolate and surprisingly fair skin for how much time she spends in the sun.
Notes- Her father was one of the chosen to cross the Great Desert, but never made it home again. Cera oftens thinks of him alive, having found paradise.
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Sire: Unknown
Dam: Myrrah of the Avelyx Tribe
Gender: Stallion
Age: 6
Breed: 50% Akhal Teke x 50% Unknown
Personality: Playful, curious, talkative, and loyal to his human. He likes to take suggestions by his human and then offer his own ideas, reminding her of his independence and sometimes turning exercises into games. He has a smooth, gliding gait with which he almost sails across the sand, and has a need for speed.
History: Bramble, or Bram, was a surprise to a family of the Avelyx Tribe when their prized mare fell pregnant to a wild stallion after escaping during a storm. Without enough money to raise the mare and foal, the family was told to turn the two loose. Cera discovered the foal while collecting herbs for her mother's fabric dyes from the family's farm and promised to weave baskets out of bramble for them to sell as long as they let her raise him. A year later on Cera's 13th birthday, she declared the yearling would be her "spirit horse" and promptly named him Bramble.
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As per their usual weekend routine, Cera had ridden Bramble tackless to The Chasm and had dismounted to walk alongside her partner in crime. Bramble stopped to drink from the cool oasis water, his muscular withers twitching flies off, and Cera unwrapped the cloth from her hands to pat off the sweat on her forehead. It always seemed to be hot, especially after the deceitfully short cooler winter, but today was the first actually hot day since fall.
"Looks like spring is blazing in early this year, Bram", Cera leaned down to wash her cloth wraps in the water. "Wonder who they'll send out there this year..." She stands gazing out into the rolling dunes and their endless horizon across The Chasm.
Bramble snorts and paws the water, splashing it up all over his human and snapping her back to the present.
"Hey!" Cera jumps back. "I'm plenty cool without you drenching me".
Bramble whinnies, clearly amused.
"Oh ya?" Cera smirks and runs into the water, throwing armfuls of water at her stallion. He rears playfully and jumps into the water beside her, joining in the game.
They chase each other in and out of the water like overgrown kids, until Cera spots something sparkle below the surface.
"Whoa! Easy..." she asks for Bramble's head and calmly pets his silky face. "We don't want to step on Kurat's treasure. Let's go before someone sees us".
She leads her soaked stallion from the water and remounts, stuffing her cloth wraps in her pocket. She'd been coming here every weekend for the past 3 months since her birthday, but had only a couple times seen anyone else out this far. It's about an hour ride from the market, and most people are afraid to go near the Kurat's blessing place. But for Cera, The Chasm represented the divide between her and her father. She felt closer to him here than anywhere else. It's the first place he'd come to if he ever made it back from the Great Desert or the paradise beyond. He's been gone 6 years since the spring before Cera met Bramble.
Cera laces her fingers in mane and urges Bramble off, "Come on, let's do a little air-drying!" Her body energy sparks a wild look in Bram's eye and like a banshee he takes off towards home!
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#225373 Posted on 2020-07-18 18:41:31
Can't get edit to work so here is my edited character. Sorry! I don't mean to douple post.
Full name: Allian Avealyn
Tribe membership: Avelyx
Tribe of Birth: Avelyx
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Occupation: Herb Gardner
Personality: Shy, loving, careless. Allian hates talking to people her own age but loves to help the elders of her tribe. She will do anything to help a wounded, hurt, or lost animal. She shows all the horses of her tribe the same love she shows everyone else. Her father died in a tribe battle (Avelyx vs. Wanuk) and her mother helps make clothes for the tribe. She used to be very social until that battle. Sometimes she even helps her mother weave or knit.
Appearance: A natural-born gardener, Allain makes healing teas and overall great smelling things with the herbs she produces. She wears the classic simple white dress that all the girls wear. The only type of adorning she wears is a small locket her father gave her. Inside is a note and a drawing of her father she made. Like the rest of her tribe she wears no shoes yet keeps her feet surprisingly clean. Her long blond hair is usually left down (unlike everyone else which is up in a ponytail). Her eyes are blue (like the rarely seen water). One of her many achievements is finding a large source of water. This lake is where the tribe gets there water to keep the plants alive. Her tribe awarded her with shining pearl earrings using pearls form that lake. She refuses to wear them but, keeps them in a locked box by her bed.
Note- Sorry if any of this is off topic there were just some details I thought to include.
Full Name: Shadow
Sire: Silver (wild but Allian named him anyway)
Dam: Lea of the Avelyx Tribe
Gender: Stallion
Age: 3
Breed: 100% Gypsy Vanner
Personality: Very calm and willing Shadow was the perfect horse for Allian. Training this horse was no problem. The only problem is Shadow hates all the other horses and kids (sometimes the adults!). Allian does the best to keep him away from everyone he hates!
History: Allian found Lea and a wild horse (who she later named Silver) having an affair. She kept it a secret (as Gypsy Vanners are not always welcomed in her tribe) and cared for the foal. After it's second birthday she started to train it. The foal loved Allian and soon (around her 13th birthday) she declared that this was her spirt horse. At first, the tribe was wary but they soon gave in. Allian named the horse (now a 3-year-old stallion) Shadow for its grayish coat.
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"Come along now Shadow. We don't have all day"
"stomp stomp neigh"
"Fine. I guess you won't get any peppermint leaves when we get home."
"NEIGH!!!"
"Well then hurry! This is the only water for miles nad we need some for our tribe."
"neigh"
"I know you don't like them, and frankly I don't either, but they care for us so we need to care for them."
"sigh neigh"
"Thank you."
Allian and Shadow ride every morning to the lake and gather water. Sometimes they make it back with enough sometimes they don't...
SPLASH
"SHADOW!"
"neigh clomp clomp"
"Now the chief will be mad. Again. This can't keep happening. Mom will be furious."
"neigh"
"Well. Come on. Might as well get it over with."
I used Revv's layout. I get off topic a lot (sorry!). I added a few things to wear the tribe lives and what they wear. If you are not okay with that or want to change it, please message me. Can't wait to get this show on the road!!
Will make a sketch of my character (hopefully soon) and put it in here. The horse is after one of my horses. Note: The name is different and I am well aware of this.
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