09-09-2020, 02:42 PM
Yanhua
Yahua hoped his delay with Amarine hadn’t made him extremely tardy to the coronation, but if it did he smiled to himself knowing the absence was worth it. Amarine was… a special mare. Not like anyone he’d met before, and time spent with her could hardly be time wasted in Yanhua’s opinion. There was so much knowledge she could impart on him! Likewise, there was so much he could practice with her. Their friendship made natural sense: in a twist of Beqanna irony the two horses were equally yolked; their magicks were similar but not the same, and in her companionship Yanhua found a serenity and beauty he’d found nowhere else. He really liked Ama, and that thought warmed his icy descent into the sea as the chestnut stallion swam from Nerine to Icicle isle.
Further out the water solidified, and Yan struggled but quickly dragged himself up onto the sheet of ice that had frozen like a solid cap over the water. The sheet of white spanned more than a few miles back, where it met with the Isle’s shoreline, and Yanhua was already beginning to tremble uncontrollably from the shock and cold so he picked up a brisk trot and slid-hopped along the surface of the ice until his split hooves met solid land again.
“Thank the gods.” He muttered darkly as he stepped onto the pebble shore, regaining his balance. Yan had never been happier to be on solid ground. This Isle Nashua was living in was no place for small children or the faint of heart; journeying this far had nearly sapped his energy already, and Yanhua had never really thought of himself as a weakling even if he’d been a shy boy as a colt. But this? The swim and harsh conditions were rough, and he’d only just made it.
Leilan was introducing himself when Yan slipped into the gathering a few minutes later, stopping away from the mare whose youngling had approached his brother Nashua with a boldness that left Yanhua chuckling under his breath. Shivering, the goat-like unicorn stamped his hooves in the ice and snow, looking out for Lilliana. She was positioned at the fore of the group, standing near Leilan and Izora where she could look out at the gathering of horses joined together for this coronation. Her son winked at her, moving forward to take the empty space beside Nashua now that the colt had been called back to his mother Lumina.
Without shame, Yan pushed himself underneath Nash’s wing for warmth and together the twin brothers listened respectfully as the sermon was addressed. By the end Yanhua was warm enough to not need the cover, and he looked up in pleasant surprise when Nashua blurted out his eager request to join the Alliance representatives. Privately, Yan was elated. He’d come to the Isle for more reasons than the coronation alone, but this surprise would’ve been enough of a reason to make the journey regardless. His brother, an Alliance contender? Well well… Yan contemplated to himself with a smile.
Lumina spoke up thereafter, and when she quieted down Yanhua interjected.
“I’m Yanhua of Taiga and I, too, would like to represent my redwood homeland in the Alliance.” He announced with a grin and a respectful dip of his head towards the newly-crowned dragon King. Then, peeking out from underneath his stern brows, he eyed Nashua with another wink. They’d have time to revel and catch up later, after the ceremony; for now he hoped his twin’s reaction would be half as surprised as his own had been.
Further out the water solidified, and Yan struggled but quickly dragged himself up onto the sheet of ice that had frozen like a solid cap over the water. The sheet of white spanned more than a few miles back, where it met with the Isle’s shoreline, and Yanhua was already beginning to tremble uncontrollably from the shock and cold so he picked up a brisk trot and slid-hopped along the surface of the ice until his split hooves met solid land again.
“Thank the gods.” He muttered darkly as he stepped onto the pebble shore, regaining his balance. Yan had never been happier to be on solid ground. This Isle Nashua was living in was no place for small children or the faint of heart; journeying this far had nearly sapped his energy already, and Yanhua had never really thought of himself as a weakling even if he’d been a shy boy as a colt. But this? The swim and harsh conditions were rough, and he’d only just made it.
Leilan was introducing himself when Yan slipped into the gathering a few minutes later, stopping away from the mare whose youngling had approached his brother Nashua with a boldness that left Yanhua chuckling under his breath. Shivering, the goat-like unicorn stamped his hooves in the ice and snow, looking out for Lilliana. She was positioned at the fore of the group, standing near Leilan and Izora where she could look out at the gathering of horses joined together for this coronation. Her son winked at her, moving forward to take the empty space beside Nashua now that the colt had been called back to his mother Lumina.
Without shame, Yan pushed himself underneath Nash’s wing for warmth and together the twin brothers listened respectfully as the sermon was addressed. By the end Yanhua was warm enough to not need the cover, and he looked up in pleasant surprise when Nashua blurted out his eager request to join the Alliance representatives. Privately, Yan was elated. He’d come to the Isle for more reasons than the coronation alone, but this surprise would’ve been enough of a reason to make the journey regardless. His brother, an Alliance contender? Well well… Yan contemplated to himself with a smile.
Lumina spoke up thereafter, and when she quieted down Yanhua interjected.
“I’m Yanhua of Taiga and I, too, would like to represent my redwood homeland in the Alliance.” He announced with a grin and a respectful dip of his head towards the newly-crowned dragon King. Then, peeking out from underneath his stern brows, he eyed Nashua with another wink. They’d have time to revel and catch up later, after the ceremony; for now he hoped his twin’s reaction would be half as surprised as his own had been.
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Entry Name: Yanhua
Gender: Stallion
Body Type & Height: Athletic Trakhener build. 17 hh.
Abilities (note: if the ability can vary between horses, e.g. mimicry, please state which characteristics your character expresses): Empathic Echoes, Goat Mimicry (Goat horns, goat hooves, Goat beard and tufted tail), Intangibility, Glowing Markings, Immortality