09-23-2020, 11:12 PM
Yanhua
On the second morning of Yanhua’s journey, he awoke to find Spring in full bloom. The Forest on the far side of the River was a vibrant green again and the Meadow was alive with activity, just like Yan had always remembered. His homeland had recently been attacked by another Kingdom and their new Queen, leaving Loess and most of the Northern territories burnt to the ground by fire, but he would hardly know it wandering among the other horses. None of them seemed to be discussing what had happened; most were preoccupied with the natural course of life - foaling season, moving to better grazing lands, so on and so forth. Yanhua, however, let their concerns and his own keep separate spheres. The nomads and non-kingdom members could hardly begin to understand the private pain (and muted anger) Yanhua kept with him like a scar - their indifference to his quiet suffering and those of the Northern-aligned horses wasn’t anything personal, he reminded himself.
Shaking his ears between a set of still-growing goat horns, Yan dissociated from the hum of distant chatter while he strolled and thought about the task at hoof instead. He’d ventured away from Taiga with Izora’s knowledge in search of the few missing members unaccounted for since the attack. Brennen, Nerine’s champion Magician, and Yanhua’s own little sibling, Aela, were both still ‘missing’ in a sense. One had abdicated his position and sided with the enemy while Yanhua watched. The other? Aela was still a small filly. She could be anywhere by now, swept up by anyone. In truth, Yan’s sister was his priority. But, if he found Brennen by a stroke of good luck, perhaps the ancient magician could locate her for Yan and make the search that much easier.
“Here’s to wishing on stars.” Yanhua sighed thoughtfully to himself, having reached a less-populated area of the Meadow where a small creek babbled within a wide but shallow ditch. He quickly noticed another horse nearby - a mare, artfully colored and winged, though not like a bird. More like the delicate butterflies he sometimes had the pleasure of seeing in the warmest of Taiga months. She’d been looking out over the Meadow with an expression Yan knew a bit too well, but he was sure his unexpected appearance would change that. He smiled, briefly, and then paused a meter or two away with an eye on the brook.
“Mind if I drink?” He asked the mare, who looked like a fresh shoot of new spring growth herself.
Shaking his ears between a set of still-growing goat horns, Yan dissociated from the hum of distant chatter while he strolled and thought about the task at hoof instead. He’d ventured away from Taiga with Izora’s knowledge in search of the few missing members unaccounted for since the attack. Brennen, Nerine’s champion Magician, and Yanhua’s own little sibling, Aela, were both still ‘missing’ in a sense. One had abdicated his position and sided with the enemy while Yanhua watched. The other? Aela was still a small filly. She could be anywhere by now, swept up by anyone. In truth, Yan’s sister was his priority. But, if he found Brennen by a stroke of good luck, perhaps the ancient magician could locate her for Yan and make the search that much easier.
“Here’s to wishing on stars.” Yanhua sighed thoughtfully to himself, having reached a less-populated area of the Meadow where a small creek babbled within a wide but shallow ditch. He quickly noticed another horse nearby - a mare, artfully colored and winged, though not like a bird. More like the delicate butterflies he sometimes had the pleasure of seeing in the warmest of Taiga months. She’d been looking out over the Meadow with an expression Yan knew a bit too well, but he was sure his unexpected appearance would change that. He smiled, briefly, and then paused a meter or two away with an eye on the brook.
“Mind if I drink?” He asked the mare, who looked like a fresh shoot of new spring growth herself.
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@[Deethra] OOC: I'm not exactly sure if she does or doesn't have butterfly wings? Her profile says she does so I went with that, lol. If I need to change it, just let me know!