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Guidelines

1. This is a loving family, please do not make an evil or "I hate my family" overly angsty/tortured soul character concept as I won't chose it. xd Quirks, little differences, slightly mischievous tendencies may be fine but please no outright evil.
Similarly, please don't plan any kidnapping/other deep childhood trauma plots. Would destroy the parents' hearts. :C heart
2. All standard guidelines apply such as be nice to others; please don't discourage others from entering.
3. Your basket is the secondborn of two brothers. They are the firstborn children of this lifemated pair.
4. Their Upbringing: Loving, nurturing, father in awe of new life who quickly becomes accustomed to his role and a caring born-for-motherhood mother. They live in the wild, but the foals may be taken to visit two-leggeds when they're a little older (See Mother's History), and later can chose to be around them if they wish. Feel free to incorporate this possible influence in your concept or not, completely your choice. biggrin heart


Sooo... about RP: This is, first and foremost, a character concept contest. Please feel free to enter whether you prefer to plot, RP or not. heart
I personally enjoy writing stories out occasionally, and if I do they tend to be rather windy and... made up as I go? xd I go through bursts of activity/inspiration and dry spells where nothing happens for a really long time. For this reason, I personally will say that while I would love some plot/touchstones for the family, I do not expect everything or really most of their family/foal life to be RPed out... possibly none. Depending on who is brought into the family and what their preferences are.
You should expect me to honor whatever you type here, so if you say the brothers are close they will be!
Please feel free to approach me if you prefer for things to develop naturally, and are itching for some family RP.
I just... you might want to go into this expecting random bursts and possible activity dry spells. I don't consider a RP closed until it's finished, so even if responses are slow I won't abandon it completely.
Also, if you're super enthusiastic it may catch on and we might write most of this out. Who knows? Up to us.



Just in case you're looking for a little information about the family so far: heart


Taking info posts from my teepee, added some notes on possible future family members for development's sake, feel free to explore at will.
Feel free to ask if you have any questions *PM please*, things can get a little convoluted when i'm left to my own devices and don't really consider someone else reading it. xd






Please note that their SRP is not finished. heart

Name: Muwin [Bear]
Temper: Steadfast

Personality: Stout and always willing to allow his family to lean on him. He will seem a little gullible at times, but that's dependent on how much he trusts the other soul. His family will always be at the forefront of his mind. He adores hearing stories and will most likely be his Daddy's shadow.

Relationships: Close with his brother, he's going to most likely act more like the older one if only to show that he's protective. He will be a Daddy's boy, but still adores his Mother. He'll be respectful of his family and seek to always make them proud.

He'll have a curiosity of two-leggers and may find one much like his Mother did.

To set expectations:
Do you RP? Yes, when the mood strikes me.
Do you plot? Always!

The Future (of your involvement with the family): If you want more naturals to add in. I will be seeking natural kiddos for one of my own naturals. As for future family members. Bring it on!!! 8D

Name: Emmery
Temper: Gentle.

Personality: From a father who teaches him how to be honest and steadfast, and a wonderful mother who has guided his soul with her kindness and sweet nature, Emmery flows with the world around him, he smiles easily and holds such a tender heart. Wanting to aid the broken, Heal the hurting, and help right the wronged with his own gentle way he does all he can to show just how well his parents have raised him.

He adores his brother, he will grow up close to his family, wanting to stay close while bringing the love and light his parents have given him to all he comes across. His very nature makes him a easy foal, and a easy going stallion.



Relationships:
I want him growing close to his family, his mother more so, wanting to do what he can to bring a smile to her face, His brother will be his confidant, His ally, his best friend.
He will be curious of the twolegs, willing to learn of them and befriend. He will become a healer of the heart, soft spoken, sure in his own quiet confidence of who he is and where he fits in the universe.
He enjoys salty sweet treats and the sun, taking a trot into the sun dappled forest beside his brother, father, and mother. He loves nature, and critters, becoming easy friends to all he comes across.

To set expectations:
Do you RP? Yes! Though I am slow because I am a mother and wife and life can be a bit crazy. I also LOVE plots. I really like your little family concept. It's full of tender sweetness and I actually have several rp ideas.
Do you plot? Of course, I would love to see him and his brother meeting the humans for the first time, I'd love to do a life lesson with his father, and maybe find a beautiful place to show his momma.

The Future (of your involvement with the family):
I will be as involved as you would like me to be. Honestly your characters are speaking to a story line I've had in my mind for a long time regarding one of my own established. I would love to plot that out with you and help grow the family with activity. I have every intention of making him to 100% stats.
As far as when? well foals are easiest in this setting, but we can already get working on the story if the creative juices are flowing. nothing I adore more then making a story with someone else. Also I chart things in my Teepee. when the creative fairy strikes me I go all out and end up with srp's unless I'm lucky enough to find someone else to really roll with.
I would love for him to be involved in the shop stuff too. Heck I'll even join you in the fun if you want. Honestly for what ever reason this one has sparked a serious desire to write... even If I don't win him I would love to talk with you on rp or plots with one of my others! =)

Name: Too-ya-la-kekt (Thunder arriving on the plain)
Temper: Mercurial

Personality: Good kid, but mood can change on a dime, sometimes without warning. Likes to laugh and have fun, loves his family, but can absolutely be a handful. Generally pretty extroverted. Loves to run in the rain.

Relationships: Too-ya will definitely always love his family, but as he grows older, he may spend more time traveling around, so as not to stress them out with his tendency to be like the summer thunderstorm: quick, surprising, sometimes refreshing, sometimes tempestuous.

I think his relationship with two-leggers would be complicated: he'd want to be friends with his mother's friends, but, ultimately, he wouldn't want to be tied down to anyone demanding. If he found a two-legger who was pretty chill with him, and never pushed him toward the center of village life, I think Too-ya could very well wind up staying with the two-legger in question.

In general, Too-ya would be friendly with strangers, unless they caught him in a bad mood, which wouldn't last very long, anyway.

To set expectations:
Do you RP? Yes, whenever I can
Do you plot? Yes

The one thing I'm considering is pairing him with my adult Native character, and that they'd have to grow to a place where his mercurial ways don't frighten her off, and her considerably more patient and rather shy personality grounded him.

The Future (of your involvement with the family): I absolutely intend for Too-ya to stay close to his family and any two-legger he may bond with, no matter the storm that consumes his life. At worst, he'd try to be a regular visitor, looking for chances to interact when circumstances allow. I have no idea as of yet what kind of trouble he could get into, but I'd definitely be open to him having to go through some kind of challenging time in his life at some point.

In the long run, I do want Too-ya to have to figure out a way to be close to others without burning them with his sharp, strongly felt emotions. Whether it's a friend (regardless of leg number) or a lover, I do want someone to anchor him a bit, before anything darker comes to pass in his life.

Name: Anakausuen (Blackfoot for Worker)
Temper: Hardy

Personality: Though gruff of voice Anak, the preferred short hand of his name, is a hardy soul with a heart of gold who finds his happiness easiest when he is working hard to create something. He is utterly fascinated by the two-legged's and the things they create through arts such as blacksmithing and carpentry and while he may have hooves and therefore cannot assist in such great arts he has no trouble lending his strength to them should they need it. Pulling carts full of rocks from quarries, helping raise up sections of buildings, and even occasionally fetching tools for them he finds all they do fascinating and mysterious and wonderful. The only thing he will not let them do is ride him. He's too wild to allow a two-legged upon his back and out of respect for him and his help none try.
The village he "apprentices" in is a small one, with no more than two dozen two legged's at any given time, not including the little ones who play tag around his great feet. There are a few others of his kind but he doesn't have time for war mounts or saddle mounts, and while he's not unkind to them he just prefers to work rather than chat. This might make others think him haughty but that is their opinion and they are welcome to it.

Relationships:
With his father - His father is well his father. While he doesn't take as much after him as he does his mother Anak adores his pa and wouldn't trade him for anything or anyone else. He strong, reliable, and giving but with a touch of the wild side that Anak himself shares. His father means a lot to him and he is and always will be close to him.

With his mother - He's very close to his mother and shares her love of the two-legged's. He fancies himself as taking most after her, with love and kindess for all, even if he's a bit rough around the edges and doesn't quite have her empathy and understanding of all kinds. Early on he'll adore going with her to the two-legged village where she grew up and that's where he'll get his fondness for the crafting they do.

With his brother - Chela and he will get along famously. He could sit for hours and listen to his brother ramble about philosophy and life in general. Often times Anak will sneak away to find some form of sweet natural thing to bring to his brother, like wild honey or sweet grass. He isn't as fond of the sugary sweetness like his brother so any and all sweets he gains from the two-legged's will be pouched to bring back to Chela. Despite their closeness he knows that Chela likes to be alone and enjoys the wild and he respects that so if his brother asks to be alone he'll grant him the distance he wishes, but always, always will there be love between the brothers.

Two-Legged in General - Those from his chosen village will be his best of friends. He respects them and helps them in their day to day, coming and going as each dawn and dusk passes. He doesn't sleep in the village, preferring the grasslands to the hard packed earth near their teepees. He likes them well enough so long as they are kind in return and bare him no ill will.

Drustan MacKeltar - Drustan will be someone he meets up with a few times over his life. Anak respects the old Scots born Soquili and is often highly amused by his creative way of swearing. His first meeting with the rather bright fellow will be during his foalhood while on a trip to the two-legged village with his mother. He'll see the orange pony grazing in the grass outside the village proper and naturally like all foals will, go make friends with him.
Later on when he's grown he'll run across the MacKeltar when he is grieving and offer an ear for his problems, and finally after that they'll become true friends who share a drink on occasion and talk about life in general.

Dead Reckoning - Early on he'll intrinsically know that something is very wrong with the massive cat pawed creature he finds in the woods as a young teen. She's not a familiar no, and though in her cat form at the time he might have mistaken her for one he can almost sense the stench of death and evil that exudes from her. He'll escape from that predicament barely and make an enemy for life after wounding her with a swift kick to her chest during her pounce.
Later in his life he'll save a two-legged child from her and take a few scars for his trouble. She'll be a prominent enemy in his life.

Xatanni - His future familiar, the slithery, feathery serpent will latch onto him and become his bonded. She's as sneaky as they come in the serpent world and often uses him as a perch to sun herself. She's in it all for herself and he tolerates her presence so long as she causes no trouble. Its a partnership of convenience and not so much one of friendship. Sometime later in his life she'll save him from dying and then after so much time past they'll finally become friends, but its a long road until then.


To set expectations:
Do you RP? I do, but I am slow and often need to be prodded or reminded that its my turn. Quotes certainly help! xD
Do you plot? Absolutely! Plotting is my #1 favorite thing to do when my muse is hibernating.

The Future (of your involvement with the family): I'd love for him to have as much interaction with his family, both present and future, as possible.
While he does work quite dedicatedly in the two-legged village if his family needs him they come first and he'll be there.

I personally like to lay out an idea in advance and then allow it to evolve as time rolls on. I don't base things on looks unless is a big part of their backstory and with Anak it isn't so what he looks like makes no matter to me, though with parents like that I'm sure he's handsome <3 , and I hope to allow his personality to develop naturally as he grows and interacts with many others.
There will be a time when he nearly dies but of course will survive it and grow stronger and a bit more assured for his pain and strife. There will be early love, and lost love, mourning and guidance. I want him to experience everything possible. And I am rambling. xD Done now! <3

Name: Ñí Brásge (flat water)
Temper: Myopic

Personality:
About his name:
So his name means "flat water," and belongs to the greater Sioux-family of languages (so many!). It refers to the Platte River and is what later became the American name for Nebraska. I like to make a big deal about names and symbolism and any other tidbits I can learn when I work on characters, and I feel that there's even more leeway here because these are spirit horses. So I've learned some geography and history this week, and hope to learn more!

About his Temper:
He is shortsighted and rash, downright dense at times, but means well. If he is shown the consequences of his actions are negative, for example, he will try to make things right. This could be a potential risk to him as his naivety can lead to being taken advantage of by sneaky individuals.

About his personality:
My goal is for him to become generous and gracious with age and experience. He will go from not understanding his father's code at all to develop his own code of ethics beginning with the golden rule. And he's going to stumble along the way as he learns what it really means. Likewise, he will discover how his mother's seemingly magical empathy is something he will be able to train within himself as a skill.

A practical joker, a little dense and sometimes goes too far, but never means any harm. If harm happens, he tends to feel crushed. This reaction will also develop over time. But he means well and at least in the beginning will go out of his way to memorize details about new people, desired friends especially. On those he knows well, over time he will have certainly learned what endears himself to them and what will annoy them most. I'm going to ponder opportunities for him to learn to do things because he wants to, and not because he wants something for it. My thoughts on it are rather cyclic right now but hopefully you see where I want to go.

Relationships:
Family:
- Parents: Remains in the same general region as his parents whole life, unless some outside force draws him away. (So I'm not planning for him to leave, but it's not set in stone either.)

- Brother:
Good-natured sense of competition with brother (I'm hoping), perhaps feels like he's always playing catch-up as the younger sibling and has something to prove. This may or may not be something Chela ever realizes. He may think his little brother is just a big jerk!

I would love that for them to be close at least growing up. Maybe they stay close for life? Maybe something comes between them and things are never the same again. It makes more sense to me than "Brasge is just a jerk and Chela doesn't have to put up with him as an adult." Or... maybe they reconcile down the line. I'm open to anything, but hoping for the latter.

Since Chela is more contemplative, eventually Brasge will have to realize that tricks and pranks are not a good way to bide his time and will strive to find other ways to exercise his love of little projects with lots of details. Not sure what this will be, yet. Maybe it's parties, who knows?

The other thought I had was this: the pranks start out innocently but as he grows towards adolescence, Brasge grows increasingly frustrated with some aspect of his life or maybe even the world outside. So he starts to take the joke too far. Starts being mean about it. Maybe he feels he can never catch up to his elder brother. Maybe they like the same filly. How would he learn his lesson? I would be interested in plotting this out with you.

- Younger siblings: Any more siblings will be treated less as competing and more of mentor + student until grown, that's the plan anyway! His plan. Not mine, necessarily.

- Extended family: I think he will have heard stories about his grandparents and other family. He will want to meet them! But he would feel nervous and behave exceedingly awkwardly. I don't think he would bolt, but maybe he would stutter. The first time, anyway. I can't help but think that that would be a blast to RP-out. xD

Others:
- Two-leggeds: I think the first time he sees two-leggeds he will have heard stories for "a very long time." He will feel very nervous may even behave skittishly. Overall though, he will feel friendly toward two-leggeds because his parents do. He will trust them which could be used against him in the future somehow. Off the top of my head, I am thinking of cattle rustlers and other thieves duping him into being an accomplice or losing something precious to him. Or maybe a group of young war ponies decide hazing the new guy is a good idea. He would go along with it.

- Love: Instead of flings, he would probably have a lifemate or possibly(?) dedicated poly-group. The latter would probably depend on how much of the two-leggeds' herds he interacts with. If he learns what it's like in a herd, what will he decide for himself?

To set expectations:
Do you RP?
Not currently, though I wish to change that. I typically RP in one of two styles, the messenger script-style (closer to OOC but not always), and the paragraph form, which I would do in messenger or guild.

I keep meaning to and wanting to roleplay. But the truth is I haven't RPed seriously in quite some time. Being too tired to feel creative or too stressed (110% of the time) to feel satisfaction in my RP responses, feel lucky if I can even get as far as writing something up. So my answer is 'no' on RP but I do love to plot at least, or have those little script-style messenger RPs that sometimes have no place in the Soquili "real world" but nevertheless build character and rapport. However, I do always have the intention of RPing "some day."

I have not RPed in a long time, not in the "literate" paragraphs style anyway. Round-robin guild posts, it may have been years ago. Over messenger (in whatever format) has been more recent. I wish it wasn't like that, and as you say perhaps motivation will come. But I can promise, at the very least, general plotting for the sake of background information. Also, I have a bad habit of leaving plots in my head stewing, so if we talk about it you may find that I have lots of ideas. Or maybe just a general feeling. So that said, I am open to RP that has long wait times. That does not bother me as long as I know you are still interested.

Do you plot?
Yes I do! I love to plot if nothing else. As before, messenger or guild work best.

The Future (of your involvement with the family):
Well, I can be as annoying (bother-bother) --I mean, available-- as you like. I tend to shy away if I think I may be intruding at all (I worry about that a lot). But the sky's the limit.

Maybe you can tell I have pondered the brothers the most because I feel like Chela would be the most important person in Brasge's youth if not the rest of his life. But it is not well thought out either. So I would definitely want to plot with you on it as extensively as you want it to go. I mean some siblings are super close... others hate each other with a burning passion!

I also want to see how you think the parents would handle a colt like this one. How would they instruct and discipline him? Teach him lessons and skills?