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 Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:13 am
Hawthorne   "It is a truth (and it would be a very sad one, but for the higher hopes which it suggests) that no great mistake, whether acted or endured, in our mortal sphere, is ever really set right."
Joining the Herd:
Camp Raffle
Name: Hawthorne
Pronunciation: ˈhȯ-ˌthȯrn
Name Meaning/Reason: "Where hawthorn trees grow". Place name. Novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Origination: Old English
Explanation of Talent: Witchcraft- She knows Hocus Pocus.
Mate: None
Breeding's Left: 3
Personality: Broody, Angry, Domineering, Quiet and filled with hate.
Children:
RP LOGS
Story: Scorned as a witch and hung for her treachery. Hawthorne was reborn and took on the name of the judge who never repented of convicting her. She is filled with hate and animosity. She desires to one day make the world secure enough to practice magic in the open.
Hawthorne has always been with Veles as long as either can remember.
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:14 am
Inebar  "I’m all strung up my heart is fried
I just cant get you off my mind
Because your love, your love, your love, is my drug."
Joining the Herd: A/B Auction for MLP Cruise Event
Name: Inebar
Pronunciation: (ee neh bahr)
Name Meaning/Reason: Amber
Origination: Hebrew
Explanation of Talent: Mind Control- Inebar can control people's actions and thoughts. It is difficult and more draining with stronger willed people. However, within 30 feet of a pony, he can control them nearly perfectly for the most part. However, once out of that range, he can control the average pony for three hours at the most though oftentimes less. He must initiate contact within 30 feet though.
Mate: None
Breeding's Left: 3
Personality: An odd sort of fellow, he took up with Veles and Hawthorne. He likes his alcohol and can become easily bored. He can be sarcastic and sweet. You never know what you're getting.
Children: Soon!
RP LOGS
Story: Inebar took up with Veles and Hawthorne in their mountain abode. He had become bored and desired companions. He quickly became one of them though always a bit on the outside.
Veles sent out Inebar to breed and bring back children. After having a short lived fling with Natalia ((Angelique's)), of which little is known of his true feelings on the matter, he plans to go back and retrieve half of the children after their birth.
The vacation almost over, Inebar found Nameera stowed away. At once, he was strongly attached to the small child and decided to protect her innocent nature. After discovering her migratory family had left the area for the year, he decided to take her home with him and return her to her family in a year.
He devised a back story for her to keep her safe--She is the daughter of evil merponies seeking to learn his dark ways as an apprentice.
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:14 am
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:15 am
Sascha  "Yvonne, I loff you, but he pays me."
Joining the Herd:
Acquired via MLP Cruise Raffle
Name: Sascha
Pronunciation: sas-(c)ha,
Name Meaning/Reason: Named after the Bartender from Casablanca
Origination: Sascha is used predominantly in the German language, and its origin is Old Greek and Russian. Sascha is a pet form (German) of the name Alexander (Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, and Slavic). Sascha is also a variant (German) of the name Sasha (Russian and English).
Explanation of Talent: Bartending-He mixes drinks. Usually for Inebar.
Mate: None
Breeding's Left: 3
Personality: He is very serious and speaks with a thick accent when he speaks. However, he rarely speaks to anyone but Te'art or Inebar.
Children: None
RP LOGS
Story: Sascha was a bartender for the Russian mob. However, after a vendetta killing, he faked his death and was relocated by the the Witness Protection Program. However, he continued on in his same profession and found himself in almost the same type "family" as before.
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:16 am
Mercutio    "Journeys end in lovers meeting,
Every wise man's son doth know."
Joining the Herd:
Gifted by Lolly and Raven.
Name: Mercutio
Pronunciation:
Name Meaning/Reason:
Origination: In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. A bit about his character:
By Mercutio's willingness to fight Tybalt, the impatience that leads to his murder by Tybalt, a chain of events is set in motion that results in the ultimate deaths of Romeo and Juliet. It is his murder that prompts Romeo to kill Tybalt in revenge, Romeo is banished and the Friar's plan must be conceived.
His coarse sexual language also contrasts with Romeo's pure love for Juliet, and is a victim of the Montague-Capulet feud without being a member of either family. In fact he is a kinsman of the Prince (as well as Paris, hence the Prince loses two kinsmen as a result of the feud)
The aristocratic joker Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet is a testament to Shakespeare’s ability to create intensely memorable character roles alongside the heroes and protagonists of his plays. Though not as central, obviously, as Romeo or Juliet, Mercutio is a nuanced role, whom some critics suggest provides the very hinge of play’s shift from comedy to tragedy.
It’s often forgotten (in productions such as Baz Luhrman’s Romeo + Juliet) that Mercutio is a kinsman of the Prince of Verona. In other words, whilst the Montagues and Capulets are essentially rich merchants with lots of servants, Mercutio is the kind of blueblood that they aspire to ally with (through Juliet’s proposed marriage with Paris, another of the Prince’s kinsmen, for example.)
This offers one way to interpret Mercutio: as a louche aristo who can’t take anything seriously. He jests at Romeo’s love, “Cry but ‘Ay, me!’. Pronounce but ‘love’ and ‘dove’” (Act II, Scene1), and even puns about his own stabwound, “ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man.” (III,1) Mercutio jokes about dreaming (I,4), quarrelling (III,1), loving (II,1) and dying (III,1)
It is only as he faces death that Mercutio changes his tone. After a rally of quips, claiming that his “scratch” is not much because it is “not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door”, he suddenly breaks out “A plague o’ both your houses!” Interestingly, he doesn’t just curse Tybalt who stabbed him, but everyone involved in the quarrel – perhaps he feels that his life has been lost in an ignoble squabble between a couple of lesser gentry.
He then turns upon Romeo, who tried to stop the fight, demanding “Why came you between us? I was hurt under your arm.” This almost petulant demand shows the jokey mask slipping as Mercutio realises he is going to die, and it’s a striking contrast between the jesting and the cursing that has come before.
Some critics have identified Mercutio’s death as the point at which Romeo and Juliet slides irrevocably into tragedy. Before this point, they argue, it was essentially a “boy-meets-girl” story, about love opposed by their parents. With this episode, in which girl’s cousin stabs boy’s best friend, causing boy to slaughter him in return, a cycle of deaths begins which will claim both Romeo and Juliet.
It’s also worth noting that Mercutio’s dying curse is instrumental in the unfolding of the tragedy. His vague curse, “A plague on both your houses” nearly comes true: when Friar Lawrence writes to Romeo explaining Juliet’s plan with the sleeping draught, the letter miscarries because of plague in the city. It is this “infection” which stops Romeo from discovering her plan, and leads directly to the lovers’ suicides. Though neither of them see Mercutio’s “plague”, it kills them both.
Explanation of Talent: Acting
Mate: ???
Breeding's Left: 3
Personality: He is very flamboyant and joking. However, once he assumes a role, he rarely breaks character which can be...exasperating to say the least.
Children:
RP LOGS
Story: He is currently attending acting school to hone his gift.
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:17 am
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:18 am
Gaspar 
"The Devil made me do it."
Joining the Herd:
First ever Cauldron pony. Halloween '09.
Name: Gaspar
Pronunciation: (Gah spar)
Name Meaning/Reason: Jasper, jas-per is pronounced JAS-per. It is of Greek origin. Variant of Caspar or Gaspar. Also possibly (Persian) "treasure holder". Jasper is also a semiprecious gemstone, harder than glass, and red or reddish brown. Biblical: the jasper mentioned in the Book of Revelation actually may refer to a diamond. Painter Jasper Johns.
Origination: Persian
Explanation of Talent: Soul Reading- He can see people as they really are and as they want others to see them.
Mate: Samara
Breeding's Left: 3
Personality: Rather quiet and thoughtful. He enjoys all things magical, and dabbles a bit in real magic.
Children: None
RP LOGS
Story: Gaspar is a demon magician. A former assistant of Houdini, he made a deal with the devil to read souls as they are and as they appear to be. He traded his immortality, thus he can live forever. He spends his time studying people and manipulating them be seeing who they truly are and who they pretend to be.
DEATH has decided that he wants his gift. Continually sending Samara to claim his soul at his frequent "deaths". However, Gaspar and Samara fall in love. When death makes an offer for them to live, as true beings, until they are old, Gaspar refuses. Death then takes Samara away from him. Gaspar was left broken and desolate, but determined to find his love again.
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:18 am
Samara  "Can a heart still go on once it's stopped beating?"
Joining the Herd:
2009 Cauldron Pony
Name: Samara
Pronunciation: (sah MAYR ah)
Name Meaning/Reason: In Hebrew-Regard; guardian
In Latin Elm seed.
Based on Somerset Maugham's short story The Appointment in Samara
Origination: Hebrew
Explanation of Talent: Soul Collector-She collects the souls of those who are about to die.
Mate: He was long forgotten...Now Gaspar
Breeding's Left: 3
Personality: She is a quiet person, who rarely speaks. When she does, her words are important.
Children:
RP LOGS
Story:
A reincarnated being from Ancient Arabia. She lived in Samara and made a deal with with death for the healing of her lover. If his life was saved, she would become a soul collector after her death. He got better, but she became very sick and died within a month afterward and found herself a collector of souls. She can sense death and has certain time appointments and people to meet for death.
Death has become heavily dependable on Samara. She's never missed an appointment....yet.
DEATH has decided that he wants Gaspar's gift. Continually sending Samara to claim his soul at his frequent "deaths". However, Gaspar and Samara fall in love. When death makes an offer for them to live, as true beings, until they are old, Gaspar refuses. Death then takes Samara away from him. Gaspar was left broken and desolate, but determined to find his love again.
This brilliant little tale by Somerset Maugham seems a good analogy to predestination. This by the way, is the shortest short story ever written.
The Appointment in Samara
By Somerset Maugham
A certain merchant in Baghdad sent his servant to the market to buy some provisions. A little while later, the servant returned looking white in the face. In a trembling voice he said, "Just now in the market place I was jostled by a man in the crowd, and when I turned I saw it was Mr. Death. He looked at me and made a threatening gesture. Please lend me your horse, because I want to go to Samara where Mr. Death will not be able to find me." The merchant agreed and lent the scared man his horse. The servant mounted the horse and rode away as fast as the animal could gallop. Later that day, the merchant went down to the market place and saw Mr. Death standing in the crowd. He approached him and said, "Why did you make a threatening gesture to my servant when you saw him this morning?" "That was not a threatening gesture," said Mr. Death. "It was only a start of surprise. I was astonished to see him in Baghdad, because I have an appointment with him tonight in Samara." Note: Vania Rodrigues, an internet friend and a story-teller in Brazil, sent me this story. I titled and rewrote the story in parts, but it is based on the story of author, Somerset Maugham.
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:19 am
Nastusia
"I fell silent for you, I remain silent for you."
Joining the Herd:
2009 Cauldron Pony
Name: Nastusia
Pronunciation: (nah STU zha)
Name Meaning/Reason: "Stronger than Death"
Origination: Greek
Explanation of Talent: Wrap-She uses bandages to wrap up other ponies and mummify them.
Mate: None
Breeding's Left: 3
Personality: She is mute. She seems very unresponsive at times and is very easily misunderstood as she has a deep mistrust of those around her.
Children:
RP LOGS
Story:
Born in ancient Egypt, she was a servant to the Pharoh's mistress, she did everything in her power to protect and serve Anucksunamon. However, her devotion to her master caused her death. She was mummified alive because she protected Anucksunmon's affair with Immohtep. Since her tongue was first removed, she cannot speak even now.
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:20 am
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:21 am
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:22 am
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:23 am
Asavari
Joining the Herd:
2009 Cauldron Pony
Name: Asavari
Pronunciation: (AH sa VAH rih)
Name Meaning/Reason: "Spirit of the Heavens"
Origination: Sanskrit
Explanation of Talent: Suck-She can suck the life essence of anyone she chooses.
Mate: None
Breeding's Left: 3
Personality: Deeply proud and religious. She is always fighting for a cause and is amazed with how others seem to drop causes because of difficulties.
Children:
RP LOGS
Story:
In Ancient Babylon, the spider god Arachnid was worshiped by some. Born into this society, Asavari was found to be blessed with the markings of spiders. By holding the "Blessing of Arachnid" Asavari became the high priestess. Her people flourished by the spiders allowing them to make silk.
One day, a plague fell on the land. Most of the spiders died suddenly for no apparent cause. Asavari's people wept in anguish. What had they done to deserve this?
Asavari did not know what she should do. She prayed, she fasted, she did every ritual save one....One day, she took the finest silk, the silk that had last been made of the sick and dying spiders an wrapped it about her purified body. Walking through her village, weighed down by so much silk she made her way to the water.
Asavari walked into the water, and let herself drown as a sacrifice to the god Arachnid. He found this sacrifice pleasing, the spiders once again thrived.
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:23 am
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:24 am
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