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 Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:36 pm
Wilderness vs. Domestication The story takes place in the old west, Humans dream of Manifest Destiny in America and expand forward. The Native Americans do what they can to defend themselves, but what about the wild horses? They have been here long before the Natives came. Entire herds are disappearing from the rolling plains as they become domesticated and broken to be used to carry the lazy humans. Will this silent war ever be over? Table of Contents:1. Intro 2. Plot 3. Rules 4. Profiles/herds 5. Ranks 6. Black and white list
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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:44 pm
Plot Morning rises, fillys, colts and herd mares sleep peacefully, with their ever brave and fearless stallion watching over them. He turns his proud head to the east where he expects the sun to rise, instead, he sees an enemy worse than the prairie wolves, humans. He roars(loudly whinnies) his herd awake and orders them to leave, to run as fast as they could. He stays behind to make sure that all of the herd is running, but can already tell that some have been caught. He tells his lead mare to take the herd and run, going back to aid his herd mates. In the process he is captured and broken, never to be seen from his herd again. This stallion wasn't the only one to fall victim to the American humans. Many other herds are falling prey to it. Who will be captured and tamed? Will they escape, or have their spirits forever broken by the rough and evil human hand? Or will they learn to live together in peace?
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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:46 pm
Rules 1. Obey all guild and Gaia rules 2. Bumping is forbidden so say no to the bump! 3. CONSISTENCY!!! If you want to be in this rp, BE IN IT!!! If you will be gone for a week or more, then please send me a PM so I/you can arrange for a member to shadow play your character so he/she doesn't get left behind in the story. 4. Being and advanced literate rp that this is. Please post at least one paragraph (at least 3 sentences), this isn't hard to do if you include details. I do understand that we get writer's block so if you must, you can post less. DO NOT MAKE THIS A HABIT! 5. If you're going to be a horse, title your PMs with "Rise with the Sun" for your profiles. If you're going to be a cowboy/girl, title your PMs "Manifest Destiny!". PLEASE PUT THE QUOTATION MARKS WITH THE TITLED PM'S!!! This will tell me that you have paid attention and read the rules. 6. No -- or ** for actions and italicize for thoughts. Use "" for speaking. 7. This is set during the time of Western Expansion, so no modern guns, lasers, rocket ships, etc. We ride horses, coaches and buggies. Pistols, muskets and swords are the weapons here. 8. Have fun! This is a classic western rp, think around the time that "Spirit Stallion of the Cimmeron" took place in. 9. No Godmodding, Chat Speak or Double-Posts. The first and second offence will be warnings the third will lead to you being banned. No Cybering keep it Pg 13, violateing this will result in an automatic banning.10. Keep in character, use (()), [[]], or {{}} for OOC. Place a ninja smiley at the end of your profile, they will not be accepted without it. 11. Post in past tense. 12. I am Ruler of this rp. I reserve the right to reject you and to dismiss you from the rp. I also have the right to change/add rules. 13. Only 2 characters per person to start with, you may have more when you prove yourself able to handle two. They must be color coded, and yes black is a color. **Please obey these rules. I am the only one that may disregard the rules, which I will do as little as possible. You will get banned for disregard of the rules.**
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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:58 pm
Profiles *Two characters per person, you may have more when you prove yourself able to handle two. If a horse is owned by a settler and both are played by the same person the horse does NOT count as a second character and should be played in sync with the owner.
* If you have the above mentioned situation, you do NOT need a profile for the horse. You need to mention the age of the horse, and it's bio in the humans Bio.
*Foals are not open at this time, but will be very soon.*************************************************************Horse Profile: (Only for wild horses) Stallion/Mare:Gaian Name:Name:Age:Appearence(real picture preferred):Temperment(personality): (Please be specific.) Bio:Make it clear enough to be understood if it was read on it's own. You do not have to tell about everything, but the big things need to be mentioned. The minimum is something that gives others enough background to guess what the charater's veiws are and what they act like.) Position:(Herd mate, lead mare or lead stallion) Sire and Dam:(Only needed for foals) Cowboy/Cowgirl profile:Gaian name:Name:Age:Ethnicity:Riding Skill(how well you are at taming horses and riding):Personality:(One or two sentences will not work. You must be specific.) Bio:(Make it clear enough to be understood if it was read on it's own. You do not have to tell about everything, but the big things need to be mentioned. The minimum is something that gives others enough background to guess what the charater's veiws are and what they act like.) Appearence(picture preferred):Horse:(You my mention the age here or in the bio, but it must be stated) Horses's Temperment:(Please be specific.) ************************************************************* Accepted Human ProfilesGaian name: Bri Uzumaki
Name: Colonel Cedric Cunningham
Age: 32
Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
Riding Skill: Professional rider and wrangler
Personality: Very businesslike and to the point, Colonel Cunningham believes very much in Manifest Destiny. He is kind but strict with his men and gentle with horses.
Bio: Born and raised in Virginia, Cedric lived a life of privilage, having the blessing of going to school and going to the army. Because of his wealthy parents, the was basicaly able to buy his way into the position he's in now, and is preparing to make another, 'promotion' for himself to become a General.His growing fort has a growing need for horses, so he will stop at nothing to get what he needs for his troops. He raised Destiny since she was a filly when her mother was attacked by wolves. Though one would think that someone of his skill and caliber would ride something like a stallion, Cedric always preferred the female equines for their speed and easier temperment.
Appearence: Cedric Cunningham
Horse: Destiny, age 9
Horse's Temperment: She is fast and swift. Nothing spooks her and she is very loyal. She is gentle and calm around all and does not show any agression.
Gaian name: XxStormChaserxX
Name: Gwendolyn "Gwen" Walker
Age: 28 but looks younger
Ethnicity: Native American/White
Riding Skill: The second best next to the Cedric
Personality: Wise and gentle, she is one of, if not, the most popular and well known women on the base. The men at the base jokingly call her Indian Princess and love to tease her. She can be both calm and quiet while flirtatious at the same time. She has a deep love for horses and hates to see them hurt or upset. While other people are skeptical about Native Americans she is proud of her heritage.
Bio: When Gwen was ten she moved away from her small house to live with her grandparents because her parents knew it would be better for her there. Her grandparents lived on a big ranch and had lots of horses. Her grandpa helped teach her all she needed to know about horses. When she was twelve she helped a mare gave birth and she also helped train and raise the foal. At 18 she found a job at a big ranch and moved there after her grandparents died. About a year ago she came to the base. She loves Cedric. She has a wolf dog that follows her around. She hasn't seen her mother in years, her father died when she was 20
Appearance: Gwen
Horse: Wildfire Age 5
Horse's Temperament: Gentle and calm, well broken, and hard to spook
Gaian name: angelmel10
Name: Amy
Age: 24
Ethnicity: American/White
Riding Skill: Amy's a master roper.
Personality: Amy is a tough cookie, at least that's what the boys call her. She is stubborn and calm but also could get aggresive. She is really gentle with horses and can see and hear what the horses try to say to her. I geuss you could call her a horse whisper.
Bio: Amy has lived out in America all her life. Her father was a horse trainer. Her mother was an horse whisper . So Amy has picked up a few things from both of them and has came all the way here. She has been here all her life since she was born.
Appearence:Amy
Horse:Sundance Age: 6
Horses's Temperment: Sundance is a calm friendly mare. She is friends with every horse but can turn aggresive if someone dares tries to hurt Amy or her friends.
*************************************************************Accepted Horse ProfilesStallion/Mare: Mare
Gaian Name: Bri Uzumaki
Name: Konoha
Age: 4
Appearence: Konoha
Temperment(personality): She is a loner, because of her color and her past. She is gentle and kind around the ones she knows, but she has a feirce fighting side and is well know for going agianst the stallion and lead mares orders. She is espically skittish around humans and will not give up in getting away from them. If it comes to it she will stand and fight the humans and their horses for her freedom.
Bio: Her mother, a bay with two socks, was standing over her, telling her to get up. It was a bright sunny morning, she was only three days old. She had finished eating and was dozeing. Then she heard the stallion command the mares to run, he whinned to them and then let out a battle cry. She tried to look but her mother nudged her in to a run as the herd feld. She looked back and tripped, her mom was cut off by the other herd members and the men were gaining. They stopped their horses and one got off, she was so dazed she couldn't move. "Look at this one, she's got blue eyes. She'd make a perty riding horse," the man said.The stallion had come to her rescue then and chased away the men.
She was a year old. They were near a stream in the middle of the day. Her mother was standing with her nose to her tail and she had her nose near her mothers tail, swishing flys off each other. By that time she had been chased after two other times, both because she "Would make a perty riding horse." She knew what to do when they came, stay close to her mother and run with the herd. The stallions fimilar call for them to run came and run they did. They went through the stream and ran following the stream. The herd turned and the men had fallen back, or so they thought. The banks here were steep and the water fast, there was a group of men blocking the path and another was rushing from behind. The herd turned and a group of men came at them trying to block them in but most excaped. Her mother, two other mares and her were trapped. Then men threw ropes at them and they bunched together. Her mother whinned, told them to run and they did. The other two mares were side by side in front and her mother in back putting her inbetween. She heard the men shout "Stop that little one," but they were running too fast. A rope flew at her and slapped her neck, leaving a bloody welt, that would mar her neck forever. They broke through the circle and ran on, but then her mother cried out and she stopped. Her mother was caught tied in ropes and screaming for her to run. That was the last time she ever saw her mother.
Position: Herd mare
Stallion/Mare: Stallion
Gaian Name: XxStormChaserxX
Name: Path
Age: 5
Appearence:Path
Temperment: Calm, quiet, he is noble and a leader. He is really gentle with foals and mares.
Bio: Growing up Path was always the leader. He led the other foals and was the biggest and strongest, also the fastest. The lead stallion at that time was his father. The adults were always keeping an eye on Path as their next possible leader. He was thought to care for others and no matter what never let the humans take over the land. He watched his father freeing enslaved horses. One day when he was a yearling the men came. They roped a foal and were dragging it away from its mother. Enraged he attacked the man freeing the foal to go backs to its dam. A few years after that, and after many incidents similar to that one, Path's father was tooken by humans never to return. Thus Path became leader.
Position: Lead stallion
Stallion/Mare: Mare
Gaian Name: Eclipsed Shadows
Name: Eclipse
Age: 6
Appearence: Eclipse
Temperment(personality): Eclipse is a very devoted mother and herd mate. She has always much preferred being in a herd. She follows the stallion and lead mare’s orders, but if she doesn’t think they are doing what is right she will reason with them. She always thinks of her herd mates first, and herself second. This is especially true with any of her offspring. Her main fault is that she is often paranoid about the slightest noise, afraid it might be humans. Her feelings do get hurt rather easily, but she is good at thinking on her feet and is extremely patient.
Bio: The spring that Eclipse became a yearling, the unthinkable happened. She was being weaned by her mother, who was heavy in foal. Eclipse was part of a very small herd; there were only five horses counting her in it. The lead stallion was becoming older, and had lost many of his mares to other younger stallions. Even so, he was still very noble and was always willing to protect his horse as best he could.
Eclipse was the only foal in the herd currently, although two of the other mares besides her mother were pregnant. Eclipse was to leave the herd soon; so as to prevent inbreeding, and she wasn’t looking forward to it. Recently the herd had had to begin to encroach on land which humans seemed to reserve for their own animals; this was due to the lead stallion being repeatedly challenged, and he was trying to avoid conflict as best as possible.
The herd was grazing when suddenly the lead stallion’s head shot up, his ears pricked. Quickly the rest of the herd was alert, and the pounding of other horses’ hooves could be heard. The lead stallion whinnied for the mares to run, and the lead mare started galloping in the opposite direction from the other horses.
As Eclipse looked back, she could see the hazy outline of the human’s animals and three horses with humans on their backs. When she looked back again, they had stopped, and suddenly a horrendously loud, sharp noise rang out. Without a sound the lead stallion fell, bleeding from the head.
The three horses began galloping again, and they were faster than her herd, and soon got within several hundred feet. The lead mare fell behind to try and guard the back of the herd. Suddenly three more loud noises rang out, and the rest of the herd besides Eclipse fell to the ground. Her mother was the only one still alive, however barely, and as Eclipse slowed to a trot, her mother bellowed at her to run.
Eclipse poured on a desperate burst of speed, although the horses behind her fell back only slightly. There were some sparse trees ahead, and she could only hope to hide behind them. Suddenly she came to a steep bank, and her hoof landed on the edge of it and caused her to fall down and into the “cave” area underneath the bank. Before she could even scramble up, the three horses jumped down the bank and continued galloping towards the trees.
Eclipse scrambled awkwardly to her feet and ran out from under the bank and in the opposite direction that the three horses were traveling at that point. Eclipse looked back several times, but the three horses didn’t follow her, even though she was sure that they had seen her. She galloped until she was exhausted, and fell asleep in a heap unprotected in the grass.
Position: Herd Mate
Stallion/Mare: Stallion
Gaian Name: Dragon_Element93
Name: Kalypso
Age: 7
Appearence: Kalypso
Temperment(personality): Kalypso is caring and sweet, but very fierce. He is not one to be messed with. He has honed in his senses in order to protect himself. He is very quiet and has a deep hatred for humans.
Bio: When Kalypso was a older colt, his mother was taken from him forcefully by humans. He followed the humans and his mother to a farm. He decided it better to not make his presence known. That night, while he was asleep, he was awoken to the death-scream of a horse. He galloped to the source of the noise, only to find humans gathered around his mother's dead body, butchering her for food, her blood streaming. Horrified, he fled as the humans chased after him. He ran as far away as possible, tears streaming down his muzzle. He has been on his own since then, holding a deep hatred for all humans.
Position: Bachelor Stallion
Stallion/Mare: Stallion
Gaian Name: angelmel10
Name: Shadow
Age: 8
Appearence: Shadow
Temperment(personality) :Shadow is rather very proticve of his mares. He will get aggresive if someone trys to attack him or his herd. But when he is in his herd and with his mares and foals he is very calm tempered.
Bio:When he was a colt he remember his herd being captured. he too was captured. They made him work when he was a colt and torchard him. he remebered seeing his bay mother being worked out sooo hard she had completly no energy left. His mother died that night in her stall with her beloved colt. Shadow blood burned like fire that day when he saw his mother being worked out to death. He couldn't live here anymore so one night he disapeared from his stall and ran out into the open night. The moon shone on his black coat as he raced against the wind crying. He missed his mother but he knew she would want him free...free where he belong. He hadn't seen his mother since he was a colt and he remeber the horrorfiing days and nights he spent there.
Position: Lead Stallion.
Stallion/Mare: Colt
Gaian Name: XxStormChaserxX
Name: Aedán
Age: Foal
Appearence: Foal
Older
Temperment(personality): Playful and daring. He lives up to the reputation of how spirited stallions are. Yet he has a soft spot for Path and Kohona's filly. He has a I'm-Tougher-Than-You attitude, but knows when its a losing battle.
Bio: Still working that out. He is only a foal and was born at the Fort.
Position: Foal
Sire and Dam: Wildfire(dam) and Flame(sire)
Stallion/Mare: Filly
Gaian Name: Bri Uzumaki
Name: Mira
Age: Newborn
Appearence: Newborn
Foal
Older Foal
Older
Temperment(personality): Chaska is a highly inergetic foal. She loves to investigate things and isn't afraid of anything, once she figures out what it is. She is strong like her father, more so than the average horse and is highly independent. She loves her parents deeply and will hide behind them when she's scared, which happens only rarely.
Bio: None yet except she was born at the Fort.
Position: Foal
Sire and Dam: Konoha(dam) Path(Sire)
*************************************************************Human NPC's:1) Johnson (Profile coming soon) 2) Tom Horse NPC's:1) Emma is black with a white snip and back stockings. (Mare) 2) Brook is a light bay with a star. (Mare) **Want one of these? Just fill out a bio and tell me your taking an NPC. 3nodding
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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:25 pm
Herds and Settelments Green Plains HerdLead Stallion: Path (XxStormChaserxX) Lead Mare: Konoha (Bri Uzumaki) Herdmates sad No limit) 1) Eclipse (Eclipsed Shadows) 2) Kaylpso (Dragon_Element93) Bachelor herd(single stallions)(At the moment their will be no more than 5.) 1) Shadow (angelmel10) Single females:(This is limited and will be open to only a few) Fort Liberty(settler: settlers horse) 1) Colonel Cedric Cunningham: Destiny (Bri Uzumaki) 2) Gwendolyn "Gwen" Walker: Wildfire (xXStormChaserXx) 3) Amy: Sundancer (angelmel10)
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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:28 pm
Black and White List White List:(Kudoos to you) 1) XxStormChaserxX (You get oober kudoos. XD) Black List: (You don't want to be here) People with warnings:(Let's keep this one blank) 1) Angelmel10: First warning End date Nov. 30th
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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:50 pm
Comming Soon!! ((Maybe.....))
Important Events/ Summary?
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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:51 pm
((Fort Liberty: Colonel Cedric Cunningham))
"Right. Prepare the Mustangs. I'll give the signal when it's time to let off," the Colonel ordered some of his soldiers. Because of this drought the horses started to die, which meant another round-up of wild horses for them. It was rather tedious, but it had to be done. Scouts had reported a herd in the area and it would take over an hour or more to prepare for the round-up but only minutes to catch up to the wild herd (not the green plains herd) His own mare had was standing by the tether rail, saddled and ready to ride. All around him ciaos ensued, men were gathering their ropes, saddling horses and preparing the trained bait mustangs. Of to one side Jaden's father was fighting with Tark.
((Green Plains Herd))
The stallion watched peacefully as his mares drank. They stood at a river which was depleted of it's usual strength. The drought hadn't been hard on them yet, seeing as they were free to move from place to place, using different sources of water every day. A few of the mares stood knee-deep in the river other slept on the bank. After a half an hour at the river he shooed the mares out of the water and moved them into a brisk canter. With the lead mare in front he herded the stragglers to move faster, toward a rich grazing valley. He counted his mares coming up one short, the white one, Konoha had wandered off again. He didn't go back for her, since she normally found her way back. The grazing land was a good couple of hours away from the nearest settlement.
((OOC notes for clairfication, ONLY in this post. Please don't use these in your posts, just make it clear as to where you are.))
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 4:26 pm
Konoha slamed her hooves into the ground and slid to a halt. 'Great the herd didn't come back to this river. They must have gone to the one east of here.' She shook her head and swished her tail at the anoying bugs, before trotting towards the river. Instead of just drinking from the river she walked into it untill the cool water was up past her knees. She dipped her head and drank. When she climbed the bank her hoof slipped and a sharp pain shot through her left hind leg. She hobbled up to a tree and leaned against it, keeping the weight off her leg. She wouldn't be able to catch up to the herd till the afternoon. She turned east and started to walk but pain shot right up her leg and she was forced to lean against the tree.
She fell into a day dream and was brought too by the cries of a hawk. She shook herself from head to tail and started walking downriver. The hawk cried, took off and circled the tree before moveing to a spot on her left. She forgot all about the herd as he stopped circling and moved off. 'I wonder what's in that direction, I have never been very far that way.' She turned to her left and started walking, forgeting all about the herd and the pain in her leg. Konoha stopped, the hawk had left, she had no idea of where she was and the pain was getting worse. She lifted her muzzle and sented the air. All she smelt was horses and something else she didn't recognize. These horses had to by close the air smelt way to strongly for them to be far off, after all she had wandered for over a half and hour.
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 4:51 pm
(( Sorry I forgot I was 22))
"Hey Dad can I borrow Tark so I can do the round up?" asked Jaden. "Sure but just for a while because I need to eat breakfast and I don't need him for that" said Jaden's father. So Jaden mounted Tark and started to ride toward the cattle ranch.
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:04 pm
((Every one lives in the Fort, no one is allowed to live outside of it. Please edit your post.))
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:46 pm
Path stood to the side a bit watching his herd, while also keeping an eye out for trouble. He studied the mares. Soon he would have to find a mate, it was nearing that time. He sniffed the wind again stomping his hoof restlessly. He smelled something on the wind he did not know nor understand. He was also wondering where Konoha was.
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 8:13 pm
"Jaden get over there and get those mustangs ready." Colonel Cunningham yelled over the din. He turned his attention towards a man walking aimlessly and shouted at him. "You go find the extra ropes and you get that corral ready for those wild mustangs." The yard was surrounded by a open air stable with a large pen in the middle, right now horses were hitched everywhere and the bait mustangs were in the corral. Already the men had started to reinforce the corral gates and put up new bars in some places. Seeing that the girl had yet to do her job he yelled again, "Jaden you get off Tark and get over there. The mustangs better be ready to go." He ran a hand through his hair, hopefully they would catch enough to replace the dead horses.
Konoha was covered in sweat and limping. She should be standing at the river and waiting for Path to send someone after her or come get her himself. Instead she had to wander off, get lost and make her injury worse. She nickered into the wind and tried to hear a response. Finding none she limped slowly toward the horizon going by the sense of smell. The sweat of horses got stronger the farther she limped. If she kept going she would have a hard time getting back to the herd and definitely wouldn't make it back any sooner than night fall. She pushed the thoughts of her herd to the back of her mind and kept walking, eventually Path would send someone for her and if not she could find them.
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 8:44 pm
After awhile Path was starting to get really worried. He called a couple of young stallions over and told them to guard the herd until he got back. He galloped off searching for Konoha's scent. Once he found her trail he followed it. He spotted her a few yards away and galloped up to her. "Are you OK?"he nickered softly seeing her hurt leg. He was a sweetheart and hated seeing other horses in pain especially mares and foals.
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 8:57 pm
She had no idea how long she had been walking or how far she had gone, she had even lost all sense of direction as the pain took over. Konoha had stopped to rest and had nodded of, she knew it wasn't smart to be alone special since she was injured. The sound of hooves woke her and she started moving again before realizing that the sounds were coming from Path. She returned his nicker, "Yeah I'm fine. I just slipped going up the bank." In truth she wanted to lean against something or lie down, anything to keep weight off her left back leg. She lied to him in hopes that he wouldn't see it and allow her to go check out whatever herd was in the distance. She stepped forward, placeing weight on her leg, only to shift her weight off it and snort in pain.
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