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So, another Anlach has passed and the Firebringer herd has once again been blessed with copious Brychan-spawn. BP would really like to see these girls role played once in a while, so it was decided that a role play contest would be the best way to give the girls away. Yay! There is no fee for entering or for winning. You can enter once per fawn, but you can only win ONE fawn.

You have permission to use the parents for the prompt response. But, please keep their personalities in mind: none of these parents are abusive to their offspring. They will not simply abandon them in the forest or anything like that. I won’t say that they are perfect parents, but they certainly try harder than that.

This contest will start on February 21 at 12:00 am and ends on February 28 at 12:00 pm. These times are in PST, by the way. There is no length limit on the prompt response.

To enter the contest, simply fill out this form:

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Your Username: … kinda explains itself, doesn’t it?
Which fawn you’re trying for: Fawn One, Two, or Three?
Which prompt you’re using: Again, self-explanatory.
A bit of personality: What does your girl act like? Who is she? That sort of thing. Remember, these girls are daughters of the Lord of the Herd; how does that affect her?

Prompt Response: Self-explanatory.

Brychan x Siani

The first batch are from Brychan and Siani. Brychan is the Lord of the Firebringer herd.

Brychan is an extremely ambitious stag. Before becoming Lord, he served as Captain under the previous Lord, Fell Lore. Patient and kind, he attempts to pay attention to all of his offspring, although that gets more difficult every Anlach, seeing as there are so many of them. He can tolerate almost anything, except for threats to his herd. That is something he takes very, very seriously. Really. Don’t threaten his herd. Ever. More than anything, he enjoys spending time with his family.

Siani is one of the lower hinds in Brychan’s harem. In fact, she sort of gets bullied around by the favorite. Extremely submissive and quiet, she is easy to miss, despite her striking looks. Last Anlach, she unfortunately suffered through a stillbirth. This is her first life birth, leaving her slightly flustered since she now has to deal with three babies.

Fawn One


Fawn Two


If you’re curious, here’s a picture of their brother, who is NOT involved in the contest.

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Prompt One: Your mother, Siani, is overwhelmed by motherhood! Well… sort of… in all honesty, it’s your brother. He’s wandered off a bit and your mother has gone off to search for him. For you and your sister, this means that you’re not being watched… this is the first time that your mother has ever taken her eyes off of you. What happens? Do you go and explore completely new territory? Or do you stay and try to get to know the older territory first?

Prompt Two: You’re slightly older now, growing up quickly into a fine young doe. Eventually, you start attracting the attention of the young bucks! You go, girl. Do you enjoy this newfound attention or do you resent it? Do you even notice it?

Prompt Three: Open prompt! Impress BP. Be creative.

Brychan x Telyn
The mother of this little girl is Telyn, Brychan’s favorite hind. She’s an intelligent girl who, never the less, manages to miss her own hypocrisy. Telyn is rather arrogant and outspoken, a real rebel of a hind. Or that’s how she thinks of herself, anyway. When she was younger, she dreamed of joining the Outriders. While she now understands that having an Outrider hind would only slow the stags down, she spends her time training her children, making sure that they can at least hold their own against predators long enough to let the Outriders come to the rescue. This is her third pregnancy, bringing her up to a grand total of eight children. More than anything, she enjoys telling stories to her young.

Last Anlach, when she had four babies and Siani miscarried, she strong-armed the submissive hind into helping her feed her own babies. Just so you can have a bit of an idea of the relationship between Telyn and Siani.

Hint: For the personality section, I’m really interested in how this fawn reacts to other family members. Does she try and make herself stand out from them, or does she just want to blend in?

Fawn Three


Again, if you’re curious, here’s a picture of her brother. One of them anyway… He’s not involved in the contest either. He’s mine!

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Prompt One: All your life, your mother has impressed on you the importance of knowing that rogues are bad. Unfortunately, she’s been rather vague on explaining exactly why they are bad… one day, while exploring the outskirts of Firebringer territory, you come across a young calf about your age. After talking to him for a while, you learn that he’s a rogue! How do you react?

Prompt Two: You’re slightly older now, growing up quickly into a fine young doe. Eventually, you start attracting the attention of the young bucks! You go, girl. Do you enjoy this newfound attention or do you resent it? Do you even notice it?

Prompt Three: Open prompt! Impress Ferret and BP. Be creative.

Your Username: Buffy
Which fawn you’re trying for: Fawn Two
Which prompt you’re using: Prompt 1.
A bit of personality:
Unlike her extremely rude, and pompous sister, Rhen is soft and kind. Her heart is a weak one, and she has issues when she runs or plays. She is somewhat sickly, though she is strong enough to carry her life. She follows after her mother, as shes almost completely submissive. She despises arguments, though it seems she will hide from them before confronting any of her issues. She is reclusive, and prefers to be by herself, even from her family. She likes the sweet grasses, and she adores the stories that she hears from others of her herd.
She is the Lord's daughter, but she lacks the strength given in his genes, and is meek and naieve. She generally tends to have no friends, and no one really goes out of their way to accept her. She is like the outcast.


Prompt Response:

Damn your brother! He's run off again, and this time its fully time that he just start paying attention to rules. Come on! How old was he again?
Rhen shook her head, her ivory pelt catching the suns rays as she lay under a tree. Her favorite tree, she might add. The sun was so warm today, and it peered through the branches, touching her pelt, and making her eyes sparkle.

Her sister, she noted as she turned her head slightly, was preening in the reflection of the water. The little river that flowed by Rhen's favorite tree, was combat territory for the two fawns.. Her sister would fight her for the water's banks, and Rhen was usually sent running if she came too close to her sisters side of the bank.

Her sister was so rude.. She didn't quite understand what was wrong with Adalae.. Or her brother for that matter. Her mother gave them a good life, why would they want to make life so hard?
Wasn't like they were sick or anything.. Maybe that was the difference.

The beautiful one, that she called mother came to her, giving her nose a gentle nuzzle.

"Little ones, I must be off to find your brother. Do not leave. Stay right here, and I'll be right back I promise."
She raised her head from Rhen's, and cast a look to the other fawn by the water.
"That means you. Watch your sister Adalae.."
With that, Siani was off, racing into the deeper part of the forest to catch up to their brother again...

Adalae scoffed at her mothers words and looked back at her sister.
"You can take care of yourself right?" She asked, looking as if having to watch her sister was an insult. She was always so stuck up.. Rhen was sure it had something to do with Brychan and his lord status that gave Addie her issues..

"Y-yes." Came the little ivory and chocolate colored female's reply. Her eyes glaring at her sister, but her face looking back to the ground. She loved her family.. Really she did.. But there was such thing as too much family.

"Good. Because I got better things to do than watch over a handicap."
And then she shook her head, and dissappeared around the bank of the river and off.

Rhen shivered, her dark eyes looking around her. Her mother wouldn't be gone long, she hoped.. and her sister was a lost cause..

She shivered again, and placed her head upon the earth.
She wouldn't go anywhere without momma.. Anywhere.

Your Username: Quiet_Wolf
Which fawn you’re trying for: Fawn One
Which prompt you’re using: #2
A bit of personality: Aenya has a pretty bad anxiety problem, and a bit of a self-esteem issue. She's likely to veiw things in terms of 'worst case senario'. Somewhat prone to freaking out.

Prompt Response:


With a groan, the doe belly-flopped into the tall grass. Maybe she would be safe here. "Aughh!" Aenya let out a dispairing wail, "Too...many...males!"

Up untill now, she'd actually enjoyed their company. Now- well, now -They'd stopped seeing her as Aenya. They grew hardened antlers and she grew out of her downy fawn coat. With her newfound slender legs and delicate, curving form; it had hit them like a boulder to the head! Oh my Herne! She was a female!
Yeah, well, duh. She could have told them that. Why the sudden change in behavior? And more importantly, what was she suppossed to do about it? Should she accept their cowslips and sweet grasses? Or did that make her indebted to them? Was it some twisted quid pro quo system? I give you these bunch of berries and you let me claim you at Anlatch?
And what about Anlatch anyway? Aenya wasn't attracted to any of these bucks. Would Anlatch suddenly drug her up? Make her fall head over heels for the most powerful stag and then holy rabbits! I'm pregnant! She whimpered at the thought.
Ugh, harems. She'd forgotten about harems! Could she share the love of her life with a bunch of other hinds? And what about favorites? What if she wasn't his favorite? How could she compete with other, and probebly better, hinds for his affections?

There were noises not too far away from her, she pricked her ears.
"Aaaaaaaaaaenyaaaaaaaah! Hey Aaaaaaaenyaaaaaaah!"
"Come on out, I've got something for you!"
"Have you seen her? Where could she be?"
Oh Herne, there must be a small herd of them! Aenya lay her head on her hooves and choked back a scream of frusteration.

Your Username: Hezakai
Which fawn you’re trying for: Fawn One
Which prompt you’re using: Prompt Two
A bit of personality: This fawn, by the name of Naira; meaning ‘large eyes’ for her quiet but constantly curious nature as a youngster always studying the world, is something of a lost one. As much as she excepts her lofty place because of her family line she doesn’t take much stock in it as a means of self worth. She’s more prone to sudden races with the wind, watching the skyline all day and playing games with the birds and whomever else will keep her company. Friendly, but ultimately comfortable left to herself to think, she maintains something of a quiet distance from others but never strays from a conversation if addressed. Very comfortable in the old, wild places; she listens to the world around her very carefully and has a very passive outlook. Physically very swift, she depends on that for when she needs distance but at times has a bit of a coltishly clumsy streak because she does wander off into her own little mental world much of the time.

Prompt Response:
The thin curve of ivory-tinted ears flicked forward, catching the faintest of breezes as it danced past, breaking a contented feeling over her thoughts; the warm sun overhead played counterpoint to the tap of narrow steps. Every so often one would catch a stone, a singular curved hoof toeing the bit of mineral and tossing it forward in some child’s silly game. Some notion tangled up inside her skull, all flighty fantasy as the forest sang to her so very softly all around.
The yawn that broke over her lips was a pleased noise, a graced utter to brighten the afternoon world all painted up in the beautiful autumn tones; the world was sleepy and ultimately, so was she.

But her steps did not go unnoticed, anymore they never did and in a way she longed for the earlier days when her tiny legs flew over root and dust with reckless joy; free from the burden of such heavy things. And those things, sweet, charming things indeed; were the curious eyes of the young males; so many the headstrong bumbling creatures she had played with in those early days now cast hopeful glances and held their budding racks high to gauge her attention.
Oh, if only she felt such simple things; could convince herself to do nothing but play with their whims and bat her lashes, pace with coy steps and light their eyes with kind words.
But they were friends, little more; her thoughts were outside their curious attempts to win her favor.

She climbed with a few quick bounds to the dusty outcrop so often her refuge, dropped with a fluid motion to lie among the short grass and earthy-scented leaves that had fallen weeks past. Her knees folded and her head tipped skyward, always searching, never tiring of the watch.
The lofty things, birds big and small; how she envied those graceful wings.
True, she could fly, without effort; with each stretch of her thin limbs praising the wind as she raced it. So many hours spent leaping and running that her peers cast the label of silly, daydreamer, a young hind outside her full mind when she longed for some freedom from conversation and their watchful eyes.
At times it felt so imposing, so heavy even then; her ears quivered and her eyes rolled forward. Legs tensed and with a sudden dart she reared up and leapt across the small gap that ran the length of her refuge, eager to move. But too fast, her shoulders betrayed her and she pitched headlong, front quarters sprawled into the mud and mire of the ditch as she shook her head free of the leaves that had caught there, sputtering.

“Miss Naira, that was a nasty tumble; are you alright?” When the words broke her thoughts and her head lifted a young buck with cresting coat of midnight and winter became the owner of the voice, causing her to laugh at her own foolishness and clamber back up with all the shaken balance of newborn.

“I should say so, sometimes my legs and my head; well they simply don’t want one to listen to the other,” her voice was ringed with humor while she shook herself off and took a few steps past him, inviting him along; “Goodness, that was a tumble, wasn’t it? My sister would have a time laughing at me for not watching where I was going. Oh, I remember you; a few months past you and I wandered the stream along the large trees to see where it led.”

The male nodded, certain to tip his head enough to show his growing crown of antlers just beginning; but met disappointment when she took off at a brisk pace, expecting him to keep up and he followed of course.

“I can’t say I recall your name, but those sort of things do get lost easily. Come, I was just out to see what the woods and the wind has to say this bright day; care to join me?” With an easy gait she set off, lifting her head high and taking in the world around her; it spoke in soft voices if one were to listen and said such beautiful things. One day, yes; she knew she would understand it and herself.
But for today she simply wandered with her newly made friend in tow while the great wide world spread out around her and shared its tiny secrets.

Your Username: Aimee Rankin
Which fawn you’re trying for: Two
Which prompt you’re using: Prompt One (although, I might've gone off on a tangent, so also a bit of prompt three)
A bit of personality: Cadi is an average, sweet young fawn. Born of one of the lowest Hinds in her father's harem, she does not tend to hold herself above anyone else in the Firebringer's herd just because Brychan is her father. She is usually very empathetic and understanding, and truly cares for the other members of her herd. She sees them all as her family. That being said, she is still young and easily annoyed by her siblings - in theory she loves and cares for all of her family, but in practice she wouldn't mind if a few of her brothers went away for awhile. She's still very young, and so her fully personality will develop with age - but it can definitely be said that she is a steady and empathetic fawn, who most already know they can depend upon.

Prompt Response:

“Momma? Momma, come look at this! Look at what I found!”

Caught up in her latest discovery, Cadi came tripping out of a thicket with her knobby young legs pointing in all directions, excitement written clearly across her face. There was so much to see, so much to experience in this brand new world! Every time she came across something new she was sure it was the an incredible discovery, sure her mother had never seen it before. And so, naturally, she called Siani over to her repeatedly throughout the day, to display this clump of moss or that colorful cluster of berries, proudly flicking her tiny ears as her exhausted mother smiled faintly down at her eccentric young fawn.

However, as Cadi extracted herself from the branches and looked around expectantly, she was not met with her mother’s tired yet loving gaze. Twitching her nose curiously, she waited. Surely her mother was there, simply not in view. But gradually it dawned on the unmoving fawn that she was, indeed, alone. Such a concept was almost impossible for Cadi to even fathom, but she began to realize that her mother was not there.

Cadi had spent her entire short life at her mother’s side, within calling distance of both Siani and her brother and sister, never mind the rest of her father’s herd which was also usually all around her. This presence was a constant reminder of how protected she was, of what a safe place Brychan’s herd was for her to grow up in. The sudden absence of such a reassurance was a complete shock to the fawn.

Trembling slightly, she cast her head about, looking in all directions for the mother that she suddenly, desperately, needed. She could see her father’s herd, grouped fairly close together on the hillside before her. Several Outrider’s were within shouting-distance. At any point she could have called to them for protection. But they were not her mother, they could not replace that warm reassuring presence the quiet hind had. So as irrational as it would have seemed to an older doe, Cadi continued to look with growing worry and despair for her mother.

Out of nowhere, a small dark figure launched itself at Cadi and bowled her over in one go, it’s excited cries mixing in with Cadi’s own scared and surprised ones. The two forms tumbled over twice and reached a hollow, where lack of anywhere to roll prevented them from moving further. Cadi pulled herself to her feet faster than she had even done so before, making it clear that she could be coordinated when absolutely necessary. Her fur was on end, ears straight up and eyes wide with fright.

Her attacker laughed and shook himself, clambering to his feet with a nonchalant ease.

“Scared ya, didn’t I? You shoulda seen the look on your face, Cadi!” Her brother was grinning from ear to ear, his blue eyes sparkling with mirth against his darker face.

“Ohhhhhh, I’m going to kill you!” Cadi cried out, stiff with anger, hiding the humiliation she now felt over her very loud and very girlish scream. “Just you wait until I tell Momma about this…” She sniffed and turned her tail on her striped brother, who was still laughing and grinning boisterously over how much he had scared his sister.

“I don’t think you’ll need to tell me anything, Cadi - I saw the whole thing. I‘ve been looking for you everywhere, young buck!”Siani’s warm voice, stern but still tinged with amusement, came from behind the pair of siblings. Cadi whirled around with a shout of Momma! and dashed to her mother’s side, small hooves throwing up clumps of grass in her haste.

Siani gave her a quick nuzzle and a head butt, moving the grateful fawn closer to her side, where she pressed happily into the soft, striped fur she knew and loved. Peering out around her mother, she caught her brother’s eye and grinned competitively, knowing that he was definitely in for some trouble, if Siani had indeed seen everything..

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