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Timeline -

• Conception of babies will have happened pre-tree and pre-exile, while still in Homewood.
  
• Shappa then was exiled and made her way to this "Grandfather Tree"
  
• Shappa had her GT Quest and essentially failed, having her horn blackened by the Grandfather tree.
  
• Shappa would then leave, heading deep into the Barrens where she will eventually give birth to all three babies. Alone.

Shappa - Mother
Native American | "red thunder"
Personality:

• Tenacious
  
• Prideful
  
• Narcissistic
  
• Wicked
  
• Cunning
  
• Elusive
  
• Strong
  
• Manipulative
  
• Antagonistic
  
• Graceful

Quick History: Shappa was one of those abandoned foals that was never found. She was born in the barrens and learned to survive in the barrens. Her time there as a foal is even etched into her own skin. She didn't encounter any of her kind til she was a young adult and stumbled upon them in the Ruins of Erli. She learned about Homewood and went there. She learned about the gifts and Grandfather Tree. She rebelled against all of it, as she believes nouls should have free will to do as they want, that Vykeli can heal itself and that no one should have to answer to a tree. She comes to see those who are gifted as brainwashed. Shappa was exiled from Homewood because of too many acts of aggression towards other nouls and an elder. Shappa went to this Grandfather Tree and had her horn blackened. Shappa has no respect for authority and is more keen on being the authority. I wouldn't put it past her to start a gang of like minded nouls.

Parenting: Shappa likes foals, but has detachment issues with her kind. Her parents vanished when she was very young and so never really had any example of parenting. She'll probably be distant with her young and not very affectionate or maternal. However, she will make sure they learn how to survive in the harshest place on Vykeli. She will let them know there are others like them out there, that they have magic gifted to them by a tree, she will teach them her views on how life should be for a noulicorn. They will live a nomadic life and get to visit the Ruins of Erli. Shappa has never been to the bog so that's something they can do on their own as adults. She wont be able to tell them much about their father, not that she cares to. When the foals are adults, they will be responsible for themselves. Shappa believes in survival of the fittest and everyone for themselves.

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Muhjah - sister, oldest
Arabic | "heart's blood, soul"
Personality:

• SharpSilver tongued
  
• Risk taker
  
• Wild Child
  
• Emotional
  
• Spirited
  
• Charismatic
  
• Persistant

As an Adult:
Muhjah will most likely be a noul who goes to find out about these gifts and attempts to get one to show her mother that not all nouls with gifts are blind followers or brainwashed. She'll most likely stick by her mother, potentially developing a sort of nomadic "gang" of like minded nouls. She'll also probably be her mother's eyes and ears in Homewood.

One more for good measure.

Username: EchosSweet
Twin A Name: Ghislain [Nickname: Slain]
Origin & Meaning: French | "vow, oath"
Personality:

• Rough-houser by nature, can be aggressive
  
• Egotistical
  
• Reckless
  
• Overbearing
  
• Loyal
  
• Ambitious
  
• Needy
  
• Possessive

Username: Revel1984
Twin B Name: Kyllion
Origin & Meaning: Irish | "war"
Personality:

• Semi-Emotionally detached to others except his twin
  
• Takes what he wants without thought to the consequences unless they directly affect him/his twin
  
• Easily bored
  
• Likes to pretend he doesn’t care for his brother/family and says it’s practicality when, in fact, he needs the companionship of his twin to keep him from becoming a total tyrant when he grows into an adult.
  
• Doesn’t like unfair odds, unless it suits his own purposes so he may intervene if he sees another being bullied or preyed upon, this entirely depends on his mood at the time
  
• He doesn’t care as much about his ‘mother’ and his sister as his twin does but the sense of ‘family’ does mean he will occasionally check in on them

Tell me about the dynamic between the boys.

Ghislain and Kyllion are practically inseparable. The experience of surviving in the Barrens with no one besides family to count on has driven them into an “us against them” mindset when concerning outside noulicorns. Slain’s aggressive tendencies often need to be backed up with a display of unity, and Kyll is there to do just that. On the other hoof, Kyllion is unafraid of asserting himself and taking what he wants and needs (often to the detriment of others), and Ghislain is all too eager to finish anything his twin starts.

How do they feel about their sister, their mother?

Ghislain loves his siblings more than he loves anything else in the world. As a foal he’ll often fall asleep piled on top of both his brother and sister, as he is eager for the companionship both of them offer. He frequently attempts to goad Muhjah into wandering away with him and his twin, into reckless and dangerous feats of courage and daring, but he doesn’t intend for anything ill to happen to them. He just enjoys the thrill of it. Slain does desperately wish that Muhjah would pay him more mind (the three of them against the world!), but she seems so wrapped up in their mother that it’s hard to pull her from that...

In his earliest years, Slain craves his mother’s validation and would do just about anything to try and win her favor. But it quickly becomes apparent that the bond he feels for his siblings is stronger than the one he feels for his mother, due to her detachment from them, and he will eventually give up trying to please her in favor of doing what pleases himself instead. In his failed attempts at winning mom over there grows a seed of spite and resentment.

Kyllion is attached more to his twin than his sister, but by no means is he neglectful of her. Kyll would stick up for her if she needed it, but he respects that she is just as likely as the boys to be capable of handling her own problems. They were taught to fend for themselves, so there’s no need to worry over her unless asked to do so.

To him it seems as though Muhjah is mother’s favorite and it feels as though their sister is capable of getting more from Shappa than the boys are.

Do they follow Shappa's beliefs or the traditional beliefs?

The boys want to follow their mother’s beliefs as foals, but in the end, her detachment makes them resist the idea of stepping in her hoofprints. They don’t want an easy life, and they don’t care about anyone but themselves, each other, and their sister, so it wouldn’t be quite right to say they follow “traditional” beliefs, either. More like they intend to make the world a more livable place for themselves. They don’t need to live in Homewood to enjoy a happy life, and the twins are more than content to roam around the Barrens, seeking adventure, without giving too much thought to what it means to be a noulicorn in this world.

Do they stick by mom and sis or decide to stay in Homewood or go out on their own?

Ghislain’s growing disdain for Shappa leads him and his twin to slowly but surely begin to venture farther and farther away from her. It is not their intent to stay away, but staying in the same group as Shappa feels less and less important every time they strike out on their own. Eventually, the boys will visit only sparingly, never staying in Homewood, but never intentionally seeking out Shappa and Muhjah’s group for shelter.

Do the boys stick together as adults or part ways?

Ghislain and Kyllion are in it together for the long haul. They are pretty much all each other knows, and being out in the Barrens together is piles better than being anywhere else separately. Two pairs of eyes makes it easier to see when danger is coming. Two gifts lend them variety to what they are capable of doing. Slain doesn’t need or want anyone else and his focus has never been anywhere so much as it’s been on his twin, and Kyll’s acknowledges the benefits of them staying together. ...Even if Ghislain’s overbearing tendencies are annoying at times.

Will they suffer any ill effects of Shappa's parenting?

I’d be hard-pressed to say there were no ill-effects. Ghislain’s temper is in part due to the lack of affection he received from a parent. He had so much love he wanted to give when he was a foal, and it just sort of ended up draining out of him, leaving him to forge an unhealthy/possessive/needy attachment to the only one who consistently paid him any mind. Slain is wary and mistrustful of others and has no concept of even how to begin dealing with them. He lashes out aggressively anytime someone gets to close, and Kyllion has a bad habit of just letting it happen.

For his part, Kyll adopted a disaffected and apathetic approach to others. Their wants and needs and well-being are nothing compared to those of himself and his twin. He is also a little bit in denial of what Slain’s attitude means for him and passes it off as necessary (due to lack of another outlet) rather than misplaced affection.

How will they fair being raised in the barrens? Will they grow up strong or struggle or ???

The twins grow up knowing nothing else. They know how to endure, how to work together, how to take what is necessary. Both boys will fight when they need to, but Ghislain has a tendency to seek it out. He loves the thrill. He loves the danger. And his smarter brother can get him out of any situation Slain gets himself in to.

Will they get a gift because of change in belief or to show mom that gifts don't equal brainwashed.

Slain and Kyll seek out gifts because they have learned better than to squander an opportunity. How much farther could they push themselves with the aid of magic on their side? Neither recognize that the tug of their gifts is the innate urge to heal Vykeli, but they are both very liberal users of magic to enhance the experience of living in the Barrens.