Mal: Damn kids.
Dar: I bet Morana's out there, looking for me. I hope I see her soon.
Cam: That's a handsome stallion behind me. I wonder if he has a mate.
Journ: WOAH that's a big stallion. Cam? Hey Cam? I don't see Nera. Where are we?
Roamer: ...
Jess: Hey look a bird!
Roana: Wo is me

Wow, all of my mostly-active unicorn rpg characters all in a row.

So... from left to right!

Mal: Her fullname is Mallum. She was born on the Hallowed Hills. She was a happy enough mare, but she met one stallion, flashy and bright, who she fell in love with. After dancing with her, he disappeared, and she became sour and bitter. She bore him a son, however, and moved into the hills when they were reclaimed. Her son did not follow ring laws and was kicked out, which proved to her that he was just like his father. She pessimistically thinks that he's been killed by pards or starved or something similar, and does not hope to see him again.

Darkfleck: Shortens to Dar. Born on the plains to a dam named Dovewing, he stayed with her until he was a half-grown. He was seperated from her by a fire on the dry grass of the plains, and to this day does not know if she survived. He is a sturdy stallion, but gentle. He does not particularly crave unicorn companionship, and wandered alone for six years. He met a ocean-colored mare named Morana, who was timid and unsure of herself. It was a swift romance. She adores him and he puts her at ease. He vowed to stay with her as long as he lived. They traveled together to Alma's Heart, where she gave birth to a son.

Cam: Fullname is Camargue. Cam was born in the Vale many years ago, and fought in the Battle of Endingfire when she was nine. After spending a few months living in the Hallowed Hills, she decided to travel back and continue living in the Vale. Part of this decision was that the hills only got a light dusting of snow in the winter, while the vales is wholey covered. She has an unnatural love of snow that makes her giddy as a young filly, and unbearable to all around. One fine spring day when she was sixteen brought a reunion with her shoulderfriend Nera, who was of similar age and status in the herd. Sixteen summers and plain warrior. Soon after that, a strange stallion, flashy and handsome, ran into them in the vale. Cam was at first speechless, but stubbornly refused to love him. When he fell for Nera, Cam kept their relationship strictly shoulderfriend/sibling-like. She teases him relentlessly, but it is taken all in fun. Underneath she yearns for a stallion who will love her completely and forever and help her make a family, but she has yet to meet one. She hopes to at the summer sea this year.

Journ: Fullname is Sojourn, meaning "goodbye" or "leaving". He is the son of Mallum, born on the plains. He lived near or in the Hallowed Hills most of his life, so does not know enough of the plains to be comfortable there. When living in the Hallowed Hills he pledged to and seduced a number of mares. When one came up pregnant, he was discovered and banished. He travelled to the Vale, where they had not heard of him. He met two mares right of the bat, but could not get either of them alone. Alma tugged at his heart and he fell in love with Nera, and realized that he'd been wrong and vowed to never leave Nera as he did the others, but he still has to tell her what he did, and has no idea what to think of his shoulder-friend Cam.

Roamer: No other known name. Roamer is a massive stallion, blue roan with a black mane and tail. He is slow to anger and thinks before he speaks, and often is a peace-keeper. When he speaks, it is usually words of wisdom. He shows no inclination to take a mate, but acts as the protector of his cousin Jess whenever she journey's onto the plains to offer her healing and midwifing services. He may be gentle, but it is obvious to all that he is not a creature to be messed with.

Jess: Fullname unknown as of yet. She is the opposite of her cousin, slim and long-legged in build, and still young, barely no longer half-grown. She is a happy creature, and loves to tease and kid around, but when there is a unicorn hurt or a mare birthing, she is all business. Only when all is well does she let herself have fun. She is beautiful, and the stallions do look her way, but she too is not yet seeking a mate.

Roana: No other name. Roana is a young plainsdweller who has lost her spirit. She met a handsome blue stallion during a longdance, and he took her breath away. Unlike Mal, she was not bitter when he left her, because he told her why and said goodbye. She loved him, but let him go. Later, she was anticipating the birth of a foal sired by that stallion. When the night came, she was crushed to find her foal, a blue dun colt, was born dead. Mad with sadness, she protected him until his body was cold, and then bolted. She ended up in the Hallowed Hills where she met a mute healer and his gryphon companion, as well as an orphaned dapple-gray filly. Having full udders, Roana adopted the youngling, but was full of grief from the loss of her colt. She questioned Alma's love for her. She traveled back to the plains with the mute healer.

So... that's it. Found the very beginning of this when I was checking out some of my old files, and over the course of a couple of days did five more sketches, lined them, and colored them. It was fun, and I was reminded that these characters mean alot to me. They are all a part of me, and I enjoy roleplaying every one of them. Roamer and Jess are a bit newer, and Riverswift and her colt are missing, but it doesn't bother me too much.

All all all all MINE
(c) 2008
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Unicorns of the Vale, an rpg
All characters based on the Firebringer trilogy by Meredith Ann Pierce.