book of babes

[alkyone]

Here lie all of Alki's babies. Feel free to plot with me about any of them! I'm very excited to be here and role-playing.
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ATLUS
Alkyone


IMPERIUM
*Jagannatha


SYNDICATE


also I apologize for how plain this is

[alkyone]

BASICS

Name: Alkyone
Breed: Thoroughbred x Egyptian Arabian
Gender: female
Height: 16.2 hands
Age: four years two months
Color: gray, with a black base coat
Markings: black points
Deformities: none
Mane & Tail: black and white
Eyes: brown
Health:
--Mental: 75% (obsessive-compulsive disorder)
--Physical: 75% (congenital insensitivity to pain)
Allegiance: Altus
Home: none yet
Rank: Nomad

History: Alkyone was born to a small herd. Her mother was the most favored mare of the harem and so Alkyone was born into a life of privilege. Unfortunately, said privilege was interrupted when her mother realized that her precious filly was unaware when she cut herself or got bumped. Alkyone felt no pain and so began her mother's anxiety. Her mother took great care to instruct Alkyone to always check herself for wounds and did her own best to ensure that Alkyone stayed safe. This included cooping her baby up so that Alkyone was never in danger of getting hurt. However, her father didn't think this was fair, preventing his daughter from ever really seeing the world. So he overrode her mother and taught Alkyone how to fight and run and play. She loved her father dearly and saw him as the epitome of everything she wanted to be. Nonetheless, her mother's anxiety passed onto her. She was equally cautious about who she trusted and therefore rebutted quite a few advances by young colts. It helped that her father was overprotective and sought to teach Alkyone how to fight and defend herself. He saw the need for her to be able to defend herself in a world that would take advantage of her condition, but her father also saw it as a gift. She was spared pain, unlike the rest of the world. She lived in a world where physical pain was nonexistent. He wanted her to be as happy as possible, to capitalize on this ability. However, the clinginess of both her parents began to grate on Alkyone's free-spirited personality. She eventually ran away, having had enough of their overprotective and domineering ways. She was also put off when she realized that her mother, unbeknownst to her father, was trying to find a stallion who would take care of her for them. Alkyone certainly did not hate her family, but she wanted to roam free and live life on her own terms, so she made her way to Atlus and is now slowly trying to find a place among a new sort of family.

Personality: Alkyone, first and foremost, feels no pain. She does not respond to it at all and does not recognize heat either. She was born with this condition and is endangered by it. If she were to get hurt, Alkyone would have to see it happen or have it be pointed out to her for her to realize and find some way to help herself. Otherwise, she's in trouble. Because of this danger, Alkyone has developed obsessive-compulsive disorder. She very meticulously checks herself for wounds and will ask others if they see any wounds on her as well. She is not naive and will usually check with someone she trusts, when she has that someone to rely on. But the need to be affirmed sometimes overtakes common sense and Alkyone will start demanding reassurance from anyone and everyone until she's satisfied that everything is alright. She is not afraid of injury itself, but more afraid of never realizing an injury and dying without knowing why. She is afraid of little else. Despite being rather clumsy and accident-prone, Alkyone is a brave soul. She won't take anything lying down and is extraordinarily independent for someone whose compulsions demand she rely somewhat on others. Alkyone isn't a loner by nature, but she likes to have her space too sometimes, and is known for wandering. She has an I-can-do-it-myself way of handling life and has proved capable thus far. She is fearless when it comes to almost everything beyond her fear of missing an injury and will always face down danger with a fierce heart. Alkyone isn't quite romantic, but she finds love and relationships curious, having never really experienced one for herself. She's afraid of pregnancy, given that it's another source of body-altering that she would not be able to keep tabs on. Contractions, after all, would be an issue, as she does not know if she'd feel nothing or just deep pressure, as she's capable of feeling that. She's compassionate and doesn't want to cause harm to anyone who doesn't deserve it, but she has a very black-and-white moral code and doesn't mind dishing out some whoop-ass on someone who does deserve it. Not surprisingly, Alkyone does not like others in her personal space. She can feel touch and non-painful sensations just fine, it's the pain receptors that don't function properly. But given this, she can't always tell what someone in her personal space is doing, and therefore will take issue with someone getting too close to her. Horses she trusts wholly are another matter, but Alkyone is a suspicious sort and it takes a lot to win her over. Despite her compassionate nature, she's very cautious when it comes to other horses, for the above reason. She wants the best for others and means the best, but she knows better than to trust the world with her condition and so keeps distance between herself and those who might do her harm.

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[alkyone]

Name: Jagannatha
Breed: Percheron x Clydesdale x Irish Draught X Lusitano
Gender: male
Height: 19.3 hands
Age: 7 years 8 months
Color: bay
Markings: black points, white socks on hind legs, blaze
Deformities: black horn that curves slightly upward on his forehead between his eyes and vaguely resembles a size-appropriate rhino horn; scales that run from where his throat begins to his belly where they fade out between his hindquarters
Mane & Tail: black and black
Eyes: black
Health:
--Mental: 100%
--Physical: 100%
Allegiance: Imperium
Herd: n/a
Rank: n/a

History: He was born to a dying mare, whose conception had been extremely violent. Jagannatha's mother did not last long after he was born and he has no memories of her. He was, fortunately, found by another wandering mare who took him in and nursed him, ignoring the odd mutation on his face and belly. He has a few memories of her and considers her his mother more than anything else. She did not last much longer than it took for him to grow off her milk, because she knew of a band of bachelors who were ravaging the country side, and made her get-away before they could ravage her too. Jagannatha was picked up by this group of marauding villains, who were all very interested in his growing horn and enormous size. He joined their ranks as a sort of apprentice and learned how to fight from them. These days were spent running hard, fighting hard, and constantly leaving the weak to die alone. He was able to keep up thanks to his size and the help of a few stallions who thought they'd turn him into a fighting machine for them. His emotionally-stunted behavior meant that they thought of him more as a weapon than an actual horse, and treated him as such. Thanks to this, Jagannatha grew into his detached nature of today, watching death with no reaction and refusing to involve himself in any sort of drama. When he turned four years old, Jagannatha was considering leaving the bachelor herd. It had grown fewer in numbers and therefore weaker, as different stallions vied for rank and lead. He was not at all interested in taking part in this power struggle, but many of those trying wanted him as a weapon for their side, and Jagannatha felt no loyalty to any of them. Those who had taken care of him originally were all gone or dead and so Jagannatha took his leave of this loyalty-less band. It wasn't long after he left that he heard news of the band dissolving entirely, most of the members dying in a squabble that had blown out of proportion in the mob. Jagannatha moved on. He found himself a new home in a herd where the lead needed someone to keep his younger stallion members in check. Jagannatha was perfect for this, as he had no allegiance to anyone but the lead himself, and had no desire to play favorites or take part in the politics that wracked the land. This soon grew tiresome to him, however, as the only reason the older lead stayed in power was because Jagannatha saved him twice from the jowls of younger challengers. Jagannatha wanted to serve a worthy king or queen, someone who could use his help, but wasn't completely helpless without him. Jagannatha had no respect for horses who could not defend themselves, but his sense of being bound to his master or mistress kept him in place. It was only after the old lead lost a duel and died that Jagannatha was able to move on. Having grown weary of dealing with politics and horses that tried to thrust him into power or the midst of the power struggles themselves, he stayed away from herds for awhile, simply roaming the country side and keeping a weather eye on those herds that grew and fell around him. Now, however, he's become antsy for belonging somewhere again, as he never really has before.

Personality: Jagannatha is an interesting creature. He's huge and matches that monstrous size with an equally monstrous amount of stoicism. He is extremely solemn and tends to take in situations with more patience than most can manage. He has no temper and reacts to threats, taunts, and insults with.. well, not much reaction at all. In fact, even when Jagannatha fights, and he loves to fight, there is not much emotion to be found on his face. He has no sense of mercy in a fight, but has no interest in attacking anyone he doesn't see as a proper challenge. It's not that he has some twisted sense of honor, because Jagannatha is very apathetic about things that do not directly involve him. When it comes to fights, Jagannatha cares about picking ones that will challenge him and make him a better fighter. There's not a whole lot that really needs to go into that, for he is talented and has been fighting for a long time. Most tend to take him as a dumb brute, thanks to his love of fighting and his lack of interest in most other things. He's cool with that, as being underestimated is always helpful in battle. But Jagannatha isn't stupid. He's not the most clever creature and he isn't analytical or deeply interested in problem-solving, but he's very pragmatic and thinks in straightforward lines. He knows what he wants, he finds out ways to achieve that goal, and then he pursues that goal with single-minded intensity. He's a soldier first and foremost and so is most at ease when he's taking orders. It has been awhile since he had a home that he could protect and a master or mistress whom he could serve, and that is Jagannatha's current goal. It's perhaps a little ironic that his name means "master of the world" but he is happiest when being told what to do. He is not completely emotionless, however much it might seem like he is. Jagannatha has a very dry sense of humor and tends to find amusement with horses who are loud or obnoxious or dramatic, etc. He shows no enthusiasm for this, of course, but is not above seeing the humor in situations. Along with his lack of rage comes a lack of lust. He feels no sexual attraction towards any gender and while he recognizes who's good-looking and who isn't, Jagannatha has no desire to breed and make foals. He has no interest in continuing his blood line and has never experienced any sort of romantic attraction either. That is not impossible, and it's likely that should he be approached by a mare he is allied with and respects and has a lot in common with, he might sire a foal with her, but Jagannatha has never had the urge to do so before and doubts that he will any time soon. This tends to allow him a clear head while other stallions are fixated on snatching mares as their prize. Jagannatha is known for being detached from situations where everyone else has some sort of attachment that compromises their rationality. He is always rational and thinking clearly; there is not much to be done to blur that. On the down side, Jagannatha has lived a very lonely life. It is loneliness that drives him to find a home to guard and protect, to find a lead to serve and answer to. He isn't really aware that he could take a mate and find the same kind of solace, but in Jagannatha's mind, it's more important to find a similar cause and serve that with others. His single-minded rationality also prevents him from recognizing social constructs. He has no problem being around claimed mares and doesn't see why that would be a problem, seeing as how he's clearly not interested in them. When he has a conversation with a horse, and others are around trying to participate, it's likely that Jagannatha will block them out in order to continue his conversation with that horse alone. He is polite in a stiff, blank sort of way, but tends to miss the mannerisms of local cultures and rarely makes an effort to understand them.

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