Owner: G.L'S
Horse's Name: Elli (Norse goddess of old age)
Height: 14.3 hGender: mare
Rarity: Rare
How many DAMs do you own yet? none yet, I've been trying for my first for a bit, and what a beauty!
Short Personality: Elli is an outspoken lady who can be the first to tell you what's on her mind but she's smart enough to keep her mouth shut when her opinion is not warranted. She is intelligent and reserved. She usually knows when it's best to say what is needed when, except when she seems to slip up. She has moments where she can be contemporary or very old school, and usually sticks to the emotions of her elders rather than her peers. Elli is a mare of action, both in good deeds and deceitful jokes, showing both sides of her personality.
Extra: An interaction with Phoebe (pic in sig)
In my young years, I had grown restless and rebellious as the sandstorms that blew across the desert, causing chaos and disharmony in its wake. I had come to associate with the sandstorm since my birth herd grew sick of me and slowly began to force me away with my coming of age. I travelled as swiftly and distant like the wind, covering area to stifle my growing fascination of the world around me and beyond the desert. After many weeks of travel, the sand turned to stone and earth beneath my split hooves. Despite hating the feeling, I kept pursuing forward. I could survive a little discomfort to ease my yearning mind.
I traveled further, slowly getting used to the cushioned feeling on my hooves, but when the earth began to ascend before and beneath me, I realized this territory had to be he polar opposite of my own: the land was covered in patches of grass, water and snow atop of hard rocks that were nothing like the endless sea of sand that I had always known. I wondered if there were others like me, at least in a way, that lived amongst this opposite landscape. Were they the opposite of that of my own kind or similar in some ways? I kept going upwards not knowing that not long after, my queries would be answered.
As I picked my way up the rocky terrain, I heard a clattering of hooves that rang out amongst the rocks far above me and into the mountainsides. I stopped and pricked my ears in interest, waiting patiently for my answer to arrive. After a while, the thunderous clattering shrunk to a sound of a singular set of hooves and grew louder as it came. I saw a flash of a pelt from the corner of my eye and immediately retracted my curiosity. This creature could be friend or foe and I was unprotected in unknown territory. I was practically sealing my fate.
"Hey, who are you?"
A young voice rang out and an odd looking equine figure emerged onto a ledge, poising herself to watch me warily. I realized then in that moment that she was just as unsure of me as I was of her.
"Greetings, my name is Elli. I am from another land and was curious to see the ways of the world."
I answered maybe too formally, unsure how to address such an different equine. Her ears were massive, her hair stood on end all down her body and her tail was like that of a lion's, but her coat was the most intriguing. It was one of many colours and patterns that pleased the eye. I caught myself staring and immediately dropped my gaze.
"My name is Phoebe. I could tell you weren't from around here. A) you look too different and B) you don't look to be suited for galavanting around mountainous terrain."
She said with a smile on her face. I could tell she was young, but she held an aura that was very old, older than both our species. Old like mine.
"Well I cannot say as I am in either respect."
I answered. Although the young mare was nice enough, it felt as if there was a barrier between us, as of our kind was never supposed to meet. Although we didn't belong in the other's territory, it felt like more than just that. Feeling my curiosity ebb away to nothing and the need to return home increasing, I thanked her for our short encounter and began to pick my way back toward the desert.
Years later, that brief encounter has never left my mind. The feeling of meeting an old soul in a different world unsure of why it felt that way. It has kept my brain busy and brought a new insight into how I returned and lived in the desert.