Username: Isabella45
Name: Pride of Kings // King
Gender: Stallion
Eye Color: Jade Green
Coat Color: Copper Bay Pangaré BrindleCharacter Development:King is a very commanding, regal stallion. He often seems proud, and anyone who thinks so would be right. He has a great deal of pride. He won't even talk to horses that he deems beneath him. He doesn't do this to be snooty, but he truly believe that all horses have their place in the 'chain' and some are simply higher up than others, he being one of them. King only cares what a few horses think about him, and it is those horses that he tries to earn respect from. While he does believe some horses are naturally born to greatness, he also believes that respect is something to be earned, not something that you demand from others because of your greater size or strength. King also has a deep sense of honor, an almost chivalrous spirit. Sometimes his pride can cause him to be misguided, but he tries to do what he thinks is best.
Around other horses King tends to be the boss. He isn't necessarily bossy but he is a natural leader and other horses tend to gravitate toward his ability to lead in times of panic.
He doesn't necessarily believe in love. He believes two horses can be 'affectionate' or "fond of each other", but he thinks love is just a figment of the imagination, created by horses with big dreams.
He seems to have a similar opinion about several things actually. Dreaming, in his opinion, is useless because a dreams just float about in the head and are never acted upon. He thinks being realistic is the best way to get through ones troubles and figure out problems, he believes unrealistic hopes and dreams simply hinder ones ability to accept the truth.
Sometimes being level headed and realistic is helpful to him, but other times it can make him a bit too cynical and pessimistic. But, his cynical nature can be overcome by his loyalty to those he truly likes. He is willing to help his friends through the hardest of times, no matter how silly or foolish he may find their dreams or expectations.
King is a bit of a flirt with mares sometimes. He can be charming when he chooses to be. Most mares find him attractive, and he knows it. It tends to feed his pride and, his supposedly non-existent vanity. He actually finds it annoying when mares don't pay him the attention they usually do. Once such case is
Zephyra. While one might think that this mare's similar beliefs would make them get along, she is realistic and not romantic in the least. She never responds when King tries to flirt with her and never gives him a second glance (if he is even lucky enough to get a first). This makes him angry and sometimes the two get into arguments. Many horses say this means they like each other, but both of them will deny this thoroughly to anyone who says so to their faces.
Zephyra's best friend,
Megara, on the other hand, is almost as flirty as he is and flirts with him if he flirts with her, sometimes she even flirts with him even if he doesn't flirt with her. This seems to irritate Zephyra, who says her friend could show more decorum. Oddly enough, King finds that he enjoys arguing with Zephyra even more than flirting with Megara, though she generally offends him in some way. For instance, one day he sauntered up to her and asked why she never paid attention to the handsome stallions that tried to get her attention. She replied that when a
truly handsome stallion
did try to get her attention she might pay attention.
King's closest friend is probably
Calisto. This stallion's laid back personality makes him a good listener when King needs to talk things out. Occasionally they will even rant to each other, then joke about being like old mares. Calisto tends to balance his friends sometimes irritable temperament.
King and Calisto often explore together. But, while Calisto prefers wide open spaces and flower fields, King likes remote, wooded places that are almost like a jungle!
One day they made a deal, each would get to pick one location to explore and the other would have to go with them. Calisto went first. He chose a meadow in the hills. It was covered in flowers and all matter of plants. Al was well, until King, not used to the tall grass and forgetting Calisto's warning, nearly stepped on a snake and got bit.
After that they moved on to King's spot.
King took Calisto to a deep part of the woods higher up in the mountains than Calisto generally liked to travel. Calisto had almost begun to enjoy the pine trees, ferns, and waterfalls, when he tripped over the rocky ground and scraped his foreleg.
By the time they got back to the herd King and Calisto both had a story to tell of the misfortunes that had befallen them in the locations chosen by their friend.
This is an example of the difference in tastes between these two stallions regarding locations:
King
likes! ........... Calisto
likes! King likes
this spot! ........ Calisto prefers
this spot.