[♥ soft]

the expression of varnish roan has always confused me so i thought i'd play around with it a bit c: i really, really love the result! there's also a lil bit of halloween theme with the eye colour c:

to win this tolter give them a fitting name and tell me it's meaning or inspiration!

Breeding notes:
homozygous for extension, will always produce black-based foals c:

Username: ♥rose♥
Show Name: Ka wahine `ai honua
Barn Name: Pele
Gender: Mare
Eye Color: Jack-O-Lantern Glow
Phenotype: Black Varnish Roan Appaloosa w/Gulastra Plume
Genotype: EE/aa/nLp + Gulastra Plume
Sire/Dam: Foundation
Sire/Dam: Foundation

[OutdatedBoombox]

Username: OutdatedBoombox
Show Name: HG Malicious Compliance
Barn Name: Kelpie
Name meaning/inspiration: The kelpie is a water demon from European folklore that takes the appearance of a beautiful black or white horse, luring anyone nearby to touch it in some way. Once it has been stroked or mounted, it glues itself to the victim(s) and drags them into the water to their deaths. Hence “malicious compliance”- it permits humans to come up and touch or even mount it, only to drag them into the depths. This name was chosen because this tolt, despite being incredibly gorgeous, has a dark, almost.... decayed quality to them. Something that I commonly associate with kelpies. They are eerie and distinct.
Gender: mare

Oh no I’m in love~ congrats to whoever wins this gorgeous tolt!!!

[withtheroses]

Username: ♥rose♥
Show Name: Ka wahine `ai honua
Barn Name: Pele
Name meaning/inspiration: Pele is the Hawaiian goddess of fire, dancing, volcanoes, lightning, wind and violence, although she is most known for the fire and volcano titles. Her poetic name "Ka wahine `ai honua" means the woman who devours the land. She is seen as destroyer but also as a creator. I choose this name because I have visited the lava fields of O'ahu, and her coat strikingly resembles the hardened lava, which there of are many textures that can happen, like the smooth, rippling wave like patterns that appear, or the cracked patterns that also happen with the crunched up lava you walk over. Her eyes remind me of the magnificence of where the creation of land happens, on the edge of the ocean. They are the perfect color to resemble the lava spilling into the ocean, and her mane and tail remind me of the steam that is a reaction to this process.
Gender: Mare

[Vinson]

Username: vinson
Show Name: gone into that gentle night
Barn Name: waldgeist
Name meaning/inspiration: Waldgeist means spirit or ghost of the forest in German - fitting him and his ghostly appearance perfectly. The show name is a line taken from a poem about not grieving too much for a loved one, written from the loved one’s perspective. These names were chosen for him due to his appearance and his mottled face, looking like tear streaks.
Gender: stallion

[Rescue2001]

Username: rescue2001
Show Name: When the Night is Young
Barn Name: Amaris
Name meaning/inspiration: when i saw her i immediately thought she needed a night/mooney themed name. Amaris is a pretty and unusual baby name, which means ‘child of the moon’ in Old Irish and ‘given by God’ in Hebrew. I am going more towards the child of the moon meaning though, I think it just fits her a lot.
Gender: mare

[Vampire Adam]

Username: Vampire Adam
Show Name: SMR Great Grey Wolf Sif
Barn Name: Sif
Name meaning/inspiration: In the game Dark Souls, Sif is a massive grey wolf who guards her deceased master's grave, and while fighting her is necessary, she seems as though she'd rather you just leave peacefully. I see this mare showing that kind of deep devotion to someone in her life.
Gender: Mare

[buckskin.]

Username: buckskin.
Show Name: World Class Lady
Barn Name: Fallon
Name meaning/inspiration: I was struggling to find a name for the tolt but I just watched one of my favourite equestrian youtubers, an American Barrel Racer, Fallon Taylor. Fallon Taylor is in lack of a better word, an idol and she just won the AQHA world barrel racing championships and I can't help but admire how strong and persistent she is. She is one of those people you just want to talk to on a bad day as even in her video's she always gives great life advice for both on and off your horse. If you ever need advice just watch her segment "Deep thoughts with Fallon Taylor" and I bet that whatever is going on in your life won't seem so big and scary anymore. This tolt is beautiful and I thought it would be fitting to name her after such a caring and inspirational person.
Gender: mare

[whisky]

Username: whisky
Show Name: An Outer Space Fire
Barn Name: Khalid Baraz (Affectionately called Khal and Barz <3)
Name meaning/inspiration: Truthfully, this tolt for some reason reminds me of this song: xxx. Khalid is in it, which is where I got Khalid from but I honestly just really love Khalid's name ?? I've always loved it, I hope it's not just me ahhh. Baraz is Alina's last name, and she's one of my favorite artists, so I wanted to incorporate her name as well. I got this whole idea from Khal's show name. Some of the main lyrics:

"Kiss me, we're on fire, babe
Love me, take me to outer space
Kiss me, we're on fire, babe
Love me, take me to outer space"

Came to my mind as I seen this beautiful tolt. The dark pelt was outer space, the eye was a bright fire burning deep within, and soon he became, "An outer space fire." <3 <3
Gender: Stallion

[Livalathia]

Username: Livalathia
Show Name: Between Darkness and Light
Barn Name: Yin Yang
Name meaning/inspiration: When I look at her I think of like...a fallen angel almost but at the same time I think of like darkness and light coming together. Hence - Yin Yang. It just makes sense for this girl in my mind and I think it really fits her.
Gender: Mare

[ghost queen.]

Username: ghost queen.
Show Name: --
Barn Name: संध्या sandhya
Name meaning/inspiration: sandhya means "twilight" in sanskrit and fits her coat perfectly
Gender: mare