I have to put it out there that I love this guy.
To try for him, describe/show to me the creature that would be his best friend and companion, and explain why. Then write him a short personality and give him a name.
Owner:
Verdana
Name:
Rohan (meaning 'red-haired)
Gender:
Stallion
Height:
13.1hh
Age:
At three years old, Rohan is barely more than a colt, and has not yet reached his prime.
Companion:
I thought long and hard about a suitable companion for Rohan, and in the end, I decided that he'd have to be friends with a bat. He needed a companion that could fly alongside him in an emergency, but was also small enough to ride along with him or cling to him. At first I thought that a bird might be nice, but the more I thought about it, the more the idea of a nocturnal friend appealed to me. Bats are cute and helpful and widely misunderstood. So, the bat research began.
To be more specific, his best friend is a Common Pipistrelle (not my page) named Cicily. Common Pipistrelles are Europe's smallest bat, and Cee measures exactly four centimeters long from her nose to the base of her tail. She's got delicate features and a longer snout than usual for this sort of bat, and her fur is silky and unusually creamy in its hue.
Cicily was born in an out-of-the-way cave in a dense forest in Norway, but longed for adventure. Rohan got lost in said forest, and took refuge in Cicily's family's cave to escape the cool Winter wind. Cicily led him to a pool of water in the cave (for he was very thirsty), and the two quickly became fast friends. When it was time for Rohan to leave, Cicily begged to be taken along. So, she was.
Rohan and Cicily only speak at sunset. In the daytime, Cicily sleeps, tucked into Rohan's mane when he flies, or under his wing when he is on land. She wakes as the sun begins to set, and for an hour or so, she and Rohan play and laugh and talk, before he must rest. While he sleeps, Cicily catches the insects which flutter around and threaten to bite her friend.
They are never vulnerable. Each creature always has someone to watch out for them.
Personality:
Rohan is a particularly coltish colt: Energetic, impulsive and as fiery as his coat.
Born with an almost insufferable curiosity, Rohan wants to see, do and experience everything. No exceptions. He's still young enough to have a great deal of faith in his own abilities, but just becoming old enough to learn caution. He has a lightning temper, and is as quick to become angry as he is to laugh. He has not yet grown into concept of 'flight', and tends to pick a fight with anything and everything, unless Cicily, the voice of reason, talks him out of it. How he survived so long without Cicily, nobody knows.
Rohan is fiercely independent. He will not be a suboordinate, and is quite determined to lead. He's not popular with other stallions for this reason, but as of yet he is undeterred, and continues to look for a herd to lead.
What Rohan doesn't show is his eye for beauty. He plays the tough guy, but in fact, he has an open heart, willing to love, and that was why he was able to befriend Cicily, who is, admittedly, a rather unlikely friend. He has a poetic twist to his soul, and cherishes the wonderful and unusual things he encounters on his journeys and adventures.
Foals: n/a