[mulder]

She's absolutely gorgeous! Something says she and Asphodel would get along famously, hehe. Possible reserve ~

[Vespur]

I love her design. But don't really connect so I will drop. Good luck to all who try. (:

[SukarettoYanagi]

-wipwipwip-
o3o

[gecko]

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;;Legend;;
This is the color of base form
This is edits/additions to the base form
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;;The Form;;
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Never doubt those who seem to have less than others.
For they may actually have the most of all...

Name:
Her name is Pepper Dust.

Gender:
P. D is a female.

Age:
4 years old.

Breedable:
Yes, she is breedable.

Personality:
Relaxed, helpful, strong willed.

Extra:
(1 piece of art and/or 1000 word max. story)

Art:
Gah it sucks I can't draw Elkrin I need to practice!

Story:

Word Count;; 147/1000

Dust from the storm stung her eyes as a young Elkrin doe made her way after her rider. Her rider stood still, taking in what had happened around them.
“We have our work cut out for us.” The rider said, reaching back to touch the doe’s nose gently. The elkrin snorted in reply, lipping her riders hand in agreement. With no sense waiting, the two made their way with caution towards the massive amount of wreckage that lay across what had once been a peaceful village. Watching her step for nails and anything that could possibly harm her or the rider that was her responsibility, the elkrin looked gingerly around herself. She had little memory of the town, and what it had once looked like. But the memories that she held in the depths of her mind were filled with song and warmth as well as food.

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[.sweetypie.]

She's so beautiful <333
I love the navy and pale yellow color scheme c:

[Sullivan Maurus]

: Name :
Kin'iro no Hai Iyashi

Meaning
Kin'iro no Hai Iyashi is Golden Ash Healing in Japanese.

: Breedable :
Yes

: Personality :
Brave

Kin'iro Said
When you a healer,yah gotta be brave.Many Elkrin are used in wars,expecaly the ones who can heal.We have ta run into the middle of a battle to get the injured.Lots of us got killed,so the Paining Sage drew pictures of use on cave walls,turned our bodies to stone,and trpped our souls in the painings.To do that,you have to have alot of bravery and corage.

Serious

Kin'iro Said
It isnt all fun and games on da battlefield.If they see a healer,they go afta YOU and ME.You gotta be ready to fight if the enemy comes at you.I dont have long horns,like da stags do,but you betta stay away from my tail!I talk with a serious tone all da time!

Forgiving

Kin'iro Said
I will forive almost anyone for almost anything they do.In my mind,da only thing that I dont forgive someone for is hurting people I care about.When ya do that,you betta run!Anyway,I forgive people alot.Mostly for stupid stuff,like stepping on my hoof or somethin'.

Merciful

Kin'iro Said
Wow...This is a hard one.Well...Ummm...Because Im a healer and all,there are some things that golden ash cant fix.So...I sometimes have ta preform mercy killings.If I cant fix dem,I cant watch dem suffer.Even on the enemies side,when we didnt kill them right away,I couldnt watch them suffer...

Strong

Kin'iro Said
WIP

: The Golden Healer From The Sun :
Word Count: 0097
It was dawn,the sun's golden rays hidded behind the dark gray clouds rolling in to rain on the battlefield.The paintings in the cave began to glow.Amxen looked at the smoke in the distance. "The enemy has set up camp.We should strike while they are still asleep." The man next to Amxen,named Jackel,shook his head. "Its too risky.It could be a trap,then who wins the war?Them!" Amxen got up and ran into the woods.All the men followed her to the enemy's camp.The clouds still prevented the sun from shining.The drawings in the cave still glowed.

[m0chicakez]

I might enter^^

[Ravendarus]

Name:
Phoenix Pepper "Phoe"
Breedable:
Yes
Extra:

The Miracle
I lived on the outskirts of Alabaster City with my Grandmother, we actually live on a farm a outside of the city. My Grandmother had worked on the farm her whole life, she fell in love with an Elkrin Rider who was my Grandfather. He came to visit my grandmother every now and then, when he proposed to her, he gave her a little Elkrin Fawn with a ring tied to it’s tail. The fawn was a baby Sun Pepper Elkrin Doe. From that fawn my Grandmother got a whole herd that she takes care of and raises. My Grandfather is dead now, and I often go visit my parents, they are both riders. My father though was lean has the strong appearance of his Sun Pepper Stag, and my mother was just like me, slender and elegant like the Sun Pepper Doe.

I held the same looks as her, so it was said I would be a Rider when I grew older. Yet I couldn’t bond with any of the Elkrin on the farm. None of them accepted me as a rider. I sighed lightly sitting outside on the porch reading. My Grandmother walked to my side, “Hello dear” She said, I looked at her and smiled, “Hello Grandma” I said, to her lightly. “Come with me dear, I have a surprise for you” She said to me, I blinked and got up, “What is it?” I asked following after her to the field’s. “My friend’s farm was having some problems so they had to move some of their Elkrin’s to a new home” She said to me. I blinked, “So we have some new ones?” I asked, “Well actually, a few are older” She said. “I actually helped with the birthing of a few” She said to me. I blinked, “Really?” I asked, “Yes, there is a special one I want you to meet” She said.

“Special one?” I asked, she nodded and pointed to a lone doe laying in the fields, “She is a miracle, she is the best herb finder I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting, she’s a hard worker too” My Grandmother said. I looked at the doe, she had brilliant markings and was laying calmly in the field’s with a gentle look upon her face. “Really?” I asked, “Yes, but you know what is strange?” She asked me, “What?” I asked, “She hasn’t bonded with anyone yet, but she is very open to let others close to her, very trusting and understanding” she said. “Is that so?” I asked, “Yes, her name is Phoenix Pepper” Grandmother told me. “Phoenix Pepper?” I asked her, “Yes” She laughed, “Why?” I questioned her. “Well you see… when her mother was still pregnant with her, she was attacked by a rogue Dire Wolf which would have killed her if it’s Warden hadn’t gotten to it in the first place. The Elkrin Doe was taken to the farm and gave birth to this little one… but at first she wasn’t… breathing” She said, “I tried my best to help her out, but it seemed like it was a loss cause” She said.

My eyes widened, “Then how?” I asked, “I don’t know… what you would call it, but just when we were about the give up, she rose from the ashes and sprang to life, just like a newborn Phoenix” She said, “Her ash like pelt reminds me of it too” She said, “That’s why I named her Phoenix” She said to me. My eyes shone at the story, I looked towards the Doe, “She really does seem amazing” I said, wondering if this would be my Doe. “Yes, now I need you to go into the forest and go get some herbs while I sell our current ones in town” My Grandmother said calling over another little Doe to her. They walked towards the barn lightly. “Yes Grandmother” I said and walked towards Phoenix, “Hey” I said lightly, she looked up at me curiously tilting her head.

I smiled, “Come on Phoenix I need to get some herbs, will you help me?” I asked, the female nodded and got up slowly following after me. “I heard Elkrin’s talk… do you?” I asked her, she shook her head lightly, I frowned, “Oh okay” I said to her. She sniffed at a bush and nudged me carefully, I blinked and started to pick some of the herbs. “Thanks” I said, and then looked up, already she was at another plant far off. I chuckled and ran after her, picking herbs. “Grandmother was right, you are good at finding Herbs” I chuckled to her. She nodded lightly and jumped towards me, we headed back to the farm and she laid down rolling around. I smiled and sat down beside her, she laid her head on my lap and gazed up at me with her brilliant yellow eyes. We spent the whole afternoon together, even had a nap, a small one mind you, as I woke up not long after to the sound of someone coming closer towards the farm. I yawned and opened my eyes, sitting up, Phoenix's head was resting in my lap.

I stroked her head lightly. I looked up as my grandmother returned, “I see you two get along well” She said, “You were right Grandmother, she is a miracle, and she is amazing at finding herbs, and look how her eyes dance when I say Phoe” I said softly. Phoenix’ eyes lit up as she heard her nickname. “I’d say she has imprinted on you” Grandmother said. “Imprinted?” I asked her, “Yes, Imprinted, it’s bonding” She smiled, my eyes widened happily as I looked at Phoenix, I rubbed her head, “I’m not much of a rider... but I’ll do my best” I said. Phoenix nodded happily, “Why can’t she talk Grandma?” I asked, “She was born without Magic like all Sun Pepper Elkrin’s, but she also hasn’t spoken since she was born, though I don't know why” She said to me. I nodded lightly. “I love her anyways” I said, “Even if she has no voice” I said, rubbing Phoenix’s head. "Why don't you you two go on a ride?" Grandmother asked, I smiled, "I will" I said, "If it's okay with you?" I asked her, she nodded lightly, "it is" She said, "Just be careful and be home on time for dinner" She said. I nodded lightly, "I will I promise" I said. I smiled and got up, she rose up as well and dipped her head, I got on her back and we rode off together into the sunset.

[Jendalie]

I have had a few messages regarding extras for the form so I thought it would be good for me to post it up for everyone else to see.

You may include a personality section and pretty your form. This will not be included in the 1000 word maximum story, but please keep it within reason. I don't want to see paragraphs explaining her personality. Just a few sentences.

You may only do one piece of art and one 1000 word story. I've given a little extra time on this one because I know that we're all busy with life and school.

I hope that this clears up any questions.

[pecan]

Sundance


Yes

Clarice Russell lives within the gleaming white walls of Alabaster City. She used to have parents, until they...disappeared one fateful day when she was three. Since then, she has lived with Master Alastair, a healer reowned for his unique healing tactics. She has taken to healing like a bird has taken to flight, and is naturally skilled in the healing arts. Clarice calls Master Alastair 'Master' out of affection, and helps him in any way she can. Clarice is generally very kind and caring, the main qualities needed for successful healers. She is timid sometimes and is a little of a grumbler, but does not show her reluctance in words, only in actions. She can be headstrong and sarcastic at times, and often spends her time healing or picking herbs in Regina Woods. Under the influence of Master Alastair, she finds most animals an irritation as they often trample and eat precious herbs, but something has changed her thinking.

Sundance finds herself plain and unattractive, with her pelt of smoky gray and patterns of gold Solar Flowers (which, in her opinion, do not exist) and white underbelly. Ignorant residents of Alabaster City who have spotted her on numerous occasions jeer at her, comparing her to a 'common deer' sometimes, but secretly they admire her independence and beautiful coat. Sundance does not mind most of it, and over the years she has learned to be optimistic--the only defence she has other than the typical Elkrin's speed and her healing skills. Sundance is the perfect picture of elegance in truth; sweet, kind, always listening and beautiful. She can be over-protective sometimes and her optimism can be humerous. Like the sun that is part of her name, her energy is boundless. She still roams Regina Woods, in hope of someone who will appreciate her for who she is--a Rider.

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I gritted my teeth as I crushed the borage into sticky green pulp. Why did Master have to be so old-fashioned? Instead of using the newest machines that could do practically everything, I was stuck at using a stone mortar and pestle to perfect the preparation of herbs.

Master came hobbling over, leaning onto his ivory walking stick. He was a good man, always fair and understanding. I could not think of any time when he had reprimanded me. Now elderly, he was nothing more than a wisp of fraility, made sore by arthritis. He hated raining days, because of the darkness and discomfort it brought to him. "You're doing well," he rasped, nodding his approval. I glowed under his praise and seizing the moment to wring my aching wrists, I murmured a greeting to him.

He smiled, laughter lines crinkling at the sides of his eyes. "Polite as always, Clarice. Now, if you don't mind, make more poultices for sore joints. I might need some." I stifled a sigh as I nodded assent and went back to work, scraping the paste off the mortar and filling tiny glass bottles with the stuff.

While I arranged the bottles neatly on the windowsill for the herb-collector to transport it to the herb-stores in Alabaster City, I heard Master thumping about, muttering under his breath.

"Not much of yarrow left," he croaked. "I'll get more now," I offered immediately, wishing I had an Elkrin to ride on to Regina Woods. I shook the thought off. No Elkrin would want a boring healer as their Rider, I told myself firmly, grabbing a basket from the shelf by the door of our little cottage.

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I loosened the soil around a clump of yarrow, and gently retrieved it from the ground. I dropped the yarrow into the little rattan basket swinging on my arm and tossed a small colored pebble into the hole before filling it with soil. Offerings must be given to the Earth-goddess, as she was the one who gave humans what they needed. It was simply a legend, but a tradition which lived on in Alabaster City.

"Oof!" I squeaked as something knocked me onto the ground. For a moment, pain made spots dance before my vision and I laid there, stunned. Then I got to my feet numbly, picked up my basket and started for home, picking up a few scattered stalks of yarrow on the way.

I stirred the rich yellow yarrow bubbling in the pot listlessly. I had not talked for the whole day; the incident had stunned me too much. I could not stop wondering about it, though. Maybe it was a ghost that had stolen my herbs, but it was ridiculous. What did ghosts want with herbs, anyway? Master, a worrywart as always, insisted that I use the yarrow for my scrapes and bruises, as well as thyme and spearmint to soothe my broken nerves. "I don't care if we make a loss," he had argued. "We're earning a sufficient amount of money anyway." And so I had succumbed to his decision rather reluctantly.

Whatever had dashed all my efforts (and yarrow), it was going to pay for it.

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I now marched more confidently into Regina Woods with a new purpose: seek out the creature that was responsible for my cuts. Armed with a stick and a bottle of yarrow-poultice, I squinted at the ground. There! Hoofprints of some animal with cloven hooves led on ahead.

Trembling, I brandished the stick as I followed the trail. My heart palpitated as it ended off at a cluster of bushes. Sweaty palms grasping the stick tightly, I crashed into the shrubs, screaming madly in an effort to intimidate the thief, be it supernatural or some animal with criminal instincts.

A pitiful bleat answered my voice.

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I knew that tone all too well. Back at home, I would soothe patients groaning in agony while Master applied or fed herbs to the sick one with hurrying fingers. My eyes flitted to the source of the noise across the clearing I had just barged into. A gray, spindly animal was lying on the ground, its long tail flicking. A deer, maybe, I thought, rushing to the...deer-thingy.

No. Not a deer.

"Elkrin!" I blurted out, looking at the smoky gray pelt of the elegant creature in front of me. Intricate patterns of Solar Flowers bloomed on her pelt in pale gold swirls. A Sun Pepper Elkrin.

"Hey, girl," I said, smiling rather stupidly--awe had overwhelmed me. I reached out, then pulled away, suddenly afraid to touch such a treasure. Hi, said another voice, soft and lilting. I jumped, letting out a little scream.

I didn't know Elkrins are that scary! came the voice again, sounding solemn. Unless my sprained leg is really disfigured.

"You talk!" I slowly backed away, feeling giddy. I'll take it as a compliment, the Elkrin said cheerfully. At least you know I talk. She paused for a moment to lick her left fore-ankle, and continued, I'm Sundance, by the way.

"I'm C-Clarice," I muttered, thinking of the weirdness--talking to an Elkrin! But then again, I had the lucky chance to meet such a beautiful creature—and one that seemed to have leapt out of Eldemore’s myths and legends. Smiling as I recalled the one on the Sun Pepper Elkrin and the Goddess of Flowers, I sat on the grass and gently probed the sprained leg, remembering her injury.

Ow, Sundance cringed. "Sorry, but it'll hurt." I patted her neck and felt the leg with a butterfly's touch. The muscles underneath the skin was warmer than usual and occasionally, a spasm shuddered through them.

Hm. Bad sprain.

Aware that Sundance was watching my every move, I screwed open the bottle of yarrow poultice and slathered most of it on her leg before ripping off a strip of cloth from the hem of my shirt. I gently leant my stick-weapon against the sprained leg—it would help as a temporary support—and bound them with the cloth. Tossing the bottle of yarrow-poultice back in my pocket, I stepped back, satisfied with the leg. The yarrow would not help much with the sprain, but it would ward off any unwelcome infection.

Sundance blinked affectionately and nuzzled me. Thank you, Rider. She licked my cheek and left me gaping in surprise at my new status as she limped rather quickly for an injured Elkrin to the trees edging the south of the clearing. Rider. As that word tumbled in my mind, I thought I would burst in happiness. Sundance, head held high, came back with a bunch of deep pink and rich yellow flowers bobbing on green stalks.

"Y-yarrow!" I exclaimed, running over and carefully hugging Sundance's neck. She made a hrrr sound in pleasure as she dropped to the ground in obvious relief. Your yarrow, to be precise. I am kind of a kleptomaniac.

I burst into laughter. "Oh, you little thief!" Sundance's eyes twinkled, tossing her head. I failed drastically at trying to make a yarrow poultice. You're talented, you know.

I beamed, picking up the bunch of herbs and uselessly trying to support Sundance as she struggled to her hooves. "Less talk, more action. Let's go back to Alabaster City. We healers have much to do.” The doe eagerly started forward, almost falling down at once. "Not so fast!" I warned, dashing up to her.

"Ow!" I sucked in a gasp of pain as I tripped over something golden. Sundance limped over to let me lean on her shoulder. As I did so, her eyes stretched huge and wide. I followed her gaze and forgot my pain for a moment as I admired the legendary flower. It shone a pure gold, and when I touched a velvety petal, it curled around my hand, and unfurled. A Solar Flower, she breathed. They exist after all. "Of course they exist!" I winced as bursts of pain rattled up my ankle. "I can't believe one just hurt my ankle!"

Sundance burst into melodious peals of laughter. "At least I learned something," I muttered. "Elkrins laugh."