[ for all those fighting, try to avoid power playing. other than nips, i don't like it when there are certain hits on thunder or garry when there should be a chance left open to dodge.
oh yeah, and info on bachelor herds since you guys seems a little confused c;
when there are only young bachelors, they will mainly stick together and make little attempts at getting herds. but if there is an older and more dominant stallion, the other males will follow him around like mares. he will actually protect them and keep them in order, simply being a little more rough than he would be to a mare.
when an attempt to take over a herd is made, the dominant stallion will claim rights. often if their is a stallion not too far from his age, they may try to beat the dominant stallion but it rarely works. the bachelors rarely defy the dominant stallion in an attempt to get mares because they either are too young or too weak. they won't gang up either because even if they did beat the dominant stallion, another male would simply take that role.
when there was finally a good enough amount of mares within the herd, the dominant stallion may let the other males favour a mare. it is hard for subordinate males to cover the dominant one's mares but it can be done. eventually, when mares do come into heat, the dominant male will chase his sub males off and keep them away. the sub males will either try to sneak back in or simply hang around until they are welcome back in but more often than not, they actually go scouting for their own mares they can snake. sometimes they will get a mare and return it to the dominant male but often, if they manage to get a mare, they will start their own herd.
i think i covered it all, anything else?
oh yes, and once pandemic gets one or two more herds -ace's and someone elses- we will probably stop there and i will make a few mares to make up for pan and his buddies stealing them all xDD ]
eight, loner, knabstrupper x mustang
JIGOKU INU [ cerberus ]
cerberus made no attempt to shake the snow off her coat. over night it had actually become thick enough to be a blanket and it trapped her body heat. lifting her head now, she yawned widely before noticing pride and gold moving deeper into the valley. the mare pricked her ears and walked after them. her legs were stiff but after a while they were more flexible and she pranced around. her shaggy coat shook off the snow from movement but it still held a few fragments of ice that glinted in the son as she moved. cerberus spotted pride pawing at the ground and being the lazy mare she felt like being, cerberus simply went and joined him at his patch instead of making her own. swiping at a few blades, cerberus noticed his injuries and snorted in curiosity. she didn't want to intrude on his past so instead she tried to make conversation, "jigokuu inu. my name. but i get called cerberus."
nine, bachelor, percheron x mustang
REAPER OF SOULS [ grim ]
grim looked to page curiously. he didn't see why she was so upset. "it's only natural. isn't it better than pan didn't kill him? he let your previous stallion go." grim tried to reason with page but he felt like he was knocking on the door of an empty house. no one was going to care or answer him. sighing, he stretched his muzzle out to try and comfort her but thought better and his lip simply grazed her flank lightly as he pulled himself back. hearing blue ask about their names, grim focused on her again, "the chestnut's full name is apocalyptic pandemic. but you will do well to just call him pandemic. the other bachelors get the usage of his nickname pan. the youngest is garry. he's been with us for a little while. and the newest is of course, thunder." grim shot her a sheepish grin, "pan and my own name aren't very inviting are they? my full name is reaper of souls and even that it off putting." then atlas' future came into play and grim turned serious again. "if pandemic allows garry, thunder and i to remain with him, atlas will most likely be welcome as well. but if pandemic decides he wants the herd to himself, he will chase us all off and if i can not retrieve atlas fast enough he will be killed."
the hysterical voice of mystery caught grim's attention and he turned to watch as the two fillies began whispering fiercely to each other. a grin broke out on his face as he lowered his head to their level, "not running away are we? did you ever think there might be meaner stallions that us out there? just waiting to snap up adorable little ones such as yourselves." the sound of a whinny made grim lift his head. he instantly spotted a lone mare and pricked his ears. pandemic would be very pleased if he could scoop this one up. grim neighed in reply to sun and moved a little towards her but not enough that he couldn't watch over the herd and make sure they didn't run.
eleven, bachelor, thoroughbred x hanoverian
APOCALYPTIC PANDEMIC [ pandemic ]
being the breed he was, pandemic managed to sidestep the first attack however he still felt ace's hooves nick his hip. squealing, pandemic swung to face the other stallion only to feel his teeth grab pan's skin. immediately, his instincts kicked in and using all his might, he double barrelled ace with accuracy and speed, wrenching himself out of ace's grasp. the pain was unbearable but the injury itself would be minimal. he had a few scraps from ace's hooves but again they were not too deep. screaming in fury, pandemic charged forward, flattening his ears and lowering his head. straight away, his attack went to the soft side of ace's belly. he tried to bite him where ever possible and before his head could be kicked, pandemic switched target and let his front legs lash out at ace's face, all the while trying to get in the odd bite. he caught a glimpse of thunder keeping the herd together as well as garry trying to do so. in pandemic's mind, he knew they had earned their share.