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Credit to HOTNStock@DA for background
Name: Rowan
Herd/ Band:
Pau Band
Rank: Bachelor
Age: 3 year & 7 months
Sex: Male
Relation to Late LS: N/A
Voice:
Rowan’s voice is deep and raspy, similar to what humans would imagine a gangster’s voice would sound like. Rowan will even speak with a boston accent, though it is rather light. His tone is almost always neutral, only emotion on rare occasions.
Appearance:
Rowan is a rather large and muscular stallion, standing at about 17 hands (16.9 hands to be exact). His appearance is rather rugged, seemingly imposing a challenge for any who dared to rival him. However, his looks are by no means dirty. Instead, they make him seem like a “bad boy.” Then again, he pretty much is one.
The bachelor’s fur is a sleek and shiny black, though covered in many scars. The most noticeable being the one across his snout (right above his nose) and the claw marks across his back and left side. His mane is quite long, often covering the majority of his neck and some of his face. His tail is rather long as well, having stopped just above his ankles. Both his mane and tail fade from his shiny black color to a deep and dark rustic red-brown. His back right leg has a white sock that ends just below his ankle.
The stallion’s eyes can be rather stunning - a mild, milk-chocolate brown that blends with his pitch black fur. They often hold a piercing coldness to them that is hard to find in most horses. However, they can be rather warm and inviting when he is in a particularly good mood.
Personality:
Brash || Powerful || Aggressive || Loner || Silent || Temperamental || Playboy
Rowan is a rather brash stallion, never backing down from a fight and never taking no for an answer. He is not the best at taking orders unless he completely agrees with them or respects the horse they came from. However, he will often take orders from the band's lead stallion to ensure his chance at taking over the herd (even if he does not become lead stallion) - though, not without interjecting his opinions and ideas.
The bachelor is not one to be taken lightly. Despite his young age, Rowan is rather strong and can do serious damage to most opponents. His main strategy to win a fight is to pressure the rival to continuously back up until he gets the chance to knock them over, or force them to run.
As mentioned before, this stallion is not one to back down from a fight. In fact, he often seeks them out - wanting to face some sort of challenge. Rowan feels as if he must prove his strength to those around him - whether it is to intimidate them or show his worth is unclear - and picks fights to do exactly this. The stallion will also attack random creatures (mostly horses and grown cougars) when angry, though he never attacks mares, foals, elders, or those in the band.
Despite his wish to be a part of a herd, Rowan has found himself to be more of a loner than a herd horse. He will often break off from the herd during the night hours to spend time with himself. The stallion may even wander off to sleep by his lonesome. However, this can put him at risk for attacks during the night.
Generally described as the “strong silent” type, the black stallion rarely ever speaks, only doing so when necessary. He mostly nods/shakes his head, or flicks his ears and tail to communicate. His voice is only heard by those he trusts and respects, no matter how few there are.
It is easy to rile up this stallion. A simple slip of the tongue is all it takes for him to snap. Though most dare not to. It often ends with the bachelor attacking the offender without warning. If he does not attack, he will make the life of the offender rather difficult.
This bachelor is quite flirtatious with any beautiful mare he meets. He regularly shows off to them, doing his best to impress. However, take his actions with a grain of salt. He most definitely means nothing by his actions. He has found no interest in the mare’s he’s met, no matter how beautiful. He just flirts to get under their skin. Though, Rowan will feel somewhat guilty if he leads a mare to believe that he truly had interest - he can’t stand to see one upset.
Strengths:
-Rowan is quite strong, and can take a good amount of hits. One well placed kick from this stallion can severely injure a cougar. Let’s just hope that he can actually land a hit on the spry beast.
- Despite his tendency to be narrow minded during fights, this stallion is rather smart and observant when calm.
- Rowan has a great knowledge on how to survive on his own. If he were to be split from any group, it is highly likely that he would make it back to them.
Weaknesses:
- Rowan’s aggressive and temperamental tendency often leads to him charging into fights blindly, often causing him injury.
- Rowan is not very agile, and is better at straightforward chases than twisty ones. He often falls when taking sharp turns while going fast.
- Rowan often underestimates his opponents, so he will generally “go easy” on them at first.
Reputation:
Rowan is known to be incredibly daring. He will rush headon into battle, rarely thinking before acting. He has been known to cause trouble for many herds, but has yet to ever challenge a lead stallion.
Affiliations:
Open
Love Interest:
TBD
Kin:
Open
Backstory: Rowan was born to a lone mare and an unknown bachelor. He grew up without the safety of a herd and had to learn how to defend himself quickly. Many of his scars were gained during this time. He later joined up with son’s of the Ghoda Herd’s former lead stallion thanks to the prospect of being able to live in a herd.
Other:
- While Rowan takes no interest in most mares, he does not mind the prospect of having foals. However, he’s more of a single-mare stallion. He’s not a fan of those males that have multiple mates. Just doesn’t sit right with him.