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Timeless: Not This One!
It's said that the horse chooses its rider. This is something that happens sooner or later in the life of every Turvao Varanar.
In their early summers, the twins met the horses that would be their faithful steeds for a great portion of their lives, and Vygo bonded with Sitsi, a beautiful light blonde mare.
Indrys was jealous, her brother's horse was a real beauty. The most common colors among Turvao horses are rich browns and dark reds, and light tones are rare. The young girl wanted a horse equally as unique as the mare that now belonged to her twin. Dread overcame her when the horse that chose her ended up being a yearling bay stallion, named Badu.
Nothing about him was remarkable and his coat was the most common of colors.
She was furious!
Initially, Indrys refused to accept Badu as her steed, but the horse was as stubborn as the rider he had chosen. He would follow her everywhere, enter their yurt, break their things, nibble on her clothes, her hair, her tail. He would infuriate her as much as he would amuse her, and after much equine insistence, Indrys finally fell for him. She had to give credit where it was due, he was a special one. Maybe not on the outside, no, but it's the inside that matters, isn't it?
Nowadays, she wouldn't have any other horse over her big bay.
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Illustration from late 2020. This is before I made modifications to the overall design of the Varanar, as well as their horses, therefore some things are now inaccurate, but the story this illustration tells is still very much canon, so I'm sharing it all the same. :)
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In their early summers, the twins met the horses that would be their faithful steeds for a great portion of their lives, and Vygo bonded with Sitsi, a beautiful light blonde mare.
Indrys was jealous, her brother's horse was a real beauty. The most common colors among Turvao horses are rich browns and dark reds, and light tones are rare. The young girl wanted a horse equally as unique as the mare that now belonged to her twin. Dread overcame her when the horse that chose her ended up being a yearling bay stallion, named Badu.
Nothing about him was remarkable and his coat was the most common of colors.
She was furious!
Initially, Indrys refused to accept Badu as her steed, but the horse was as stubborn as the rider he had chosen. He would follow her everywhere, enter their yurt, break their things, nibble on her clothes, her hair, her tail. He would infuriate her as much as he would amuse her, and after much equine insistence, Indrys finally fell for him. She had to give credit where it was due, he was a special one. Maybe not on the outside, no, but it's the inside that matters, isn't it?
Nowadays, she wouldn't have any other horse over her big bay.
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Illustration from late 2020. This is before I made modifications to the overall design of the Varanar, as well as their horses, therefore some things are now inaccurate, but the story this illustration tells is still very much canon, so I'm sharing it all the same. :)
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Category Artwork (Digital) / Fantasy
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File Size 1.16 MB
Ahhh, young Indrys being a bit petulant, what a cute sight. And BADU! 8D I'm so glad he won her over. Who could ever resist him [for long]? :}===<
This sort of story, of how they got their horses, how their relationships with the animals came to be - it's a great detail, one that most people wouldn't think of. I mean 'horses are just horses / beasts of burden, right??'
But of course, as you've said and shown in so many ways, mounts are so very important in Varanar culture and life. It makes a lot of sense to flesh them out as much as you can.
This sort of story, of how they got their horses, how their relationships with the animals came to be - it's a great detail, one that most people wouldn't think of. I mean 'horses are just horses / beasts of burden, right??'
But of course, as you've said and shown in so many ways, mounts are so very important in Varanar culture and life. It makes a lot of sense to flesh them out as much as you can.
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