Aelya

Rose Cross Stables Horse
Name Aelya
Gender: Mare
Breed:Peacock Pegasus
Age: 12 years
Height: 15 HH
Colors: White colour coat of soft downy type. Golden coloured hooves with purpley pink socks. Soft purple eyes hold intelligence. Her mane and tail are long and flowing coloured blue into green and then into pale gold. Two long peacock feathers taper out from her tail and the point just behind her ears. They are a similar colour to the mane/tail. The feathers on her wings bear a similar colour scheme on the primary feathers. As they get closer to the wing they gain a purple/pink hue before fading into perfect white.
Discipline: Arial acrobatics, halter
Passable Traits: Wings, colouring to the wings, Peacock feathers in tail and mane (at least one but maybe more), colouring of the mane/tail, purple/pink socks, golden hooves, temperament (though this maybe tinged by the fathers too) and excellent health (again depends upon the sire's health).
Sire/Dam: Unknown
Bloodlines: Foundation
Other: She is of excellent general health and rarely gets sick. She has had an accident and has gone blind, this is not hereditary.
Pedigree: 5 1/2 pts
For stud/lease: Look up journal for details. She will have seven foals before being retired. She will not breed to violent or evil horses unless they are particularly charismatic.
1) Rusian Roulette [link] breeding pic [link]
2) Aelharan [link] Breeding Pic [link]
3) Erwyn [link] Picture [link]
4)Breeding pic [link]
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Personality Aelya is a prideful and slightly arrogant horse, as are most of her kind. She holds herself and her family in high regard and everything is done to keep face with those around her. She is demanding of those that she thinks highly of, wanting them constantly to push themselves to become the best that they can be. She has a vindictive streak a mile wide if you show her weakness in any form, be it in battle or just in everyday things.
History Aelya was originally a house spirit, a creature that governs a noble family of Coventia. However over time the family became smaller and came under persecution. In a bid to save themselves they turned to old legends that stated as long as the house spirit survived the family would forever live on, and would one day thrive.

They freed her of her chains to the house with the condition that she should keep herself safe, and pass on the spirits powers to her last born daughter to keep the house safe. The when things where settled the family would return and flourish as they had done before under her reign.

Saddened that her powers where no longer protecting those she cared most for she fled into the wilds of the land. She wandered for years seeing only death and war, until one day she came upon a glowing portal of magic that she had not encountered before. Intrigued and in need of a place to stay she flew through it and found on the other side the pocket dimension that housed Rose Cross Stables. She flew to the other horses and asked them for some land to call her own and to stay. However none of them seemed capable of real speech, only vague telepathic messages.

In search of more answers she headed to a building she could see off in the distance surrounded by flying boulders. Here she found Vincent the stable hand and Lilitha Star the owner clearing out the stalls. With some great dignity she alighted and spoke to them, telling them of her wishes to stay within the boundaries of this place.

The two where more than slightly shocked at the new arrival and after some quick hurried discussion they agreed that she could stay on one condition. She would be allowed the freedom of the skies and land, she would be afforded the protection of the guardians and would not be disturbed by the nightmares or other 'broken' horses as long as she would every now and again allow them to take her to shows. She agreed with some hesitation until she found that before being presented at shows she would be pampered and groomed like a queen. This she now eagerly awaits as she enjoys the attention.

After six months on the stables and once she had settle she became aware of several small groups of both horses and riders going out for long rides with weapons and shields attached to themselves, knowing that this could not possibly be any form of training she enquired of the owner about such things. She found out about the patrols and soon after their discovery decided that she would very much like to join in with them. While out on one of these walks an accident with one of the stables “portals” brought about the loss of her sight. Now she diligently clings to the hope that she will have a filly born to her soon, or that her sight is somehow returned so that she can take up the stables offer of a dignified end to her life. She relies much upon her eldest son Russian Roulette to guide her through the day to day workings of the farm. Sadly for her she no longer can train in anything other than halter work.

Her first son Russian Roulette was born to her from a stallion that she had seen first on one of her wanderings and had taken a fancy too. Now she is very much glad of that fact as her eldest is the most caring of guides for his now blind mother.

Her second son Aelharan was born to her just before the accident and was taken away by his father back to lady Abathia's sacred lands. She misses him dearly but endeavours to speak to him as much as possible. She is ever so proud of the fact that he will one day become a sky guard.

More recently however she has met with a beautiful stallion called Fire weed whom she loves dearly but knows he will not stay with her. Now despite her blindness she is awaiting the birth of her newest foal who she somehow knows to be a son. And she will treasure the colt with all her heart.
Short storyAelya hung her head and her fore legs over the floating outcrop to look down below. There were other horses there and there where also people and elves among other things. She was glad that one of the stable hands had known her name from their childhood. She was also glad that they had allowed her to stay.
Here in this land of magic these beings had managed to carve out a safe spot for themselves and seemed to be offering it to anyone who was willing to stay and offer them something in return.
There was however one thing she was not pleased about. Looking to the east where the great mountain range was she could make out the distinct fire burning from the caves below it. She shivers. A place for nightmares, she thought. If only she knew how right she was.
Competitions and prizes
5th in Mare in hand at Welsh Mountain Stables 'Winter Event' [link]
Did not place in Costume at Dancing Dragon Stables 'Ladies Night' [link]
Other Pictures