Herd Elin
Herd Elin was founded by the unicorn Elin, the pegasus Foxglove, and the Darinn-born horse Willow. They live in a village by the river, but occasionally travel further out to forage or explore. Foals are raised communally, but they know who their parents are. They wear simple, or nothing at all.
Willow
breed: trakehner
colour: bay
role: leader, seer, conflict solver
trusted people: missy, saskia, foxglove
likes: practicing magic, administering the herd, turquoises
dislikes: chaos, uncertainty
The founder of the herd, alongside the now missing Elin. She keeps people at a distance to, she believes, do her job better. She has taken an interest in the mysterious Missy.
Saskia
breed: hanoverian
colour: bay
role: willow's personal guard
friends: willow, sherry, ariel
family: nutmeg (daughter), warlock (brother), arno (uncle)
likes: routine, being prepared, willow
dislikes: missy
One of the original members of the herd, she has a long history with Willow. To this day she's always by her side, although she's starting to be excluded when Willow is alone with Missy. She's adamant that her concerns about Missy are not motivated by jealousy. She was born to an aristocratic family in Darinn, but by the time her daughter was born she and her brother were already living with the herd.
missy
breed: friesian
colour: black
role: willow's personal advisor and consort
likes: unknown
dislikes: powerlessness, saskia
A recent member of the herd, she quickly earned Willow's trust by seemingly understanding and fulfilling each of her emotional needs. Does she have ulterior motives, or is she just a good match for Willow? Opinions are divided.
warlock
breed: hanoverian
colour: dark bay
role: healer, student, warrior (in case of conflict)
friends: romeo, stormchaser, nikita, morgen
family: saskia (sister), nutmeg (niece), arno (uncle)
likes: studying, alone time
dislikes: violence, physical activities
Quiet and reserved, Warlock is the second most proficient magic user in the herd - first if you don't count clairvoyance. A reluctant warrior if necessary, he prefers spending time alone or with his loved ones. His relationship with Romeo ended abruptly when he left him to join herd Zenith. He still hopes they'll get back together.
nutmeg
breed: hanoverian
colour: brown
role: filly
friends: freckles, roswell
family: saskia (mother), warlock (uncle)
sherry
breed: tinker
colour: piebald
role: artisan
friends: ariel, saskia
family: hawthorn (son), roswell (son)
A Wayfarer by tradition, she often stops to spend time with the herd to allow Roswell to spend his foalhood safe and with peers. She believes her eldest son Hawthorn to be dead. She has started a relationship with Ariel.
roswell
breed: tinker
colour: skewbald
role: foal
friends: freckles, nutmeg
family: sherry (mother), hawthorn (brother)
He wasn't too happy with his mother's relationship, believing it would take even more time away from him.
lana
breed: shire
colour: cremello
role: artisan
friends: aurora, ariel
family: jude (brother)
She showed up at the herd one day with hazy memories and great manual skills. She was instantly welcomed, but she still feels an ache she can't explain, something missing from her past.