In the shadows of two of the tallest peaks in the mountain range, rests the land known as the Forbidden Dale. The forested path that winds down out of the mountains is steep and treacherous to those who do not know it's dangers. The mountains meld into rolling foothills - filled with broad gentle slopes, long narrow ridges, and miniature valleys. Vegetation of all sorts is abundant and the runoff of all the surrounding hills funnels into a long, narrow lake in one of the largest valleys. Beyond the undulating and green foothills resides a dark and deep forest; the trees are so dense that it is dim even in the light of day.
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July 10th - Melia and Rhaego are now co-owning the Dale after Melia has successfully defended their home in the Summit. April 5th - Updated herd list. If you see something wrong or changes to be made, please let me know. September 8th - The Dale has become a part of Beyond the Mountains. The geographical location has not changed in relation to Mist Meadows, but Rhaego will begin focusing his attentions on these new lands being discovered and less on Mist Meadows. The herd list has been cleared, but I will add back any herd members who rejoin here on Beyond. July 9th - Updated the board. Rhaego has an open post in the lake for this breeding season for anyone interested. Also welcome Bastille whom will be serving the Dale in return for a home for himself, Larka, and their daughter Valerian. Rhaego is actively working to return Aileen back to the Dale. December 7th - After unintentionally forfeiting his land about a year ago, Rhaego has gotten him land back! He will be working on re-establishing himself and the herd that he had. There's a little adjusting to do but Rhaego is back and more determined than ever! July 23rd - ACTIVITY CHECK! Just need to confirm who is in the herd and who is not, as well as the names of any foals born recently. Please respond before August 7th with the names of your characters who live here. Thank ya much! April 12th - With the warmer months and the growing season, Rhaego is focused on growing the herd and his bloodline. Foals are on the way - but they are not all Rhaego's.... wait, how'd that happen? January 24th - Rhaego has won the battle by default! January 13th - The Dale has been challenged for by a mare named, Apache. Rhaego has of course accepted and the battle is taking place now. November 16th - Rhaego has proclaimed his claim over the territory formerly owned by Reaper. The territory will become known as the Forbidden Dale. |
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Posted on April 23, 2017 at 04:29:15 AM by Aileen
Aileen-Dryad (Spanish Mustang)-34 (ageless; appears 8)-Smokey Cream Blanket Appaloosa-Mother to Melia (x Rhaego) and Andela(x Rhaego)-Forbidden Dale
Aileen remembered that day all too vividly, the day that Rhaego had betrayed her, back when she was naive enough to think that she was significant to the pangre lord of the Dale. That chilled autumnal day when the world had shook with the wrath of the gods came crashing down around the equines that had once known Mist Meadows. That day where she felt she had lost everything, almost three years ago now. The tawny-spotted mare could feel in the air that the leaves upon the trees of her kind would soon change colors and fall again.
After she had abandoned that wretched sin of the winter demon, a part of the bitterness she once felt towards the warlord resurfaced, and, alone again, Aileen thought about it, the depths in her chest and soul. After searching and pondering, the dryad found that some bitterness had melted away to regret, to loneliness and longing for companionship. She may not have been anything particularly special, but even she realized that this feud between herself and Rhaego couldn’t last forever. Neither would back down, and Aileen hadn’t ever wanted to apologize, but as time flowed onward, slowly, as she felt she fell deeper into an abyss, she realized that it didn’t matter. If Aileen held out for a reason that didn’t matter anymore, and Rhaego died, as he inevitably would someday, she would feel even more lost and remorseful than she did now.
That was why she was going to try and break the cycle. Aileen was going to stare down that anger and bitterness in the face and overcome it. The petite dryad knew that things would never go back to the way they had once been, but she didn’t want that anymore. All she wanted was to be cleansed, to have companionship once again. These feelings had weighed heavily on her as she debated if and then how she should go about trying to rebuild a relationships with the broken parts. Eventually, an answer came to mind of how to approach the umber, ebony, and cream-pointed warlord. There were no guarantees that this would work, but there was no harm in trying.
Aileen knew that Rhaego had doubled-up on patrols to keep his wild territory safe, and she knew roughly the route he took back when they had been talking and would run into the other fairly regularly, so she briskly trotted towards a location where Rhaego would hopefully not see her until she could see him and propose a single thing: a conversation. Apologies for her wrongdoings, an attempt to further understand his perspective (other than what she had thought over in her mind in the time that had passed), and a proposal to put this argument aside and keep going forward. However, genuine apologies could only go so far, he had to forgive her as well, and, if he did not, there was nothing more to be done.
Her heart was thrumming inside her breast, she was sure that it was almost skipping beats, but she would not step down. She would stick it through to the end, no matter how things went or the turnout. Audits turned as the sound of Rhaego’s thundering hoof steps came clearer amongst the songs of the last precious weeks of summer. The time was now, no backing down. The leaf-tailed mare stepped out from the shrubbery, and as she emerged, she could see Rhaego’s face flicker to one of annoyance, she knew that it had been her wish for him to leave her be, and he seemed to reflect that sentiment with a snort and expression that implied the unspoken question ‘what are you doing here before me?’
“Rhaego… I just want to talk. I understand you have duties you wish to attend to, but this is a duty to me on a personal level. With your permission, I would like to apologize. If you wish to continue on with your day, then so be it, but I want to try to fix the mess I’ve made.” She spoke sincerely yet boldly into the contempt hanging in the air between the two. It was now or never to plead her case and ease her mind, to fix what she had broken.
Replies:
- bring on your forces of nature - By Rhaego August 5, 2017 at 03:30:14 AM
It's strangely hot and humid tonight... - By Aileen August 17, 2017 at 05:31:03 AM
bring on the storm that's raging - By Rhaego November 4, 2017 at 04:53:17 AM
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II. Alliances must be made face to face.
III. Bring questions to Rhaego or any of the highers.
IV. All stray mares will be claimed and forced to stay
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