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Achilles in Kashmir

@achilles-in-kashmir

Gab, 20/ Successful soundtrack composer in some other dimension/Biggest forehead in all seven seas/ The wild child born from the spiritual union of Dora the explorer and a XV century witch
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I forgot the post but someone had mentioned instead of zombies for Undead Nightmare 2 there would be ghosts. So have a ghost Arthur.

Sadly dont have anything, so have ghost Arthur again. 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!!

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Fantasy Guide: Horses, Steeds and Mounts
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Horses are a staple of fantasy. Instead of writing them as emotionless vehicles lets give them life.

Horse Terminology

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  • Mare: female horse
  • Gelding: castrated male horse, big boned and gentle
  • Stallion: male horse, more agressive
  • Foal: baby horse
  • Filly: girl baby horse
  • Colt : boy baby horse
  • Yearling: a horse a year old, too young to ride
  • Pony: small, smart and sturdy,

Colour

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When writing horses, we like to colour them in. Make sure to have a look at my colours post for some symbolic choices.

  • Appaloosa: white hair and dark patches
  • Bay: red-brown, dark, mahogany bay, red bay, sandy are all common shades but bay must always have a hint of black.
  • Black: black but keep in mind that pure black is very rare.
  • Chestnut/Sorrel: reddish coat, may have brown/rws
  • Dun: yellowish commonly but can be reddish yellow horse
  • Paint/Pinto – white patches
  • Palomino: golden coat, white mane
  • Piebald – dark-skinned, with large splotches of black and white
  • Roan: blue or strawberry; mixed colored and white hairs. A blue roan has black and white manes, red roans have white manes.

Physical signs

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These all tell you what the horse is telling you. Listen to your horse.

  • Blow: exhaling through the nose. This indicates curiousness and often followed by nuzzling.
  • Breathing: Yes, check if the horse is breathing first. Always a good point. But yes, horses have a resting breath that is relaxed. Changes to this could mean anxiety or fear.
  • Ears are up and pointed forward: alert and interested
  • Ears are pointed out to the side: Sleepy, tired, unwell or submissive.
  • Ears are pointed up: unwell or bored
  • Ears are back and pinned flat against the head: angry and aggressive. Fuck off right now or you’ll catch these hooves.
  • Neigh/Whinny: a sound made to look for company in people or horses.
  • Nicker: usually means “hello” in either a friendly context or a mating context. Mama horse will nicker to their kids.
  • Scream: usually while fighting some other horses.
  • Snort: exhaling through the nose sharply which is code for where’s the danger.

Feeding time

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Horses need to be fed and it’s expensive. Horses are the most costly thing for a castle or army to have. It takes money to field a large calvary so make sure you have some food on board.

  • Apples and fruit.
  • Barley
  • Bran
  • Grass
  • Hays
  • Oats
  • Root vegetables – beetroot, carrots, parsnips, and turnips
  • Tack
  • Corn

Tack

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This is the term for your horses kit. This will be a basic list.

  • Saddle: Your seat on the horse
  • Stirrups: supports that hang from either side of the saddle to support the feet.
  • Girth: A belt that fastens the saddle to the horse.
  • Bridle: The bit that goes over the horse’s face
  • Reins: connected to the bridle and ensures you have a grip
  • Bit: this is what the horse has between its teeth.
  • Horn: a raised portion of the saddle that sits at the point where the saddle is close to the neck.
  • Blanket: a drape of fabric used to warm a horse or stop rubbing from the saddle.

Things you ought to know about horses

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  1. Riding bareback (i hear you laughing, pervert) is actually quite hard and dangerous
  2. Horses have limits and most can gallop all night without a break
  3. Horses often break legs and sometimes must be put down (honestly fuck you Veronica, #cobalt deserved better)
  4. Horses die in battle, not all horses make it out (you go, Joey)

Common horses mentioned in fantasy

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  • Destrier: The most popular war horse of the medieval era. These horses are only ever really used by knights in battles, tournaments, and jousts. It was not the most common horse but it was considered the desired of horses even being called “the great”. Usually male, these horses were renowned for their agility able to turn quickly making it suitable for battle. Destriers are expensive. When one looks in the histories you seen them going for almost ten times the price of another breed. The breed has since died out but scientists and equestrians have since been trying to reproduce them.
  • Courser: This was the more commonly used and available war horse. It is fast and strong horse ridden by knights and men-at-arms. They were not expensive than the destrier but still would cost a pretty penny.
  • Rouncey: A commonly used horse used anything and everything. Mostly used for riding, the horse could be trained for battle.
  • Palfrey: Would be an expensive horse for riding. It was a slender horse with an ambling gait so it was prized for traveling over distance.
  • Hunters: Or more commonly called Thoroughbred. The Thoroughbred is a fast horse and an agile one. Though vest for racing, the thoroughbred was mostly used when the nobility went riding in hunting excursions.
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deadcatwithaflamethrower

Know your horses.

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snikt-snack

Also adding different gaits:

Walk -> trot -> pace (not often used in writing but it’s a thing) -> canter -> gallop

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ramdaughter

Hey!! I’m super nervous about this but ADHD Awareness Month is winding down and I really wanted to share some information on rejection sensitivity before it ended. This is a defining feature of ADHD that is often overlooked, despite how harrowing it can be for those of us who experience it! My main goal here was to remind my fellow ADHDers that they are not alone!

The transcript version of this guide can be accessed here. 

Lastly, ADDitude Magazine is a great resource for learning more about RSD and other ADHD symptoms. Happy friday!

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