Post by Tiggs on Oct 26, 2008 2:11:37 GMT
As Kosciusko is mostly realistic, we expect your characters to have natural coat colours. When breeding, we give you the option to use genetics to propery calculate the possible coat colour outcomes of the foals. Have a look at this thread for more information genetics: Coat Colours and Genetics
In the books, some coat colours have certain meaning attached. There is a little stigma among stallions about collecting these rarest and most beautiful mares. Some stallions seek them out, though others avoid them for fear of too much attention. In the High Country, there are a few colours that are prized above all others.
"Silver" - The term "Silver" is used to describe the descendants of Thowra. The colour is a pale palomino, also described as "cream". The colour is fairly rare, though since the days of Thowra, has become less so.
The men are wary of Silver horses, as there are many myths and superstitions about them. One is that they are actually ghosts, as most silver horses know how to walk trackless and hide themselves expertly even almost in plain view. Another found among humans is that disaster will befall whoever chases one, as they tend to gallop right into the most dangerous land they can to throw off persuit, resulting in tame horses being lamed or killed in the chases or men seriously injured in falls.
All buckskins, cremellos, perlinos, and smokey blacks will have Silver Horses in their bloodline, unless they're an escaped tame horse.
"Moon Filly" - The Moonfilly is a silver dapple (classically black with white manes and tails but dark brown also occurs), very rare in the high country and generally assumed to be a myth among the brumbies.
As the full moon approaches they grow stronger, and as the new moon approaches they grow weaker. They do not need to sleep much and are more active at night when they get more energy, and they can see in the dark better than other horses. Solar eclipses are dangerous to them as the moon is covered and they may grow very ill and weak.
The Moonfillies are a secretive bunch, passing their colouring only onto daughters. (A genetic oddity that we'll humour for the sake of the story). Live in a hidden forest, but occasionally a few escape.
Any mare carrying a silver gene will have Moon Filly in their bloodline, unless they're an escaped tame horse.
"Stallion of the Sun" - Silver bay (white mane and tail, chestnut body and slightly darker legs but with an extraordinarily vibrant golden gloss across the whole body). The sons, husbands, and vigilant protectors of the Moon Fillies from the perils of the outside word. They protect them from other stallions who may be cruel and hunt them for their rarity, though the Sun stallions are handsome themselves.
Stronger during the days where the sun is bright, and a bit weaker during the night and cloudy days. Lunar eclipses are dangerous to them as the sun is covered and they may grow very ill and weak.
Pass their colour on only to their sons. Some may wander off in search of a different life or to chase down a stray Moonfilly.
Any stallion carrying a silver gene will have Sun Stallion in their bloodline, unless they're an escaped tame horse.
"Nightrunner" - the Nightrunners are rarer still than the Silvers or Moonfillies, being made up of only one existing herd full of completely white horses with pink skin and strange red eyes. There are an incredibly stunning horse, bred for generations for lightning speed and beauty, but are genetically weak through reckless inbreeding. They have trouble keeping on weight, can sometimes be sterile and they cannot stand the sun. Their skin burns easily and light blinds them, leaving them vulnerable (a bit like vampires). As a result they emerge only at night, and can see in the dark almost perfectly.
They are considered death omens, demons, or evil spirits. The Nightrunners can sometimes be heard galloping thunderously in the dark, and soon after disaster strikes the land in the form of a fire, flood, storm, deadly blizzard, or worse, and in the morning many fillies turn up dead with strange, unrelated injures. To hear the Nightrunners is said to hear death itself.
There is a reason for this. They have realised their herd is too inbred they have been trying for years to steal new fillies, taking advantage of landslides, tornados, floods, fires and other disasters in the dead of night to round up new mares and escape with them without being seen. The fillies cannot see in the dark like they can, and break their legs and sustain other injuries in the mad gallop in the pitch black and die.
They are considered a myth, a legend, or an old wives tale for the most part. Few horses even hear of the Nightrunner herd, let alone see one of them.
All horses with a champagne gene will have Nightrunner in their bloodline, unless they're an escaped tame horse. Because of the rarity of the Nightrunners, this may be watched if your character is a pure brumby without any domestic horse bloodlines.
In the books, some coat colours have certain meaning attached. There is a little stigma among stallions about collecting these rarest and most beautiful mares. Some stallions seek them out, though others avoid them for fear of too much attention. In the High Country, there are a few colours that are prized above all others.
"Silver" - The term "Silver" is used to describe the descendants of Thowra. The colour is a pale palomino, also described as "cream". The colour is fairly rare, though since the days of Thowra, has become less so.
The men are wary of Silver horses, as there are many myths and superstitions about them. One is that they are actually ghosts, as most silver horses know how to walk trackless and hide themselves expertly even almost in plain view. Another found among humans is that disaster will befall whoever chases one, as they tend to gallop right into the most dangerous land they can to throw off persuit, resulting in tame horses being lamed or killed in the chases or men seriously injured in falls.
All buckskins, cremellos, perlinos, and smokey blacks will have Silver Horses in their bloodline, unless they're an escaped tame horse.
"Moon Filly" - The Moonfilly is a silver dapple (classically black with white manes and tails but dark brown also occurs), very rare in the high country and generally assumed to be a myth among the brumbies.
As the full moon approaches they grow stronger, and as the new moon approaches they grow weaker. They do not need to sleep much and are more active at night when they get more energy, and they can see in the dark better than other horses. Solar eclipses are dangerous to them as the moon is covered and they may grow very ill and weak.
The Moonfillies are a secretive bunch, passing their colouring only onto daughters. (A genetic oddity that we'll humour for the sake of the story). Live in a hidden forest, but occasionally a few escape.
Any mare carrying a silver gene will have Moon Filly in their bloodline, unless they're an escaped tame horse.
"Stallion of the Sun" - Silver bay (white mane and tail, chestnut body and slightly darker legs but with an extraordinarily vibrant golden gloss across the whole body). The sons, husbands, and vigilant protectors of the Moon Fillies from the perils of the outside word. They protect them from other stallions who may be cruel and hunt them for their rarity, though the Sun stallions are handsome themselves.
Stronger during the days where the sun is bright, and a bit weaker during the night and cloudy days. Lunar eclipses are dangerous to them as the sun is covered and they may grow very ill and weak.
Pass their colour on only to their sons. Some may wander off in search of a different life or to chase down a stray Moonfilly.
Any stallion carrying a silver gene will have Sun Stallion in their bloodline, unless they're an escaped tame horse.
"Nightrunner" - the Nightrunners are rarer still than the Silvers or Moonfillies, being made up of only one existing herd full of completely white horses with pink skin and strange red eyes. There are an incredibly stunning horse, bred for generations for lightning speed and beauty, but are genetically weak through reckless inbreeding. They have trouble keeping on weight, can sometimes be sterile and they cannot stand the sun. Their skin burns easily and light blinds them, leaving them vulnerable (a bit like vampires). As a result they emerge only at night, and can see in the dark almost perfectly.
They are considered death omens, demons, or evil spirits. The Nightrunners can sometimes be heard galloping thunderously in the dark, and soon after disaster strikes the land in the form of a fire, flood, storm, deadly blizzard, or worse, and in the morning many fillies turn up dead with strange, unrelated injures. To hear the Nightrunners is said to hear death itself.
There is a reason for this. They have realised their herd is too inbred they have been trying for years to steal new fillies, taking advantage of landslides, tornados, floods, fires and other disasters in the dead of night to round up new mares and escape with them without being seen. The fillies cannot see in the dark like they can, and break their legs and sustain other injuries in the mad gallop in the pitch black and die.
They are considered a myth, a legend, or an old wives tale for the most part. Few horses even hear of the Nightrunner herd, let alone see one of them.
All horses with a champagne gene will have Nightrunner in their bloodline, unless they're an escaped tame horse. Because of the rarity of the Nightrunners, this may be watched if your character is a pure brumby without any domestic horse bloodlines.
