Meet the Character

Name: Nickolai (NICK - oh- lie) | Male | Age depends on use

Nicknames: Nick . Niko . Lais . Niki

Breed: Pantaneiro mixed with American Mustang

Height: 16.2 hh

Coat color & Pattern: Chocolate roan with brindle markings. Soot mane and tail. Honey eyes.

Voice actor: Eddie Redmayne - Marius in the 2012 film 'Les Miserables'

Theme Song(s):

--  The Scar (c) Broken Iris

-- One Day More (c) Les Miserables 2012 movie

-- Breathe (c) InContext (usually hums this song on his travels)

-- Marching On (c) One Republic (His herd's main theme)

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Family, Herd, Allies & Foes

Sire: Unknown --- A rather large ebony stallion with brindle markings

Dam: Unknown --- A small, quiet red roan filly

Siblings: Unknown --- Open

Friends: --- Queen | Adele

Rivalries: --- Open

Current Herd: Anakine Herd (Herd of Nomads) - Open to all!

Rank: Lead Stallion

Mares: --- Clio | Sugar Pop | Queen | Adele | Maybel - Open

Foals: --- None

Has eyes on (Outside of his herd) : --- None - Open

Eyes on him: --- Clio | Pepper | Queen | Adele - Open

Significant Other: --- Very picky, needs to be fit for him

Members of Nickolai's Herd

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Personality

Persona: a quick thinker and activist. doesn't trust new comers and it rarely trusted himself. reliable to some and to others a hypocriticle know it all. born to make orders and do as he pleases. dense obsession with fighting and war. bound to speak up in the smug and overegoed way of the new generation. shy around strangers due to his solemness. teasing and flirtatious to any mare he sees but not consistantly. runs into danger with a steady mind. never overthinks about anything. smooth and quiet voice that calls to arms when needed. sneers at the fact of being kept as a mount for humans. cannot bare to lose anything.

Strengths: strategizing in unthinkable situations. keeping a well balanced sanity.  raising rebellions. currupting someone's opinions and actions. speaking calmly at young or mares. swimming. knowing how to treat mares with respect. giving demands and following through promises. head on fighting. racing. using the stars as a guide. multi tasking

Weaknesses: patience. staying in one place for too long. dodging attacks. listening to orders or others opinions. tolerating humans. being around any animal besides equines. thinking of death. cold temperatures. having to speak another's mind.

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Past to Present:

In the Beginning: Nickolai was born into the peaceful and prospurous land of free equines. His sire and dam were members of no herd, and he grew up learning never to do so himself. He was taught by his father how to fight, think on his hooves, and use witty speech to achieve what he wants. As a foul his father tested him in running waters and sparring, which caused Nickolai to grow a muscular build early in his life. With a father of dark heart, Nickolai managed to ignore the sire's teachings of cruelty and instead hold onto a caring and equal sanity. 

Into Adolescency: In a drizzling and dreary day of Autumn, Nickolai's father suddenly fleed from his family, leaving the young Nickolai and mare in distraught and emptiness. The reason was soon clear as a band on Native Americans raced into the meadows with their horses stained with odd colored liquid and feathers strung to their bodies,  capturing Nickolai an leaving his mother to fend for herself as she was beginning to grow weak from an unknown sickness.  Unable to escape the human's scratchy ropes, the muscular horse was led to a villiage where he was tied to a post outside of one of the Indian's tents. Here, Nickolai was forced to be a mount for children and had a black and white- striped feathers tied to his ear. It wasn't terrible for the horse, but the fences and orders caused Nickolai to become impatient and craving freedom. In addition he even had a rider, Oakki, who he had a close bond with. In the chill of night, Nickolai knawed apart his rope and escaped from the smothering villiage, following wherever his hooves took him. He knew that finding his way back to his mother after months was nearly impossible without a scent, so the male decided to give up on his family and travel in search for a devoting herd.

The Present: He watched many moons fall and Suns rise as he continued to travel in an out of many herds, each land's strict prohibitations keeping him from taking in refuge for too long. In a single day, Nickolai's entire world was changed as he spotted the biggest miracle of his life; Israel. He inspected the Artisan herd for a long time before deciding to travel into their lands and try to become known to this mesmerizing mare. Being too shy, Nickolai never confronted the filly, but instead watched from afar. He was never officially accepted into this herd, but keeps himself along the edge of their homelands, still buidling up strength in his mind to talk to Israel. After some moons passed, Nickolai knew that if he couldn't talk to her now, than there was no point to stay in the Artisan herd. Therefor, Nickolai left the homelands and continued to travel through endless regions and herds, mingaling with a few mares in every stop, but he still keeps the one ebony and white filly in mind. During his travels, Nickolai's honey eyes cought a glance of a stunning Gypsy and Mustang mix - Clio. The stallion began a conversation with the filly and it was clear to see they quickly had feelings for each other. Soon after, Clio became one of his mares and they contently travled the lands together. Within days of meeting the mare, Nickolai had of the idea of starting his own herd of nomads, known around the lands simply as Nickolai's Herd.

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Credits

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Original background (c) Disney

Original horse screencap (c) Disney

Rendering and Character design (c) Myself