Journ

Name: Journ

Nicknames: Journeyman

Gender: Male (straight)

Accessories: None.

Age: Depending. . .

-Appearance-

Colours: Light and dark grey (body and dapples), creamy grey (mane and tail highlights), yellow-ish pink (hooves, insides of ears,snip), black (legs muzzle, outer ear, around the eye) and light brown (eyes).

Markings: Dapples on the cheek, withers, shoulder and hind quarters, very dark grey high socks on legs with darker patches on knees and coronets, highlights on tips of mane and tail, dark grey muzzle and ears.

Prominent features: Shaggy tail and slim build.

-Relatives and Acquaintances-

Sire: The Kiger King (c)Pawface

Dam: Nuka (c)Vinyle Whisp

Mate: Open - but will be very picky.

Foals: None

Brother and sisters: Valiant, Myth and Discovery (all (c)Pawface)

Friends: None, open

Foes: None

-Personality, Fears, etc-

Journ is very philosophical, and due to his habit of analyzing things, is considered rather annoying to others. He's always up for a challenge, and can become very competitive. Journ is also good tempered, so if he looses in a game (usually a mental one) while in his competitive mood, he won't hold any grudge and is a good loser.

Fears: A close family member's death, being captured and broken by man.

Desires: Having a family, and like most males, having his own herd.

-History-
Journ entered the world on a bright August morn. It was an easy, stress less birth. His mother, Nuka, was at ease, having had three foals before; Journ's brother Valiant, and his sisters Myth and Discovery.

He was a pretty normal foal, apart from being rather intellectual for his age (inherited from his father), and had a pretty normal foal hood. When he was older, Journ was more of a laid-back type, and despised most physical activities.

One dreary day, his sister, Myth, was told by her father to take Journ for a wander round. It took quite a while for Myth to persuade him to come, but in the end he went, grumbling.
Journ and his sister walked for many miles, and his sister (who was thrilled to see him actually enjoying it), decided to make it a very long walk indeed. When evening came, the two came across an old, deserted Indian camp. Journ's face lit up at the sight, and he began sniffing about. His sister, on the other hand, was quite reluctant to explore, and occasionally called for him to come away. Journ had never seen any of the things that lay about in the camp, and thought it would be a good idea to share them with his family and friends. He gathered a few objects that he found the most interesting, and walked smilingly back to his sister. Myth knew not of what he was doing, but again, glad to see him happy after walking such a distance, went home with him without asking any questions.

Kiger stood waiting for them, obviously concerned about them being away for so long, and was about to ask what they had come across, when he saw the objects that lay upon his son's back and neck. Journ showed him the rugs, pendants and ropes that he had gathered from the camp, and told his father that he wished to go back for more. Kiger agreed to this, but not before he had inspected the camp himself, to see if it was completely uninhabited.

As it was finally concluded safe, Journ was allowed to romp the camp whenever he pleased. It became his domain; and from the day he first entered it he actually became more active (friends and family started to call him Journeyman, he travelled so much now), playing lead stallion with a herd that did not exist . . . although he hoped a substantial one would form, in time.

Once, his relations Spirit and Rain and their herd were passing by the deserted camp, where Journ was playing 'make-believe herd'. Spirit was curious to inspect the camp, and Journ, a little scared of his uncle Spirit, did not refuse the buckskin a look around with Rain. Spirit was amused by Journ's choice of territory, and allowed the young stallion to have some of his own herd members, a few ex-Indian horses.

Journ, settling on his land permanently, finally became a real herd leader!

-Relation to Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Universe-
Is the nephew of Spirit and Rain - met them and their herd on odd occasions