Welcome to Hotspur’s valley! Here, a place free from most predators, Hotspur settled. At first, he lived alone, before realizing the place was far too big and grand for just one stallion. So he decided he would go out and find mares to join him. As he contemplated everything, he decided that three or four stallions would be accepted in as well to work as patrollers and rangers, protecting the valley herd.

Should it grow to large size, Hotspur may let it break into two or more herds, each with its own lead mare and stallion in hopes of enforcing that the valley belongs to them.

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For the most part, the herd has few threats. Due to the rugged edges of the valley, and hidden nature of the main entrance, few predators ever go in – man included. However, young solitary stallions can find their way in and often do, pressing borders with the herd and attempting to snag mares alone to seduce them. For this reason, Hotspur appointed a few colts to stay in the herd and patrol the herd to be sure this doesn’t occur.

There are sections of the river which are rapid and swift-moving.

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The Spring Valley is a deep gorge in the mountains with green carpets of grass and walls ranging from sheer cliff to steep, rocky inclines. In the North end, there is a large glade of tall pine trees with a pond in the center. Here, the herd often lounges about on hot days. In the Southwestern corner a sheer cliff which harbors a waterfall that falls into a pool. The water then flows down a rather small river which ambles through the whole territory. However, there are places in which the river speeds up and becomes rocky, the water turning to rapids and the current swift. This is a place Hotspur likes to avoid when foals are around.

Other than these areas, most of the valley is plains.

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Lead Stallion – Lead protector of the Herd, male

Lead Mare –  Leader of the herd, female, mate of Lead Stallion

Mares – Mares of the herd.

Rangers –  Three stallions who patrol the edges of the herd to chase off solitary males.

Rangers’ mares -  The mares chosen as the mates of the rangers – each Ranger has no more than three.

Bachelor Stallions – These are not herd stallions. While they do live in the valley, they are not Hotspur’s and they are not welcomed by the herd. They stay because of the obvious safety of the valley and, well, there are mares. Generally, unless it’s night, they stay away from the herd’s general proximity. However, they are allowed by me, not Hotspur, to try/succeed to mate with the mares as long as the mare’s owner approves. Just try to do this only sparingly, unless we want to make a conflict of it for a story of some kind.

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NOTE: If a rule states “Hotspur forbids,” as the lower ones will, it is IC. This DOES NOT MEAN it’s completely unallowed, it means Hotspur will frown upon you for it/throw you out (Doesn’t mean you must leave the valley, you’ll simply be moved to the Bachelor Stallion Section if you would like).

1. No fighting OOC.
2. No sparkle horses, no exceptions.
3. Dark backstories are allowed.
4. No condescending comments – i.e., making a comment on someone’s character/render that may or may not be unpleasant, but certainly has undertones that suggest you believe you are far better than them.
5. Similar to the above, no passive-aggressiveness.
6. No whining if you try for lead mare and don’t get it.
7. Remember! IC rules are NOT the same as OOC rules.
8. Hotspur forbids mating between Bachelor Stallions and his mares.
9. Hotspur forbids the murder of herd members or bachelors.
10. Hotspur forbids foals from going near the rapids alone/if they are less than six months old.

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Lead Stallion – Hotspur © FV

Lead Mare – 

Mares

 All That Jazz (C) BlackHorseBeth/FV

 Cinnamon (c) BlackHorseBeth/FV

 Cottontail (C) BlackHorseBeth/FV

Ranger Stallion 1 – Open

His mares

Ranger Stallion 2 - Open

His mares

Ranger Stallion 3 – Rowtag (C) Pawface

His Mares

Foals

Rhineland(C)FV - Hotspur's by Cottontail. Filly.

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Bachelor Stallions

 Windy Nights © FeatherVenom

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Comments

Featherv enom	January 20, 2013

Whether she makes lead or not, she's certainly in the herd, thus, given herd structure, we can have Hotspur/Lace foals. ^^ I'm willing to let any mare in the herd have fanfoals, no permission nessessary.

HayleyWo lf	January 20, 2013
	The Albino&Royal herds

The mare I sent in is going for lead mare! How she met Hotspur: Lace had joined a bachelor band after her escape, but she couldn't help but feel like she didnt belong there. She wanted someone to love, a stallion to call her own. The colts and stallions in the bachelor band were'nt interested in love. They were interested in playing and relaxing. She wanted a family. One day she split away from the band while they were taking an afternoon romp, catching the scent of a stranger. She was curious as to who this horse was. It was a palomino stallion. She was surprised to see him but she went to go talk to him anyways. It turns out that his name was Hotspur and he too had been tame once. She had thought that her humans were bad, but his were much, much worse. She soon developed a unique friendship and she hopes that he might oneday ask her to join his herd, or more....

Featherv enom	January 20, 2013

I will decide who will be the lead mare when bios for the try-outs come in, ^^

Guest	January 20, 2013

I'm going to try for a few spots. :3

Guest	January 20, 2013

Name: Annabelle Age: 5 Breed: Appaloosa x Mustang Gender: Mare Rank: Lead Mare/ Mare Herd Trying for: Obviously The Spring Valley Herd. xD Crush: Hotspur Crush/ers: Open History: Coming soon How they met: Hotspur found Anna wandering by herself and decided to take her in.

Featherv enom	January 20, 2013

Annabelle is beautiful, so is Lace. Both are in! ^^

Guest	January 20, 2013

Here she is! Her name is Annabelle. I hope you like her! I accidentally closed out my render, so I got irritated and used one render I already rendered from! xD

Featherv enom	January 20, 2013

Also, bluster, I am failing miserably. You need to find another way to send a bio to me. I can't read it... it amounts to a mess of code. D:

Intergal acticpoo p	January 20, 2013

I do that too sometimes

Featherv enom	January 20, 2013

*Derps* I alreeady knew that xD I forgot. I just TOTALLY blanked that!

Intergal acticpoo p	January 20, 2013

Well acutally horses become adults at the age of 4, so he's a colt ^^'

Featherv enom	January 20, 2013

Welcome home, Reno. ^^ He's an adult now, then? Since he's 2-3 yrs old?

Intergal acticpoo p	January 20, 2013

Name: Reno Age: 2-3 years old Breed: American Quarter Horse Rank: Foal Short bio: (Coming soon x3) How he met Hotspur?: Hotspur found him in the bushes after his family abandoned him and a puma almost killed him.

Guest	January 20, 2013

I will make her soon. My dad wants me to watch the game with him. xD But, I might be able to get out my tablet until the game starts. I'll get started on her now!

Featherv enom	January 20, 2013

Sure! ^^ I'd like that a lot! Hotspur would be glad to take in a foal.

Intergal acticpoo p	January 20, 2013

May I make a foal that Hotspur took in after finding him injured? :D

Featherv enom	January 20, 2013

Can't wait to see! :D ...Oops! Forgot foals! I'll add that now.

HayleyWo lf	January 20, 2013
	The Albino&Royal herds

Most definitely trying for a few spots!!

Featherv enom	January 20, 2013

Thanks, LoveJay! :D I'm glad you like the project! I've honestly been rping this series which involves several groups of cats and made my fair share of fan groups, and I've learned how to make a good, high-quality herd, even when it never gets too popular. ^^ I can't wait to see your mare! ^^

Guest	January 20, 2013

Ooh! I like it! I wanna either try for lead mare, or just a mare. You my friend, are very detailed. :D Definitely joining!

Featherv enom	January 20, 2013

Bump! New herd, Powerful positions open!

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