Chevalin Wanderlust

The Olde Herd

Mysterious, Religious, Magicdriven

 Spiritual, constant,  yet devious horses who hide behind a mask of purity. This monarchy is known for its deep belief in the unicorns, and their ability to harness magic better than the other herds of Chevalin. It is said unicorn blood runs strong through their viens

Founded on year 0 (Chevalin time starts with the founding of the Olde herd)

Herd History

To begin the history of the Olde Herd, one must travel back to the beginning of history for all of Chevalin. It begins many years after the apocalypse had created the straight and the islands ended. The legendary creatures, Unicorns, rose from the sea and brought peace to the chaotic equine world. The first to rise, Sir Valraldic (otherwise known as the Great Compromiser) is said to have brought this peace to the world. He brought the horses of Chevalin together to create one, large herd and banished the delinquents and criminals off to the Southern Isle. His goal was to have a pure herd. Sir Valraldic ruled as a single leader for the first two hundred years of his herds’ existence. However, in every system there are flaws, and for the Olde, not all of the horses were content to sit idly under one leader for the rest of their existence.

       One of the first of these delinquents was a young stallion named Arryn. He was well known for causing all kinds of troubles and disturbing the peace that Sir Valdraldic tried so hard to maintain. The Great Compromiser detained him many a times by sending him to the praying pool, and Arryn always had a knack for escaping these punishments. At this point in time, the great unicorn wanted what was best for his subjects, and he granted Arryn forgiveness. However, over time, his crimes became more and more dark, for he wanted the power that the Great Compromiser had. He stole a stone of a thousand colors, something that the great unicorn held dear. Enraged, he and his followers hunted down the stallion, but my the time they found him, the stone was gone. The once kind and forgiving leader turned cold with anger and banished Arryn from the herd along with Arryn’s followers. They had been condemned to live on the Southern Isle. To ensure that the criminals wouldn’t escape, Sir Valraldic used all of his magic to lower the land bridges that connected the main lands to each other.

     The second form of trouble came in a horse known as Horod the Magic eater. He and his followers asked to live a life of their own, without the great unicorns’ rule. Furious with such a decision, the Great Compromiser banished them to the Eastern Isle and warned them that they would fall into chaos if they chose to live a life without them. Along with his unicorn court, the Great Compromiser  watched over them for the next two decades before they could bare no more the overwhelming chaos between the Exiles of the Southern Isle and the newly banished Bachelor Herd of the East. Some horses say the Great Compromiser simply died of old age, and the rest of the unicorn folk left because of that.

     Most of the horses that lived on the Island of Olde believed that the unicorns disappeared back into the sea, much to the disappointment of the horse species. After the Great Compromiser disappearance, however, a horse known to be his half-unicorn son, Sir Vantana, promised to rule the horses that followed the unicorns with the same grace as his father had. He named them the “Olde Herd” for their practice of the lore of the old. Over the next two hundred years, Vantana’s sons and their sons would become the next leaders of the herd. They still practice the lore and worship the legendary unicorns in hopes that they may someday return.

Recent History

Last winter the Bachelor herd declared war on Olde, and Olde declared war on the Bachelor herd in return. Soon after war was declared however, the land bridge between the Olde Island and the Eastern Island broke - leaving both herds unable to commence the battle. Instead the Winter and Spring months were sent preparing for the oncoming war. When summer finally came - the Olde Leader Vasska had honed his Frost Manipulation gift enough to create a fake landbridge between the two islands.

And so Olde traveled to the Bachelor herd and laid ambush on the already suspecting stallions of the East. The first battle of the war commenced leaving many injured... and some dead. The battle ended with few Olde left standing- but the Olde leader prevailed and struck down the Bachelor Leader Cain, if only temporarily. The wounded Olde retreated back to their home, with two of their own captured by the Bachelor kind. No one quite knows what might happen next, but all await the future in fear.

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