You are now free to post your ideas/characters! Here's mine!
the ponyMy boy is a WIP still, as he's my tea event freebie.
Mine is part of the "Traveling Reenactment faire" herd/troupe from the event officially, and He's
He is totally the guy who works with a team to do choreographed fights where he's the champion, challenges the audience for someone to try and defeat him, has a plant that he defeats comedicly, and then he challenges a child directly and is defeated by them all in the most hammiest ways possible.
He's an actual warrior, from generations of warriors, but... You don't always need to actually REALLY fight so for living he usually is an entertainer. Besides -- real battle is messy and dirty and violent and brings pain and sorrow to at least SOMEONE (especially since "The Great Lapsang War" his great great great great grandparents fought in was a civil war over two brothers fighting over who ends up actually ruling so it was people who you had been friends with, sometimes even family, fighting over the ideals of the brother they agreed with most), while this sort of thing is fun, entertaining, and brings joy to people.. And keeps you fit and practiced for if something actually happens that needs a hero to step in.
He also does tournaments: being a steed for a Jousting Raccoon/River otter team member working in tandum with them, ring catching with his horn or with a team member, padded fights (like with boffer weapons), races and so on
He enjoys telling tales and rallying the crowd, and on his down time, he likes collecting tea pots and scoutting out the next location for the faire to travel to.
The herdTHIS HERD IS A FAMILIAR PONY EQUALITY HERD(Free floating familiars are more than welcome to join in!)
The Traveling Reenactment faire Troupe is a group of Ponies and familiars that basically are just a nomadic herd that sets up temporary camps near festivals, friendly herds welcome them to their territory, and so on, and open up a renfair/something similar to the Pennsic war. As it says in the raffle thread
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Or so it seems: these 'soldiers' have been mostly enjoying mock battles in the garden with regular breaks for tea and refreshments, sparring for the entertainment of others and in their part of the garden and letting foals challenge them to battle and actively losing to the little ones with over dramatic and campy behavior. However, some of the reenactors of the "Great Lapsang War" take their trade rather seriously, and stay in steely character.
However, mostly, it is a Faire hosted by a traveling troupe of entertainers, historians, merchants and revelers . "War tents" Are filled with merchants, hocking their wares, many familiars taking advantage of the situation to sell teas, herbs, and spices as well as prepared foods and beverages and accessories, while jugglers are sometimes seen juggling tea cups and spoons. "
It isn't ALWAYS as tea focused however: they were simply 'invited' to the party and took up the theme, but they often have a tea party.
I also hope to quest at least one of the "Queens" of the troupe -- she's not an actual leader of any sort, but its her role in the 'story' of their festival. So you guys can also have queens o3ob
The Backstory/OriginThe "Lapsang Valley" was in the Eastern mountain range, up in one of the valley's shielded off before the
Crisis in Gigage Awoyeni Opened up the Hippogryph and Ulun'suti lands, is a valley Kingdom dominated by Suti mixes, so bred out of the elemental blood that they no longer hold the actual powers and will often have a secondary elemental trait(typically Wood scales similar to pinecones, though other types of scales do show up, like rock/gem, different types of wood, etc.), and all had Either Water manes that taste and scent faintly like tea/other lightly flavored beverages (Admittedly, its considered poor taste to go around drinking a tea mane, especially since it depletes it much like a hair cut would and takes time to grow back much like actual hair would, unlike the wind/water mists, shadow, and light ones.) or roll like fog, Wispy smokey licks of 'smoke' for wind (can also leave a faint taste on the tongue), or smokey shadows, light, or even on rare occasions fire. Smoke, water, and shadow are the most common, while fire and light are a bit on the rarer side.
Centuries ago, the widowed king of the time died before he could choose which one of his two twin sons, Lapsang and Souchong, would be his heir. While they first lead together, the new kings had different ideas and ideals for their people, and sides were taken until war broke out between them for the right to rule.
The Great Lapsang/Souchong civil war split the kingdom in half for decades, sometimes entire families splitting in the rift. Eventually a truce was called, and the kingdom was no more, gaining instead a council, with the two brothers, now older and tired and horrified about what their rivalry had done, sitting at either side of the council, more figureheads than leaders.
The majority of the "Lapsang Souchong" soquili in the Reenactment troupe come from this kingdom, centuries after: Now the territory is peaceful, but reenactment groups still common to keep the history alive. However since venturing out into the now open world, they adapted more, and were soon joined up with merchants , creating alliances that wished to send people out with their group since their reenactments drew soquili and familiars from the near by to watch, and thus created locations for barter with for their wares, and soon it became a full on renfair.
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