Legacy of the Ring
Echo the Nymph
Disclaimer: I don't own the book.
Preface
There are lines of centaur huntresses in this story. They are tribal, therefore; each is loosely based on a tribe of Indians. The lines are: Stars, descended of Deeana(Starvixen); Fire, descended of Red Vixen, Lost, descended of Star Voyager; Shadow, descended of Shadow Stalker; Earth, descended of Lady Lark; Storm, descended of Storm Cat; Voyager, descended of Glacial Lady; Water, descended of Blue Water; Light, descended of Radiant Light; and Wind, descended of Peregrine Falcon. The Colora Riviera is based on the Nez Perce and has three of these lines, Stars, the oldest, Fire, which came after the Rings were forged, and Light, whose foundation mare was in the final battle of the Second Age. The line of the Lost is of an unknown tribe, as the founding mare kept getting, well...lost. Shadow is of the Cherokee tribe, Earth of the Algonquien, Storm of the Cheyenne, Voyager of the Inuit, Water of the Seneca, and Wind of the Iroquois. More lines could surface as the story develops, for not all are known.
The Colora Riviera has the two oldest lines, as I mentioned above. The mothers of the founding mares were thought to be unable to bear life and pleaded to the forces from which the lines were named. All lines are mighty in the ways of defending those who cannot defend themselves. They will not tolerate any evil endangering what they have worked so hard to achieve.
Huntresses are almost always born to the lines that they are descended of, with eyes of varying shades of blue. Occasionally, a new foundation filly will be born. As to their abilities, they tend to be unusual. They see like eagles during the day, like owls at night. Hearing is very acute, so acute that they could hear someone sneeze from ten miles away. The sense of smell is highly developed, so they can trail what they are tracking as a wolf might. When they move, not a sound comes from their hooves. No tracks are left behind, as they move as though gravity has no hold on them. Scents are faint, fooling the others with keen noses as to when they passed through the area. Their aim is lethal, and they rarely miss their target.
There are other gifts besides these abilities. These gifts surface as instinct shortly after the huntress becomes six years old. Healing is one of the gifts that they hold sacred. Healers with such a high success rate are practically unknown. Others are singers, they sing like sirens to draw their enemies into traps or sing to share joy, as elves do. And still, others teach whatever they can to those outside of the lines.
Abilities and gifts start to resurface when the huntress is six years old. From the time she is one to the time she becomes six, all powers are dormant. This is to protect them from what they are too young to understand. Their maturity comes when they are sixteen, when biological aging slows drastically. Most of the great mares in the lines aged almost as elves do, yet death still comes to them. Many could bear foals well into their eighties because their biological age was no more than twenty. This is the ancient creed, that appears when danger is nigh.
Not every filly born unto a line becomes a huntress, for the powers choose wisely. These are Daughters of Huntress Lines, and also have a high status among their people. Sons of Huntress lines do not have the abilities that huntresses would, either. Yet, if paired with a huntress or Daughter of a Huntress Line, then their daughters could just about be guaranteed to be huntresses.
The Watchers(Veroandas) are an ancient fellowship that formed long after the Last Alliance disbanded. Many of them were Elemental Mages, with magic from each element. Some were huntresses who wished to see the outside world, and still others were true shaman. They moved as silently as the breeze and could avoid being seen by the outsiders(Riharan). This fellowship consists of many peoples, as centaurs felt that for the safety of all, the Riharan should be watched.
Lesser dragons also play a part in this story. Colors range from brown, bronze, and gold to the rarer whites, silvers, and iridescencets. These dragons hoard no treasure, as they are descended of the noblest of them all. They do breathe fire and can be very fierce. If a centaur with empathic and/or telepathic abilities is near when they hatch, they become bound to this centaur in a process called 'Dragon-bonding.' If this lucky centaur is a huntress, they are termed 'Dragon-bound huntress'(amakaiya amarhea) in the Colora Riviera tribe. The lives of these lesser dragons are forever linked to their bound one, and die when their chosen one does. Irradecents are slower to mature than the others, and thus live longer. I hope this information will avoid some confusion.
Echo the Nymph
Disclaimer: I don't own the book.
Preface
There are lines of centaur huntresses in this story. They are tribal, therefore; each is loosely based on a tribe of Indians. The lines are: Stars, descended of Deeana(Starvixen); Fire, descended of Red Vixen, Lost, descended of Star Voyager; Shadow, descended of Shadow Stalker; Earth, descended of Lady Lark; Storm, descended of Storm Cat; Voyager, descended of Glacial Lady; Water, descended of Blue Water; Light, descended of Radiant Light; and Wind, descended of Peregrine Falcon. The Colora Riviera is based on the Nez Perce and has three of these lines, Stars, the oldest, Fire, which came after the Rings were forged, and Light, whose foundation mare was in the final battle of the Second Age. The line of the Lost is of an unknown tribe, as the founding mare kept getting, well...lost. Shadow is of the Cherokee tribe, Earth of the Algonquien, Storm of the Cheyenne, Voyager of the Inuit, Water of the Seneca, and Wind of the Iroquois. More lines could surface as the story develops, for not all are known.
The Colora Riviera has the two oldest lines, as I mentioned above. The mothers of the founding mares were thought to be unable to bear life and pleaded to the forces from which the lines were named. All lines are mighty in the ways of defending those who cannot defend themselves. They will not tolerate any evil endangering what they have worked so hard to achieve.
Huntresses are almost always born to the lines that they are descended of, with eyes of varying shades of blue. Occasionally, a new foundation filly will be born. As to their abilities, they tend to be unusual. They see like eagles during the day, like owls at night. Hearing is very acute, so acute that they could hear someone sneeze from ten miles away. The sense of smell is highly developed, so they can trail what they are tracking as a wolf might. When they move, not a sound comes from their hooves. No tracks are left behind, as they move as though gravity has no hold on them. Scents are faint, fooling the others with keen noses as to when they passed through the area. Their aim is lethal, and they rarely miss their target.
There are other gifts besides these abilities. These gifts surface as instinct shortly after the huntress becomes six years old. Healing is one of the gifts that they hold sacred. Healers with such a high success rate are practically unknown. Others are singers, they sing like sirens to draw their enemies into traps or sing to share joy, as elves do. And still, others teach whatever they can to those outside of the lines.
Abilities and gifts start to resurface when the huntress is six years old. From the time she is one to the time she becomes six, all powers are dormant. This is to protect them from what they are too young to understand. Their maturity comes when they are sixteen, when biological aging slows drastically. Most of the great mares in the lines aged almost as elves do, yet death still comes to them. Many could bear foals well into their eighties because their biological age was no more than twenty. This is the ancient creed, that appears when danger is nigh.
Not every filly born unto a line becomes a huntress, for the powers choose wisely. These are Daughters of Huntress Lines, and also have a high status among their people. Sons of Huntress lines do not have the abilities that huntresses would, either. Yet, if paired with a huntress or Daughter of a Huntress Line, then their daughters could just about be guaranteed to be huntresses.
The Watchers(Veroandas) are an ancient fellowship that formed long after the Last Alliance disbanded. Many of them were Elemental Mages, with magic from each element. Some were huntresses who wished to see the outside world, and still others were true shaman. They moved as silently as the breeze and could avoid being seen by the outsiders(Riharan). This fellowship consists of many peoples, as centaurs felt that for the safety of all, the Riharan should be watched.
Lesser dragons also play a part in this story. Colors range from brown, bronze, and gold to the rarer whites, silvers, and iridescencets. These dragons hoard no treasure, as they are descended of the noblest of them all. They do breathe fire and can be very fierce. If a centaur with empathic and/or telepathic abilities is near when they hatch, they become bound to this centaur in a process called 'Dragon-bonding.' If this lucky centaur is a huntress, they are termed 'Dragon-bound huntress'(amakaiya amarhea) in the Colora Riviera tribe. The lives of these lesser dragons are forever linked to their bound one, and die when their chosen one does. Irradecents are slower to mature than the others, and thus live longer. I hope this information will avoid some confusion.