The Balinor Chronicles: The Celestial Herd
Chapter 15: The Lords
This Chapter is dedicated to Jubes2008.
In the time of the Great Mixing, as it has come to be known, many new colors were simply born into existence as all the unicorns met and mated. Many shades, such as black white, green orange, and razzmatazz yellow, were seen only on their respective unicorns and no where else. But a few colors grew a multiplied and eventually, the Lords arose.
The first of the Tree Lords was Cypress. His mane was a foamy, mossy color and hung off of his neck like Spanish moss off of an oak tree. His coat was a green-streaked brown. His coat was just as soft as his fellow Herd members, but its thickness and uneven lengths gave it the rough appearance of bark rough enough to chaff your skin. His gem was green zircon, a pale shade that matched his coat. It was his hooves that set him apart. Cypress was the first unicorn to have wood horn and hooves. They were oak, hard enough to last, wooden enough to click the ground. Cypress, though you couldn't tell it from his coat, was a mix of Earth, Sky, and Sun. As trees are the union of these three elements, it was only fitting for Cypress to be referred to as The Tree Lord. In time others like him were born, each representing a different tree or bush. However, Cypress was the first; therefore he became the 'founder' of the Tree Lords.
The first of the Desert Lords was Orken. Orken, he of the pale orange coat, aragonite hooves, and hessonite gem, had the light frame and build now reminiscent of desert unicorns in the Mortal Realms. He flourished during the hot summer months and froze during the slight cooling. As fitting of the Desert, Orken was descended from Fire and Sun. His heirs still posses the small orange eyes that are also characteristic of Solaris's clan. Unlike Cypress, Orken was not the first to be born with his color; rather he was the first to have foals breed true to his color. This made him the foundation of the Desert.
The first of the Dusk Lords was Iris. Iris was fair with a brilliant purple coat the same shade as her namesake. Yellow eyes from her Sun dam contrasted with her Wind sire's white mane. Iris was the first violet unicorn of the Herd; thus she was considered Lord, despite the minor fact that she was in fact a mare.
Many things resulted from the creation of the Lords. The first to come to mind is the beginning of the Council, the aristocracy, one might say, of the Herd. Eventually, they would be among the leaders of the Herd.
The second that comes to mind is the color that each new Lord brought to the Valley. Cypress of the Tree brought the Green Band into being, Orken of the Desert founded the Orange Band, and Iris of Dusk was dam to the Purple Band. Who knew? Maybe, albeit with time, the Herd might become a rainbow. Roy G. Biv could possibly take up a permanent residence.
AN: Okay, so I post this nice long apology about how there'll be so much time between my chapters and what not, and then I go and post something like six chapters in a row. No, I'm not losing it. The Bloody (K-rating, after all) canceled two days of school (state-wide) for no Bloody (once again rated K) reason. And why is this a bad thing? It really messes with my schedule, and now, instead of a take home quiz and a test on Monday, I have a take-home Quix and four tests on Wednesday, which happens also to be the Graduation Test Day (again, State-wide). Bureacracy at it best, huh? So, I'm writing now, getting grounded on about Friday when I get my test grades back, and probably won't be able to write for another week or so. Just giving you a heads up.
Hopefully, this is the last time you'll here from me.