Greetings. I'm Kogane, an Elder. I'm very glad you came. I am not so old as to fit the title, it refers more to my knowledge than to my actual age. I'm here to tell you a little about myself, so be it.

- More Statistics - Born :April 30, 2004 Battle? :If I am needed. Petpet :None. Adoptible? :Never, my home is here. Hates :The pain of others. Loves :The color Gold, and meditating. Mare :None So, perhaps your wondering how I got here? Well, I'll tell you... ~Story :Part 1, Birth, and the Call to Help Others....:~ The day I was born was not differen't in any way from any normal day, except, the one differece was the strange light that illuminated a small barn in the country. This light was my own coat, as it glistened in the sunlight. My mother was very proud, but I was soon to learn that she was a uni ment to have childeren, for the growth of the herd. This ment that I was only with my mother for a short time. But the time we did share was magical. Every day I grew stronger. But one day, while I was playing in the feilds, I saw a larger Cow, picking on a little foal. And in that instance, something in me changed. Though I didn't even know that pet, I knew that I had to help it. So I charged at the Cow. He turned to counter, but the glare from my coat mommentarily blinded him and I struck! The little foal flew off happily, and the cow never bothered it again. It was that day that I desided I wanted to dedicate my life to the protection of others! ~:Part 2, Brotherhood...:~ I left my mother soon after that, to live out on my own...it was tough at first, but, I found strength my newfound family. Along my travles I met two special stallions. The first was, Argoroth. I was wandering the golden grasslands when I came apon a strange sight. There simply sitting alone was a young stallion, younger than myself. I was unsure as to his standings in greeting, so I kept to the shadows of the grasses, my coat blending perfectly. Then, I heard the sound of crying, which most certainly had to be coming from the other stallion. Tentively I walked forward and there he sad, crying. "Excuse me, but, is everything alright?" I asked gently as his looked up to me. "My...momma..." he whispered when, I saw just beyond him the form of a mare laying in the deep grass, preveiously out of my view. I hung my head, knowing that surely the more mare had perished and left this poor youngster alone. "Hey, it's ok, please don't cry, what's you name? I'm Kogane." I replied. He sniffed, his bright green coat dappled with white spots, but the most notable one, over his chest in the shape of a heart. "I'm Roth, Argoroth.." he sighed and I smiled to him. "Well Roth, here, let's give her a nice burial and then you can come with me hm?" I offered and he looked up at me with bright evergreen eyes. "Thanks...Kogane, you're really nice..." he whispered, and together we burried his mother under a tomb of rocks, and left all the lovely flowers we could find for her. He came with me that day, and we vowed to be brothers from that day forth. My second brother came sometime later. Roth and I were wandering the woods together, both of us had aged some, and Roth had completely forgotten the tragidy of his mother. We were searching for a place to rest when a sound came to our ears. Something moved in the bush nearest us. He paused to look when suddenly a young colt charged out at us, his horn down and his opalest eyes aglow with furious fright. We both jolted back an inch as before us stood a young rainbow hued cold, trying his best to look intimidating dispite the tears that ran down his cheaks. "Hey there little guy, what's wrong? We don't mean you any harm!" I assured him, smiling warmly. "Yeah kid, chill out, we won't hurt you." Roth added, his typical smirk upon his face. The colt eased his stance and looked at us curiously. "Who are you and why are you here?" he asked, still trying to sound tough. Roth and I made sure not to laugh, but smiled. "My name is Kogane, and this is my brother Roth...and who might you be young one?" I asked. The colt tensed. "I'm LINK, and I'm not a YOUNGE ONE, I'm perfectly grown enough to protect myself." he replied. I nodded. "I apologise Link, you're right, you are just as tough as anyone, but, why are you out here all alone?" I asked and that's when his eyes began to tear again. "I....there were wolves, and the herd went crazy...Mom dad and brother ran one way, and I got separated.....I can't find them!!!" he sobbed and ran to me, burring his face in my chest. I smiled gently down to him. "It's alright Link, come with us and we'll try to help you them them hm?" I offered, and he nodded into me, and pulled back. "I'm only crying because I miss them, not because I'm a baby!" he added crossly, and this time, we all laughed. "Look's like we have a new brother Kogane?" Roth replied and I simply nodded as the three of us headed out again. It goes without saying that I didn't find his family, but before long, that didn't matter much anyways. WE were family now, and happy. ~:Part 3, A Herd to Call Home:~ As the three of us traveled, there were many battles to be fought, trying to keep us all safe. In one such battle, I not only nearly lost my wings, but we gained a new home. It was becoming increasingly clear that three uni's traveling on their own was a dinner waiting to happen. We knew we'd have to find a new herd, before we were killed, and that's when I met....Lilly. Lilly was the proud, stuborn, fiece leader of a new up and coming herd called, The Sundry. It was still small then, only about 10 or fewer, but it was better than 3, so we approached her, asking to join. But, little did we know she was not the inviting type at that time. Her trust had to be earned and that ment...battle. To enter the herd, she told us, we'd have to fight her. As I was the oldest, I of course took the challange. As we began, I already knew I was in for the fight of a lifetime, for though she was a mare, she held incredible strength and speed. The battle dragged for hours, and I was not winning to say the least. Finally, with a feice swipe of her clawed dragonlike wings, she beat me across my back, shreding my golden feathers upon my wings. I fell to the ground in agony. Just then, Link rushed forward, about to attack Lilly. With the last of my strength, I tossed myself in his way, and blocked my poor little brother from the mare's wrath, and was hit once more, falling in a blood mess. Lilly paused, her crimson eyes wide with shock. Then, as I lay over my brother, keeping him still, she came to me and stood over me. "You may join..." she whispered, before leaving without another word. I let out a sigh, and fell asleep right there, with Link in my grasp. My wings never healed, and I imagine they never will, but I can still fly and that's what's improtant. Though, I'd grown a hate for my leader. Her bruteish ways, and cold comments, made me dispise her, but, she was my leader, and let me live with her herd. But, as with all things, she changed. Just as I was beinging to trust the softening mare...she died...But, that was not the end of her tale. Another mare, one whom had saved my life when I was injured by a terrible wolf fight, gave life back to Lilly, and she was reborn as our new leader, a mare named Luna...but more of this later... ~:Part 4: The Heartache of Loves Lost....:~ I have unfortunately, known many loves in my life...and all but one, ended in sorrow...From the begining... Liri: Liri was my first love...she was a beautiful glowing mare that came to the herd, not long after myself. She was kind and good, and so sweet. She and I met just outside of the herd in the meadows. Her beauty was stunning enough, but, her sweet words and kind ways were what won me over. It was the very first time I'd felt love for someone other than that kinship with my brothers, and I thought it would never die...but then....one day, just as we were to be wed, she disapeared....vanished without a word. She "left me at the alter" you could say, and I never saw her again....I was crushed, and had to leave my herd to heal my broken heart, and that's...where I met my next love. Sora: This had to be the most confusing of all...A mare, beautiful as she was as kind, just like Liri had been, found me in the woods where I sat in my own self pitty. Her name was Sora, a beautiful white mare. She comforted me, and kept me company while we wandered the woods, and I offered my wisedom to her in her troubles, but...as I grew nearer to her emotionally, a terrible wall stood in my way...she had a love already. A stallion named Strider...He didn't seem to be around as much as I thought a stallion should, and so I tryed to comfrot Sora. We grew to be best friends, that being all we could do, and then..one day she asked me..."Are you falling in love with me?" those words jolted me, I knew it was wrong, and that I shouldn't be there, so I ran from her...I wouldn't ruin her stallion's life, like Liri had done mine, so, to this day, we meerily remain, the dearest of friends. Bella: This was the most painful of all my loves, for...she not only was my wife, but the mother of my first foal...We met just after I left Sora, again in the woods where I go to gather my thoughts. She, a beautiful brown mare, was running about the woods, plastered in mud from rompting in the puddles...to think now of what she was then..so much has changed. She as well comforted me as Sora had, but, there was more to it than that. She seemed to truely care about me. And she was so shy back then about her feelings...I was almost afraid I would scare her away when I asked her to be my wife. Her eyes lit up, and for a moment I thought she'd run from me, but then, she ran her neck along mine, and we were as one. It was just about that time that I was named Elder of the herd, for my wise words and calm mind seemed suited for the job, but, for somereason Lilly seemed unwilling to make Bella an elder too...It wasn't long before I learned why. A battle broke loose one night. Wolves attacked the herd, and it was to us stallions to protect the mares. I fought valiently, but just as the battle dyed down, a great grey wolf lept towards Bella. I ran to her aid, placing myself in his wake, and...he tore at my shoulder, removing flesh down to the bone. I fell unconcious after chasing the beast away. I somehow got separated from the herd, as my dear Bella ran to the woods. I found out later she'd done so, because she was bearing me my daughter, Piper. She came back and I as well, for a kind healer named Doom had eased the pain of my infected wound, but, not all was well. Shortly after Piper's birth, Bella became...ill. She wouldn't speak to me, wouldn't even feed her daughter. I had to feed Piper coconut juice just to keep her alive and that's when it happened. Bella, in whatever delustions she was suffereing, proclaimed her love to myself, AND another stallion. It was too much for me. Bidding her fairewell I fled the herd again with my daughter apon my back.....but the pain didn't stop there. Once we were out on our own, I lost energy fast, sparing every morsel of food I found, for my daughter, and then, tragedy struck. One night as I lay in a parcial coma from lack of food...she was taken from me by the wolves...my only child slain while I lay unconcious. I lost it....I ran, I didnt' care how tired I was, I ran and ran until I found myself in the deserts where....my finaly, and true love lay... Raven/Rose: Nearing exaustion I mare came to my view. A strong, brave golden mare dowed in blue armor. She called herself Raven, a warrior of the deserts, and at first she seemed uninterested in me and my plights, until I collasped at her hooves. To this day I'm not sure why she saved me, but she did. A sand storm ragged towards us and she lay her body over mine to protect me from it's furry. When I awoke, I saw her over me, her strength and caring befuddling me. When the storm passed we together found an oasis and I replenished myself of food and water and we returned to her home, a cave within a dune. Two days passed, and she cared for me, and my wounds, and slowly she began to open up to me, until the unthinkable...an attack, her enemy, a desert jackle who's brother she'd killed, attacked us. She fought valiently, but as he lept for the kill, I ran forward, peircing the creature apon my horn. Something happened then that I couldnt' understand, like a switch and been flicked, and...I fell to her side, my neck wraped around hers. "Please...stay with me forever.." I begged in a weak and pleading voice. She remained silent a moment before sighing. "Forever and longer.." she whispered, and together we slept that night. The next day, we left for my herd. And a few months later, my second child was born...my son Daemien. But shortly after, I almost lost them both forever. Again in the night, my family was stollen, only this time it was by the ones whom hated her back in her once desert home. They thought she had information that she did not, and so they tortured her and my growing son for months. I have resigned myself to their deaths, closed my emotions to all, and fallen into my sorrows. ~:Part 5: And the Days that Followed...:~ ~To Be Continued~ ~Family~ Roth: My first of the two brothers. He's the lightest one out of us. Loves life to the fullest, and is always happy about something, only resently has his heart been darker as he lost his love. Seems a curse is set apon this family in the ways of the heart, but he's bouncing back faster than I or Link ever did, so I must say, his wonders never seace. Link: The youngest of us three. He's loud, rude, proud, and obsessed with battle, and we love him for it. His spirit is soo strong and fierce that it surprizes even me sometimes. He's now a warrior's, and I couldn't think of a better place for him. ~Friends~ Doom: This mare is so important to me, my brothers, and our herd in general. I first met her on the beaches, where I had collasped from an infected wound I'd suffered in a battle with a pack of wolves. She healed me, and in return, I offered her a home with me and my brothers. She'd been an outcast most her life, and to have such greatly pleased her. She is the finest mare I have ever met, and I hope to know her all the rest of my days. Well, I wish there was more to say, some tidbit of knowledge to pass, know only this friends, you are only truely alone, if you beleive yourself to be. Goodbye.