(12-28-2014, 05:09 PM)Aris Wrote: Tell us more about Holskhyll?Â
Well, as I had mentioned previously, the rough idea I had in my head was that she was found among other things in a marauder's hideout. Now that I've had a bit of time, I've fleshed it out a little more.
After Steel cleared out the cavern, she elected to bring the horse back. She had walked to this hideout previously in order to not arouse too much suspicion, and felt the animal could be stabled and kept safe. The entire time Steel readied her to mount, the horse didn't move. The second Steel saddled up, she bolted, blasting out of the cavern and charging like a possessed beast.
No amount of commands, either physical or verbal, was getting through, until Steel uttered out of sheer random desperation one word: "Sthan", the word "stand" in the Roegadyn language. Almost immediately, the animal complied, coming to a complete stop.
She tried another command. "Pha"--walk. The horse complied, trotting forward calmly.
Again. "Pha holsk"--walk fast. The horse began to gallop.
For whatever reason, the animal only responded to the Roegadyn language, and so the two would begin their adventures together. In honor of the horse's temperment, as well as its penchant for reacting to the language, Steel has named her "Holskhyll". Fast Hell.
She's still learning the animal, and Holskhyll is still seeing just how much she can get away with...but apparently the pair are in consort. Steel had even fashioned her new companion a set of armor to mark the beast as her own.
