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Published: 2007-08-26 11:27:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 6410; Favourites: 256; Downloads: 81
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Description My entry for 's contest

I designed a Sire for Tumbleweed and loccoweed.

Name: Elderweed
Breed: Mustang
Herd: Dawntussock

Elderweed was a kind yet forgetful steed, mildmannered and quiet, however at times he seemed quite bipolar, shifting to sheer rage at the drop of a hat. Some reccon it was because his mother abandoned him at an early age after she ran off with a rouge stallion who wanted her and only her with no foals at her side.

Sometimes he jumps at his own shadow, the rustling in the trees, no one realy knows what happened to him during that tender age, left to fend for himself out in the wild with no herd to protect him.

Rumors have come and gone that he had made a packt with the carnavores, siting that he would remain unharmed and his harem unscathed.
But it seems more as a packt with the devil, for he was cursed it may be, that his herd were safe from hunters, but not from bachelors and greedy steeds.

Every daughter he has thrown, stamped with his trademark black white and grey, were stolen from him. He has not been known to have thrown a son yet.

The Dawntussock herd is a small band of three mares, there used to be more untill they learned of the 'curse of the Dawn' when thier daughters were always taken, vanished it seemed with the very night itself.

Its known he grieves, wonders after his blood which has been spred, his lines he can not follow unless through a son. And so, he moves his herd, constantly searching, as like following an apperition, a whisp of nothing, a long cold trail of lost hope for his daughters.

The three mares he does have, who remained, stayed loyal, understanding his anguish and pain, soothing it with thier siren-like words. Too scared to drop anymore foals, yet understanding enough to stay by his side..for now.

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yeah...thats what kept going on in my head, because it seemed so strange that two sisters were managed to be theived...it made me think alot....on how it effected the herd and him as a whole...also on colouration...because even if they werent full sisters but only sisters through just the same sire and different mothers...thier markings and colouration too were very similar...with the exception of the akel-teke. So I think one of his mares is one, or was one..she could have abandoned him like the others?

Elderweed, dawntussok herd, and story (c) Rose MoonFeather
Loccoweed, tumbleweed, contest and idea base (c)

No Longer In HArpg
Offspring: (for HARPG)
Eldergale [link]
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Comments: 98

MelonHeadGirl [2009-09-10 19:11:55 +0000 UTC]

omg he is soooooooooo awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!
I luvs him so much!!!!

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wolftalon [2009-05-24 04:13:24 +0000 UTC]

he has gotta be one of my very favorite of your characters...beautiful, stunning, gorgeous, all that and more!

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Doofus96 [2007-10-10 20:40:21 +0000 UTC]

Congrats much on the first place ^^ I was really rooting for this one

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moonfeather In reply to Doofus96 [2007-10-11 00:40:57 +0000 UTC]

huh? O.o what are you going on about?

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Doofus96 In reply to moonfeather [2007-10-11 00:59:22 +0000 UTC]

You got first place in 's contest for your sire of Locoweed and Tumbleweed [link]

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moonfeather In reply to Doofus96 [2007-10-11 01:13:32 +0000 UTC]

OMG! *races off to look*

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Doofus96 In reply to moonfeather [2007-10-11 21:54:27 +0000 UTC]

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dep7 [2007-10-07 23:24:00 +0000 UTC]

wow.......i like this one much!!!

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moonfeather In reply to dep7 [2007-10-08 02:37:56 +0000 UTC]

thankies

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Susesz [2007-09-19 17:17:27 +0000 UTC]

gorgeous!!! love the markings and the colours!

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moonfeather In reply to Susesz [2007-09-20 12:24:10 +0000 UTC]

thankyou

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Susesz In reply to moonfeather [2007-09-20 18:22:35 +0000 UTC]

your welcome! ^^

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Twilight-Veil [2007-09-09 00:31:49 +0000 UTC]

WOW! This is absolutely gorgeaous! you are such a wonderful artist!

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moonfeather In reply to Twilight-Veil [2007-09-09 07:21:46 +0000 UTC]

*blushes* shhhhh thankyou

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Twilight-Veil In reply to moonfeather [2007-09-09 17:16:33 +0000 UTC]

lol, you're welcome

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MischievousPooka [2007-09-06 16:53:31 +0000 UTC]

Beautifully drawn. Like the markings.

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TigraAngel [2007-09-02 11:39:30 +0000 UTC]

So awesome!! You officially made pink look good!1 No, great!! I love your horses, they are so powerful, yet graceful. Not to mention teh awesomeness coloring you do!!! Good luck in the contest!

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moonfeather In reply to TigraAngel [2007-09-03 04:35:31 +0000 UTC]

pink? oh you mean the shadowing on his white parts? well I didn't want to use grey or blue for the shadows as it can confuse the markings. hes not pink, just grey black and white..you notice on realy white horses that they apear pinkish where furr is less thick

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TigraAngel In reply to moonfeather [2007-09-03 12:52:42 +0000 UTC]

OH!! well, not only that, but my comps retarded. The lighting is really bad.

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moonfeather In reply to TigraAngel [2007-09-04 03:01:44 +0000 UTC]

s'ok

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WisheWing [2007-08-31 20:25:10 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful colouring

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LauraRobjohns [2007-08-31 15:02:49 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful! One of my top 10 equine pics! Going to my favs!

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moonfeather In reply to LauraRobjohns [2007-09-02 08:22:41 +0000 UTC]

thankyou very much sugar

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Dead-Horse [2007-08-30 02:53:10 +0000 UTC]


Omfg. That's just sexy. xD
I must favorite this.

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moonfeather In reply to Dead-Horse [2007-08-30 04:38:09 +0000 UTC]

squeel happy

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RandomSheepGirl [2007-08-28 15:59:08 +0000 UTC]

He looks wonderful, i love your choices of colors, and the blending is just superb!

Can i borrow a cup of your talent?

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moonfeather In reply to RandomSheepGirl [2007-08-29 00:37:25 +0000 UTC]

*pours you a hot cup of cocoa*

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RandomSheepGirl In reply to moonfeather [2007-08-30 00:41:25 +0000 UTC]

*Sips it happly*

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moonfeather In reply to RandomSheepGirl [2007-08-30 04:38:31 +0000 UTC]

*purrs* oh hey have a cookie and marshmellows too *hands over*

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RandomSheepGirl In reply to moonfeather [2007-09-02 19:11:46 +0000 UTC]

*giggles with delight*

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meihua [2007-08-28 04:33:38 +0000 UTC]

wow sweet shading! torso looks a bit short though

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moonfeather In reply to meihua [2007-08-28 08:48:18 +0000 UTC]

yeah I felt he came out a bit too compact..but I didn't want him looking as 'arab' or 'feline' as my horses usualy end up looking

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Hathien603 [2007-08-27 11:42:26 +0000 UTC]

I'm so happy your doing horses in colored pencils again Your so good at it!!

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moonfeather In reply to Hathien603 [2007-08-28 08:59:19 +0000 UTC]

*blushes* thankyou, im glad too, I missed drawing them.

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EvilCheese2 [2007-08-27 09:45:22 +0000 UTC]

Wow! hes very smexeh!

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AnnieMsson [2007-08-27 09:26:29 +0000 UTC]

Wow, what a cool mustang. I love his markings! His history is pretty interesting too. Very nice work!

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moonfeather In reply to AnnieMsson [2007-08-27 09:41:19 +0000 UTC]

thankies

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WrathOfNessis [2007-08-27 04:43:32 +0000 UTC]

Now he is a handsome boy! He reminds me of those rare tiger horses.

Beautiful job, hun!

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moonfeather In reply to WrathOfNessis [2007-08-27 07:21:40 +0000 UTC]

tiger horses? *perks ears*

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WrathOfNessis In reply to moonfeather [2007-08-27 20:45:51 +0000 UTC]

Not a lot of people know about them. Here! Let me give you some links that I think you'd like!
A description of them
Pictures
More Pictures
The Tiger Horse Association

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moonfeather In reply to WrathOfNessis [2007-08-28 08:52:54 +0000 UTC]

awesome, thankyou for the infos

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WrathOfNessis In reply to moonfeather [2007-08-29 03:40:10 +0000 UTC]

No problem!

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gustavgirl [2007-08-27 04:33:50 +0000 UTC]

STUNNING!!!!

There's nothing else I can say that will justify the fantastic design you've worked into this, I'm loving it!!

It'd be a crime if you didn't win

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moonfeather In reply to gustavgirl [2007-08-27 07:22:15 +0000 UTC]

awr thankingyou very much hun *hugs*

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AkinaWolf [2007-08-27 03:05:09 +0000 UTC]

He's such a handsome boy
But his story is oh so sad

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moonfeather In reply to AkinaWolf [2007-08-27 07:26:21 +0000 UTC]

yeah I think its realy sad too

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iksloosiv [2007-08-27 01:23:59 +0000 UTC]

nice!

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shekeira [2007-08-27 01:21:46 +0000 UTC]

Gods, I would love to take him home with me. Amazing markings.

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moonfeather In reply to shekeira [2007-08-27 07:26:46 +0000 UTC]

hehehee thankyou very much

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qitelremel [2007-08-26 22:17:20 +0000 UTC]

His markings are amazing.

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