The Sun and Raine (Sam)

[Kamrynn Sleightyr]

The young knight could scarcely believe how fast Sam cleared the distance between them. The seemingly insurmountable distance dissipated like magic -each time Kamrynn threw a look over his shoulder, Samael and Horse had halved the distance between them.

Kamrynn struggled to stay in his saddle, he couldn't find the rhythm in Raine's gate, and both rider and horse suffered for it -top speed was out of the question. Coupled with the added load that the knight (light as he was) and his armor added, the race was a close match, and indeed, ended in a draw.

The two riders broke off on either side of the boulder as they finished and reigned their heavily breathing horses in -Kamrynn with considerably more difficulty than Sam. The knight trotted his mount up to Samael with awe and written plainly on his face. "Wow!" He exclaimed. "Horse must be the fastest creature in all of Sylira! That was incredible! Do you race him? You could make a fortune!"

Raine, too, seemed impressed. She reared her head back a bit and whinnied playfully at Horse.

[Sama'el Sunsinger]

"Well," he said, cheeks flushed from the excitement of the race, "Horse didn't have to carry any of your armor, and I'm light enough a strong breeze might blow me away..." He laughed. Not quite that light, but certainly light for his size. Wandering like a breeze, he didn't always get regular meals. "But he is rather fast. Windrunners make good couriers, and I might race him if there was a race to be had."

He grinned at the thought of a wreath of leaves and flowers being draped around Horse's neck, and pretty girls oohing and aahing at Sam as he received the prize, which in his daydream amounted to the keys to the city, and a palace of his own. It burst like a soap bubble, though, and he knew he would get tired of all that and want to be out in the open again.

"You didn't do badly," he said. "You and Raine need to get used to each other, and she needs to get used to all that armor. Perhaps when you're a richer knight, you can have some master smith you some more streamlined armor for riding... keep you safe, but give the old girl a break as far as weight, you know? She's strong, but the armor will tire her out faster."

[Nisaba]

Grade Complete: XP Award! Name: Kamrynn   XP Award Riding- 3 XP Kamrynn learned quite a bit from the back of his horse, as well as from the words of Sama’el. If the thread hadn’t ended so suddenly, I’m sure there would have, at least, been max points in riding.   Lore Award My Ego Has a BooBoo Being Impressed Headstart Racing: Draw

Grade Complete: XP Award! Name: Sam   XP Award Horsemanship- 1 XP Teaching- 2 XP Riding- 2 XP Sam’s knowledge of horses and the best way to help Kamrynn learn to ride (with better armor to ease the strain on the mare) earned him a horsemanship point. His explanation of the breed and how to get riding lessons at the stables earned him teaching points. The way he sat and rode Horse earned him two riding points. Please let me know if I missed anything.   Lore Award Respecting a Syliran Knight Showing Off Racing: Draw Rich Daydreams Additional Note: This was a nice thread. The prose was direct but lovely. Both the horse descriptions and the way Sam and Kam interacted were incredibly well-written. I was sad to see that you two could not continue and I couldn’t read more, but I know how things can come up and take time away from Mizahar, no matter how much you wish it was otherwise.