Equine Information Guide

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Equine Information Guide

Here will be a guide helping you know things like heights of certain breeds, breeds, colors if horses, the three alliances and many other things that will help you in making and playing your characters on Silent Isle.

The Order.

Basic Information
The Alliances
Herd Rankings
Breeds and Heights

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Basic Information

Here is a little bit of information about different genders and ages of horses so that you can get an idea how to play different ages and genders.

There are mares which are females and stallions which are male, there is also a gelding which is a male horse that has been castrated so cannot mate any longer they are sterile.

Stallions
Stallions are normally the leaders of a herd, their job is to be the protectors of every equine in that herd, they sometimes need to fight to keep that herd safe. They need a lead mare once they have three equines other than themselves in that herd and then her job is to lead the herd around lands to find them good grazing, she will also look after the other mares and can fight if she needs to protect them.
When stallions are below 3 years old they are known as a colt which shows they are not three, they also do not reach maturity until they are three which means they cannot own land, have mares, breed or fight but they may mock fight which is part of their learning.
Once stallions reach 3 years old they are normally thrown out of the herd as the stallion feels threatened y them as they may try to fight him, once they lead often groups of males will join a bachelor herd which is a group of stallions that live as a herd again there will be one of them that leads the others as they practise at being good leaders for when they do get a herd.

Mares
Mares are normally members of the herd although they can occasionally own land and have a herd without a stallion, where they then have the role of the stallion and again after there are three equines a lead mare must be chosen or a stallion found. A lead mares job is to lead the herd around lands to find them good grazing, she will also look after the other mares and can fight if she needs to protect them.
When mares are below 3 years old they are known as a filly which shows they are not three, they also do not reach maturity until they are three which means they cannot own land, have herd, breed or fight but they may mock fight which is part of their learning.
Once mares reach 3 years old they are either allowed to stay or they are kicked out and have to find a new herd as stallions know that it is not good to inbreed with family.

Ages
There are some names given to certain age groups which will help describe what age they are, a foal is a baby horse and is called that until they are one year old then they become a yearling until they are two where most just call them either a filly or colt depending on the gender, those words can be used earlier for example a colt foal or a yearling filly can be used to describe age and gender. After three years untill seven years old they are in their prime and are mature but after seven years they are seniors, often a senior stallion wont keep his herd if he fights but some can manage it if they are wise enough.

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The Alliances

Lights
This alliance tend to be quite stuck up since they think they can do anything, they are not scared of the darks. They think what they are doing is always right and think that they are perfect when in reality some of the things they are doing only mean that they are power hungry. They tend to be arrogant and will stick their heads up away from the low life, they believe in royalty and that it should be stuck to.

Darks
The believed baddies of the world because of what Lucifer once did in his reign, again these equines are arrogant and power hungry wanting to seek revenge on the lights who they have more in common with than they will ever say or agree to. They on the other hand do know that not everything they do is right and know that they have selfish qualities. Some darks have softer sides and tend to just lurk in the shadows and go along with what the darks do.

Neutrals
The only true equines they just want peace but that want is what means they have to stay hidden as the other two alliances want them dead believing they are just indecisive equines. The neutrals just want to try and convert the followers of the darks and lights that although follow them don't agree with what they are doing. The neutrals don't very often speak of their alliance and find it easy to pose as either lights or darks when they need too.

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Herd Rankings

Each herd will have a ranking order from lead down to members, but each of the alliances have different ways of going about it and chosing their order.

Lights
King & Queen of The Strange Island
Lord & Lady (can have four each have small portion of land)
Knights (stallions to defend the herd)
Dame (mares to help the Queen and Ladies)
Infants (foals)
Common Folk (Any other members mares and stallions)
Servants (often young mares age 2 - 4)
Each of these ranks can be upgraded upon or downgraded at any time the king and queen wish.

Darks
King & Queen of the Shadowed Island
Count & Countess (can have four each have small portion of land)
Commander (stallions to defend the herd)
Mistress (mares to help the Queen and Countess)
Babes (foals)
Peasants (Any other members mares and stallions)
Slaves (often young mares age 2 - 4)
Each of these ranks can be upgraded upon or downgraded at any time the King and Queen wish.

Neutrals
Councils King & Queen of the Secluded Island
Councils Duke & Duchess (can have four each have small portion of land)
Gentlemen (stallions to defend the herd)
Ladies (mares to help the Queen and Duchess)
Young (foals)
Members (Any other members mares and stallions)
Each of these ranks can be upgraded upon or downgraded at any time the King and Queen wish. The Neutrals do not have slaves or servants as that is not what they believe in and they have a council which is how they decide things.

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Breeds and Heights

Akhal-Teke 14-16.3 hands
Andalusian 15.2-16.2 hands
Anglo-Arabian 15.2-16.3 hands
Appaloosa 14-16 hands
Arabian 14.1-15.2 hands
Azteca 14.3-15.2 hands

Barb 13.3-14.1 hands
Bashkir Pony 13.1-14 hands
Breton 14.3-16.2 hands
Brumby 13.3-15 hands

Camargue 13-14 hands
Caspian pony 13.1 to 14 hands
Chincoteague Pony 13-14.2 hands
Cleveland Bay 16-16.2 hands
Clydesdale 16-18 hands
Criollo 13.1-14.3 hands

Dales Pony 14-14.2 hands
Dartmoor pony 11.1-12.2 hands

Eriskay pony 12-13.2 hands
Exmoor pony 11.1-12.3 hands

Fell Pony 13-14 hands
Friesian 15-17 hands

Gypsy Vanner horse 14-17 hands

Hackney horse 14.2-16.2 hands
Hackney pony 12-14 hands
Haflinger 13.2-15 hands
Hanoverian 15.3-17.2 hands
Highland Pony 13-14.2 hands

Icelandic horse 12.2 to 14.2 hands
Irish Draught 15.1-16.3 hands
Irish Sport Horse 15-17 hands

Knabstrup 15.2-16 hands

Lipizzaner 15-16.1 hands
Lusitano 15-16 hands

Missouri Fox Trotter 14.2-16.2 hands
Morgan 14.1-15.2 hands
Mustang 14-15 hands

New Forest Pony 13-14.2 hands
Noriker horse 15.3-17 hands
Norwegian Fjord 13.1-14.3 hands

Oldenburg 16-17.2 hands

Paint 14-16 hands
Paso Fino 14-15.2 hands
Percheron 15-19 hands
Peruvian Paso 14.1-15.2 hands
Pony of the Americas 11-13 hands

Quarab 14-16 hands
Quarter Horse 14-16 hands

Rocky Mountain Horse 14.2-16 hands
Russian Don 15.1-15.3 hands
Russian Trotter 15.3-16 hands

Saddlebred 15-16 hands
Selle Français 16-16.2 hands
Shetland pony 8-10.2 hands
Shire horse 17-18 hands
Sorraia 14.-14.3 hands
Standardbred horse 14.1-17 hands
Suffolk Punch 16.1-17.2 hands

Tennessee Walking Horse 15-17 hands
Tersk 14.2-15.2 hands
Thoroughbred 15.2-17 hands
Trakehner 15.2-17 hands

Waler horse 15-16 hands
Welara 11.2-14.2 hands
Welsh (A) Mountain 11-12 hands
Welsh (B) Pony type 12-13.2 hands
Welsh (C) Cob Type 12.2-13.2 hands
Welsh (D) Cob 13.2-15 hands
Westphalian 15.2-17.2 hands