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Here is finally my entry for this breed event : SSH | Return to the Wild | BREED EVENT!
AH ! Finally done !

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You arrive in Mongolia in the morning, you are then taken across from the airport to the Altai Mountains National Park, on the edge of the park you unload your horse and are greeted by some locals who live in the national park. This caravan of people take you deep into the national park. By the time you arrive at their home it is late evening and they invite you to stay with them for the night. 3 options come up to you.

A) Agree to stay the night, and sleep in their homes.
B) Agree to stay the night but use your own tent to sleep outside.
C) Thank them for the help but continue your way out into the dark Mongolian night.
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Story :

The travel was pretty long and when Caelyne and Enigma arrived in the famous Altai Mountains National Park. First, the plane, secondly, the truck to the park... All was so long from France. When the girl unload the mare of the truck, Enigma show herself totally excited. The mare was unable to stay still, turning around her handler and neighing louder. She was curious about all, wanted to say "Hello" to the other horses and their handlers. Caelyne had a lot of difficulties to keep her focus to saddle her. She finally finish it and take the road, the saddlebags packed and her own bags on her back and shoulder. She look at the landscape around her. Such a beautiful park ! She smiled. Even if she was alone as human, this trip promised to be wonderful ! She spurs gently the belly of the mare with her heels and the wondeful Tharoksu mare begin to walk. Caelyne and Enigma walked during some hours, just taking a break in the middle of the day to eat a little lunch. Looking around her, Caelyne asked herself where these famous horses can be. She continue her way during some hours, crossing no one in the middle of the area. That's only arrived to the beginning of the afternoon that Caelyne seen some yurts in the bottom of a little valley, near a little lake. Looking for some people company, the stables owner lead her mare through the plains to the caravan village. When she arrived, the mongolian people was busy to different tasks. The women, the children and the old men was putting the yurts together, and the teenagers, boys and girls, and the men was herding their horses to lead them in the arena of the camp, to keep them in a big closed arena. Caelyne comes nearer, but no one of the local seems to notice her, apart an old woman, who seems to lead all the camp. The woman come through the young rider and her mare, a smile on her face. Cae stopped Enigma, who was only focus to the others horses.

"Hello, young beautiful stranger." said the woman in an approximate english, but understandable. Caelyne go down her mare and smile to the woman too.
"Hello ! I'm sorry if I bother you. My name is Caelyne Fawkes. I'm here for the Sikhote horses." said the french girl, looking around her.
"Ow, I see." answered the old woman. "That's a long and hard quest which you have begin." she said, with a touch of... Compassion ?
"Hard ?" asked Caelyne. "Why "Hard" ? This country is so dangerous ?" The rider begin to become a little scared.
"Oh nooooo !" answered the woman, who seems a little embarassed to cause some scary feelings to the woman. "No, these horses are just known to be hard to catch. And the weather can be sometimes difficult in the park. Like temperatures. During night, it can be really frozen in Autumn. That's why the "hard" word."
Caelyne smiled again, relieved.
"I see !" said Cae.
"Anyway !" exclaimed the old woman. "My name is Odval, a mongolian name which mean "chrysanthemum" in english. I'm the wife of the chief of this caravan. You come from France, that's it ?" asked the Mongol woman.
"Yes I am." answered Caelyne with a big smile. This woman looks like more than adorable.
"Amazing ! Can I propose to you to sleep in our camp tonight ? We would be glad to have a French people on our homes !" Said the woman.
"Well, that's such a cool idea ! I precisely was looking for a place to established my camp for tonight. I'll be glad to be welcomed by you for the night !" Answered the french girl, totally in love with the idea to spend some times with local people to discover a new culture. Curiosity ? Indeed, yep.
"Nice ! You could tell us some famous stories from France around a big dinner, so !"

Suddenly, the young girl was pull back by Enigma, who really begin to be excited.

"Ow !" immediately react, frowning her eyebrows and making her voice louder. The mare understood instantly that she made a mistake. She calm down in the following second.
"Hm, can I unsaddle my horse ? Where can I go for it ?" asked Caelyne to Odval. The woman shaking positively her head and show to te rider a tie bar to attach the horses. Caelyne going through the place and unpack the halter of the mare. She tie the mare and unsaddle her, noticed in the same time that the temperature was less higher than few minutes before. So, Caelyne decided to cover the mare with her resting blanket. She finished to untack the mare and take care of them and then, goes back to the woman, handling the mare, a little more quiet and calm. She smiled and make a sign with her hand to catch the attention of Odval. The old woman notice her and smile her back.

"You have finished to unsaddle your horse ?" asked the old woman.
"Yes. But I have a little issue : Enigma is pretty excited by the other horses, and if I tie her for the night, she will certainly broke her lunge to meet the horses, and I guess you have stallions and I can't..." Caelyne was suddenly stopped in her sentence by a gesture from the chief's wife.
"We have planned that. We have build a little pen for her. We have take the both more adorable horses of our herd, a mare and a gelding, to keep her company." Said Odval, lead both mare and rider through the camp to a little paddock, build by some wood bars, in which they was two beautiful local horses : a buckskin mare who looks more weel-behaved than every horse which Caelyne known, and a chesnut gelding, who welcomed Enigma with a long, loud and happy neigh, to which Enigma answered by a same.

The french rider lead her mare to the entrance of the paddock, opening the door and release her. Enigma immediately take a fast gallop to going to say "Hello" to her mates of the night. Caelyne and Odval look at them for few minutes to be sure that all will be OK and then goes to the tents. Odval lead Caelyne to the biggest one and, once she have open the door, a part of Odval people welcoming the girl with a loud "Welcome" and a delicate fragrance of good food. The young girl smiled. A wonderful evening was goint to happened.

Caelyne spend all her evening to tell some amazing stories from France to her new friends, who seems enthrall by the stories. They narrate to her a lot of legends and wonderful stories from Mongolia too. Under two stories, he ate amazing local food, and drink a lot of mongol mares' milk. All was wonderful, and the evening stretch out a long time after that the sun goes done. That was late in the night that Caelyne take place in a bed made of fur and heavy covers, slip in a deep sleep.

It was 9:00 A.M, so late in the morning for the french rider, when she woke up, waiting for the following of her trip.

Word Counter : 1207 words.
Story feat : Caelyne Fawkes & Enigmatic Soul IHS
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Art (c) by IvoryHillStables
Characters all belongs to (c) IvoryHillStables & (c) Only-Blue27
Tharoksu breed by Zakeido
All Rights reserved
References :
Enigma : Horse and rider by Christiane Slawik - www.slawik.com/
(Proof of the autorisation to use her stock : Equine Photographer Copyright Rules *PROOFS ADDED* )
Caelyne : Rainy Days - model stock reference 11
Odval & yurt : Flickr Commons - Mongol Grandma
Background : No reference used, all done by myself, with my own brushes.
Software : Paint Tool SAI & Photoshop CS.6
Tool : Pen Tablet Monitor - Huion Kamvas GT-191

Description

Here is finally my entry for this breed event : SSH | Return to the Wild | BREED EVENT!
AH ! Finally done !

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You arrive in Mongolia in the morning, you are then taken across from the airport to the Altai Mountains National Park, on the edge of the park you unload your horse and are greeted by some locals who live in the national park. This caravan of people take you deep into the national park. By the time you arrive at their home it is late evening and they invite you to stay with them for the night. 3 options come up to you.

A) Agree to stay the night, and sleep in their homes.
B) Agree to stay the night but use your own tent to sleep outside.
C) Thank them for the help but continue your way out into the dark Mongolian night.
-----------------------------------------------------------
Story :

The travel was pretty long and when Caelyne and Enigma arrived in the famous Altai Mountains National Park. First, the plane, secondly, the truck to the park... All was so long from France. When the girl unload the mare of the truck, Enigma show herself totally excited. The mare was unable to stay still, turning around her handler and neighing louder. She was curious about all, wanted to say "Hello" to the other horses and their handlers. Caelyne had a lot of difficulties to keep her focus to saddle her. She finally finish it and take the road, the saddlebags packed and her own bags on her back and shoulder. She look at the landscape around her. Such a beautiful park ! She smiled. Even if she was alone as human, this trip promised to be wonderful ! She spurs gently the belly of the mare with her heels and the wondeful Tharoksu mare begin to walk. Caelyne and Enigma walked during some hours, just taking a break in the middle of the day to eat a little lunch. Looking around her, Caelyne asked herself where these famous horses can be. She continue her way during some hours, crossing no one in the middle of the area. That's only arrived to the beginning of the afternoon that Caelyne seen some yurts in the bottom of a little valley, near a little lake. Looking for some people company, the stables owner lead her mare through the plains to the caravan village. When she arrived, the mongolian people was busy to different tasks. The women, the children and the old men was putting the yurts together, and the teenagers, boys and girls, and the men was herding their horses to lead them in the arena of the camp, to keep them in a big closed arena. Caelyne comes nearer, but no one of the local seems to notice her, apart an old woman, who seems to lead all the camp. The woman come through the young rider and her mare, a smile on her face. Cae stopped Enigma, who was only focus to the others horses.

"Hello, young beautiful stranger." said the woman in an approximate english, but understandable. Caelyne go down her mare and smile to the woman too.
"Hello ! I'm sorry if I bother you. My name is Caelyne Fawkes. I'm here for the Sikhote horses." said the french girl, looking around her.
"Ow, I see." answered the old woman. "That's a long and hard quest which you have begin." she said, with a touch of... Compassion ?
"Hard ?" asked Caelyne. "Why "Hard" ? This country is so dangerous ?" The rider begin to become a little scared.
"Oh nooooo !" answered the woman, who seems a little embarassed to cause some scary feelings to the woman. "No, these horses are just known to be hard to catch. And the weather can be sometimes difficult in the park. Like temperatures. During night, it can be really frozen in Autumn. That's why the "hard" word."
Caelyne smiled again, relieved.
"I see !" said Cae.
"Anyway !" exclaimed the old woman. "My name is Odval, a mongolian name which mean "chrysanthemum" in english. I'm the wife of the chief of this caravan. You come from France, that's it ?" asked the Mongol woman.
"Yes I am." answered Caelyne with a big smile. This woman looks like more than adorable.
"Amazing ! Can I propose to you to sleep in our camp tonight ? We would be glad to have a French people on our homes !" Said the woman.
"Well, that's such a cool idea ! I precisely was looking for a place to established my camp for tonight. I'll be glad to be welcomed by you for the night !" Answered the french girl, totally in love with the idea to spend some times with local people to discover a new culture. Curiosity ? Indeed, yep.
"Nice ! You could tell us some famous stories from France around a big dinner, so !"

Suddenly, the young girl was pull back by Enigma, who really begin to be excited.

"Ow !" immediately react, frowning her eyebrows and making her voice louder. The mare understood instantly that she made a mistake. She calm down in the following second.
"Hm, can I unsaddle my horse ? Where can I go for it ?" asked Caelyne to Odval. The woman shaking positively her head and show to te rider a tie bar to attach the horses. Caelyne going through the place and unpack the halter of the mare. She tie the mare and unsaddle her, noticed in the same time that the temperature was less higher than few minutes before. So, Caelyne decided to cover the mare with her resting blanket. She finished to untack the mare and take care of them and then, goes back to the woman, handling the mare, a little more quiet and calm. She smiled and make a sign with her hand to catch the attention of Odval. The old woman notice her and smile her back.

"You have finished to unsaddle your horse ?" asked the old woman.
"Yes. But I have a little issue : Enigma is pretty excited by the other horses, and if I tie her for the night, she will certainly broke her lunge to meet the horses, and I guess you have stallions and I can't..." Caelyne was suddenly stopped in her sentence by a gesture from the chief's wife.
"We have planned that. We have build a little pen for her. We have take the both more adorable horses of our herd, a mare and a gelding, to keep her company." Said Odval, lead both mare and rider through the camp to a little paddock, build by some wood bars, in which they was two beautiful local horses : a buckskin mare who looks more weel-behaved than every horse which Caelyne known, and a chesnut gelding, who welcomed Enigma with a long, loud and happy neigh, to which Enigma answered by a same.

The french rider lead her mare to the entrance of the paddock, opening the door and release her. Enigma immediately take a fast gallop to going to say "Hello" to her mates of the night. Caelyne and Odval look at them for few minutes to be sure that all will be OK and then goes to the tents. Odval lead Caelyne to the biggest one and, once she have open the door, a part of Odval people welcoming the girl with a loud "Welcome" and a delicate fragrance of good food. The young girl smiled. A wonderful evening was goint to happened.

Caelyne spend all her evening to tell some amazing stories from France to her new friends, who seems enthrall by the stories. They narrate to her a lot of legends and wonderful stories from Mongolia too. Under two stories, he ate amazing local food, and drink a lot of mongol mares' milk. All was wonderful, and the evening stretch out a long time after that the sun goes done. That was late in the night that Caelyne take place in a bed made of fur and heavy covers, slip in a deep sleep.

It was 9:00 A.M, so late in the morning for the french rider, when she woke up, waiting for the following of her trip.

Word Counter : 1207 words.
Story feat : Caelyne Fawkes & Enigmatic Soul IHS
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Art (c) by IvoryHillStables
Characters all belongs to (c) IvoryHillStables & (c) Only-Blue27
Tharoksu breed by Zakeido
All Rights reserved
References :
Enigma : Horse and rider by Christiane Slawik - www.slawik.com/
(Proof of the autorisation to use her stock : Equine Photographer Copyright Rules *PROOFS ADDED* )
Caelyne : Rainy Days - model stock reference 11
Odval & yurt : Flickr Commons - Mongol Grandma
Background : No reference used, all done by myself, with my own brushes.
Software : Paint Tool SAI & Photoshop CS.6
Tool : Pen Tablet Monitor - Huion Kamvas GT-191