Post by Amber Sweet on Feb 23, 2012 20:55:01 GMT -8
Quote:I have forgotten that men cannot see Unicorns. If men no longer know what they're looking at, there may be other unicorns in the world yet, unknown, and glad of it.
Name:None, Unicorns have no name
Alias:Unicorn, Amalthea
Age:Ageless, thousands of years old
Film/Show/Game/Book/Comic: The Last Unicorn
Species:Unicorn
Height:Average weight of a young mare.
Weight:Average weight of a small horse.
Basic Appearance: Unicorn has the body of a slender snow white mare. Her eyes are almond shaped with thick lashes, and a dark violet color. When you look into her eyes, you do not see your own reflection, but rather you will see the forest she protects and the animals in it.
Her mane is long and wavy, long enough to lay on her back. Unicorns tail, unlike a normal horses, is long and skinny ending in a small truft of silky fur, at the ends of her legs above her hooves are trufts of fur on the back of her legs. The first thing people notice about her is the long spiral horn protruding from her forehead which is white as she is, but in certain lights it appears silver.
Mutations:None, although Morgan Le Fay added a spell on her that allowed the public to see her as she is.
Picture:
Unicorn form:
If she ever gets turned into a human:
Personality: Unicorn/Amealthea is usually very quiet, calm, with an air of "seen it all done it all" about her. She's cautious when meeting new people, but polite. She is also very, very wise when it comes to most magical and immortal things in the world. She knows more about humans than any other unicorn, and that scares her and saddens her, as she cannot shake the feeling humanity inside her.
Enemies: Red Bull, Circus workers
Allies: Molly Gru, Lir, Schmendrik the Magician, Circus cast.
Family:All of the other unicorns in the world are related to her in one form or another.
Role:Circus Cast.
History:
The Unicorn discovers from the addled dialogue of a butterfly that a demonic animal called the Red Bull has herded all of her kind to the ends of the earth. Venturing into unfamiliar territory beyond the safety of her forest home, she begins a journey to find them and bring them back. Along the way she is captured for a time by the witch Mommy Fortuna and is put on display in the cages of the witch's Midnight Carnival. The unicorn later makes friends with Schmendrick an incompetent magician under the services of Mommy Fortuna. While most of the attractions there are simply normal animals with a spell of illusion placed on them (like a Manticore being a toothless lion and a Satyr being a crippled chimpanzee), Fortuna has managed to capture the immortal harpy Celaeno as well. The Unicorn eventually escapes and in the process, frees Celaeno, who kills Fortuna and her henchman Ruhk. The two of them later gain a second traveling companion, Molly Grue the care-worn lover of bandit leader Captain Cully of Greenwood Forest.
When the Unicorn nears the seaside castle of King Haggard, supposed keeper of the Red Bull, she comes face to face with the Bull (which turns out to be a monstrous fire elemental) and runs, afraid. At the last moment before her final surrender and capture, Schmendrick's unpredictable magic transforms her into a mortal woman. In this human guise, the Red Bull is uninterested in her and departs. The change has disastrous consequences on the Unicorn who suffers tremendous shock at the sudden feeling of mortality in her human body.
Schmendrick, Molly Grue, and the Unicorn (now in human form) proceed to Haggard's castle and seek entry. King Haggard, is at first unwelcoming, and Schmendrick introduces the Unicorn only as his niece Lady Amalthea. Schmendrick requests that the three of them stay there as members of Haggard's court, only to be told that all of the royal complement has long since been dispatched: the only remaining occupants in the castle are Haggard, his adopted son Prince Lír, and four ancient men-at-arms. Haggard consents to lodging the trio, replacing his more competent on-call wizard with Schmendrick, and setting Molly Grue to work in his scullery. After a while, Amalthea begins to forget her identity and her reasons for coming to the castle, and eventually falls in love with Prince Lír. Caught in a complex web of newfound emotions, she struggles with thoughts of abandoning her quest for the sake of mortal love. Haggard confronts Amalthea in private conversation, hinting at the location of the unicorns, yet from the waning magic in her eyes, he has doubts regarding his previous suspicions that she is more than she seems. Molly ends up learning some clues on the location of the Red Bull's lair from a talking cat (voiced by Don Messick).
Going through a secret passage in a broken clock in the castle basement, Schmendrick reveals Amalthea's true identity to Lír after a talking skull identifies Amalthea's true form. Lír, however, isn't surprised at all and says that he loves whom he loves. This makes Amalthea want to abandon the quest and marry Lír, but Lír believes that the quest cannot be abandoned. The Red Bull soon appears, but is no longer deceived by Amalthea's false human form and chases after her. In an attempt to assist her escape, Schmendrick turns Amalthea back into the Unicorn, but she is unwilling to leave Lír's side. The Bull drives her toward the ocean, just as he earlier drove all the other unicorns, but she manages to run away and the bull gives chase. Lír gets between them and blocks the bull's path, but the bull doesn't stop and Lír is killed. Out of grief, the Unicorn aggressively turns on the Bull and forces him into the sea. Carried on the white surf of incoming tides, the other unicorns emerge en masse from the water, causing Haggard's castle to collapse into the sea as they rush past, with Haggard falling to his death from the crumbling castle parapet. On the beach, the Unicorn magically revives Lír before she departs for her forest. Schmendrick assures Lír, now the king, that he has gained much by winning the love of a unicorn, even if he is now alone. The Unicorn briefly returns to say goodbye to Schmendrick, who laments that he has done her wrong by burdening her with regret and the taint of mortality. She disagrees and thanks him nonetheless for having helped to restore unicorns to the world, and though she is the only unicorn to feel regret, she is also the only unicorn to know love. The ending credits begin thereafter as Schmendrick and Molly watch the Unicorn depart for home.
Centuries passed for the unicorn. But even though she was no longer the last of her kind she never felt more alone. Unlike the others she knew things like love, regret, mortality and sadness at losing Lir and her friends. So figuring she had nothing to lose, she began wandering. (Having left her enchanted forest in the care of the other unicorns.) Searching for...something.
But one night a woman with cold purple eyes saw her for what she truely was. And captured her, putting her in a cage once more, placing a spell on her so others could see her for what she truely was.
Sample Post:
"And I am on display, once more." the unicorn thought to herself looking about at the tents and smelling the people who were around.
She was chained to a stake in the ground a thick iron brace around her throat. There was magic here too, strong dark magic. It made the hair along her spine stand up. A woman, a tall dark haired woman walked into the tent and the unicorn knew she was one of the main causes of it.
"Don't try and escape." the woman said to her. "I've put enough spells on that chain that's holding you down."
The unicorn said nothing, glancing around at the other attractions. Studying them.
"All of your attractions are fakes." She said finally. "Those saytrs over there are just people with goat legs onto them. That vampire is just a woman with severe mutations. They're all deceptions, illusions, mirages. There's not real magic here, only what you want them to believe."
"You're right." The woman said leaning closer. "And that's why we captured you little unicorn. So that we can at least lay claim to having at least one magical creature."
Name:None, Unicorns have no name
Alias:Unicorn, Amalthea
Age:Ageless, thousands of years old
Film/Show/Game/Book/Comic: The Last Unicorn
Species:Unicorn
Height:Average weight of a young mare.
Weight:Average weight of a small horse.
Basic Appearance: Unicorn has the body of a slender snow white mare. Her eyes are almond shaped with thick lashes, and a dark violet color. When you look into her eyes, you do not see your own reflection, but rather you will see the forest she protects and the animals in it.
Her mane is long and wavy, long enough to lay on her back. Unicorns tail, unlike a normal horses, is long and skinny ending in a small truft of silky fur, at the ends of her legs above her hooves are trufts of fur on the back of her legs. The first thing people notice about her is the long spiral horn protruding from her forehead which is white as she is, but in certain lights it appears silver.
Mutations:None, although Morgan Le Fay added a spell on her that allowed the public to see her as she is.
Picture:
Unicorn form:
If she ever gets turned into a human:
Personality: Unicorn/Amealthea is usually very quiet, calm, with an air of "seen it all done it all" about her. She's cautious when meeting new people, but polite. She is also very, very wise when it comes to most magical and immortal things in the world. She knows more about humans than any other unicorn, and that scares her and saddens her, as she cannot shake the feeling humanity inside her.
Enemies: Red Bull, Circus workers
Allies: Molly Gru, Lir, Schmendrik the Magician, Circus cast.
Family:All of the other unicorns in the world are related to her in one form or another.
Role:Circus Cast.
History:
The Unicorn discovers from the addled dialogue of a butterfly that a demonic animal called the Red Bull has herded all of her kind to the ends of the earth. Venturing into unfamiliar territory beyond the safety of her forest home, she begins a journey to find them and bring them back. Along the way she is captured for a time by the witch Mommy Fortuna and is put on display in the cages of the witch's Midnight Carnival. The unicorn later makes friends with Schmendrick an incompetent magician under the services of Mommy Fortuna. While most of the attractions there are simply normal animals with a spell of illusion placed on them (like a Manticore being a toothless lion and a Satyr being a crippled chimpanzee), Fortuna has managed to capture the immortal harpy Celaeno as well. The Unicorn eventually escapes and in the process, frees Celaeno, who kills Fortuna and her henchman Ruhk. The two of them later gain a second traveling companion, Molly Grue the care-worn lover of bandit leader Captain Cully of Greenwood Forest.
When the Unicorn nears the seaside castle of King Haggard, supposed keeper of the Red Bull, she comes face to face with the Bull (which turns out to be a monstrous fire elemental) and runs, afraid. At the last moment before her final surrender and capture, Schmendrick's unpredictable magic transforms her into a mortal woman. In this human guise, the Red Bull is uninterested in her and departs. The change has disastrous consequences on the Unicorn who suffers tremendous shock at the sudden feeling of mortality in her human body.
Schmendrick, Molly Grue, and the Unicorn (now in human form) proceed to Haggard's castle and seek entry. King Haggard, is at first unwelcoming, and Schmendrick introduces the Unicorn only as his niece Lady Amalthea. Schmendrick requests that the three of them stay there as members of Haggard's court, only to be told that all of the royal complement has long since been dispatched: the only remaining occupants in the castle are Haggard, his adopted son Prince Lír, and four ancient men-at-arms. Haggard consents to lodging the trio, replacing his more competent on-call wizard with Schmendrick, and setting Molly Grue to work in his scullery. After a while, Amalthea begins to forget her identity and her reasons for coming to the castle, and eventually falls in love with Prince Lír. Caught in a complex web of newfound emotions, she struggles with thoughts of abandoning her quest for the sake of mortal love. Haggard confronts Amalthea in private conversation, hinting at the location of the unicorns, yet from the waning magic in her eyes, he has doubts regarding his previous suspicions that she is more than she seems. Molly ends up learning some clues on the location of the Red Bull's lair from a talking cat (voiced by Don Messick).
Going through a secret passage in a broken clock in the castle basement, Schmendrick reveals Amalthea's true identity to Lír after a talking skull identifies Amalthea's true form. Lír, however, isn't surprised at all and says that he loves whom he loves. This makes Amalthea want to abandon the quest and marry Lír, but Lír believes that the quest cannot be abandoned. The Red Bull soon appears, but is no longer deceived by Amalthea's false human form and chases after her. In an attempt to assist her escape, Schmendrick turns Amalthea back into the Unicorn, but she is unwilling to leave Lír's side. The Bull drives her toward the ocean, just as he earlier drove all the other unicorns, but she manages to run away and the bull gives chase. Lír gets between them and blocks the bull's path, but the bull doesn't stop and Lír is killed. Out of grief, the Unicorn aggressively turns on the Bull and forces him into the sea. Carried on the white surf of incoming tides, the other unicorns emerge en masse from the water, causing Haggard's castle to collapse into the sea as they rush past, with Haggard falling to his death from the crumbling castle parapet. On the beach, the Unicorn magically revives Lír before she departs for her forest. Schmendrick assures Lír, now the king, that he has gained much by winning the love of a unicorn, even if he is now alone. The Unicorn briefly returns to say goodbye to Schmendrick, who laments that he has done her wrong by burdening her with regret and the taint of mortality. She disagrees and thanks him nonetheless for having helped to restore unicorns to the world, and though she is the only unicorn to feel regret, she is also the only unicorn to know love. The ending credits begin thereafter as Schmendrick and Molly watch the Unicorn depart for home.
Centuries passed for the unicorn. But even though she was no longer the last of her kind she never felt more alone. Unlike the others she knew things like love, regret, mortality and sadness at losing Lir and her friends. So figuring she had nothing to lose, she began wandering. (Having left her enchanted forest in the care of the other unicorns.) Searching for...something.
But one night a woman with cold purple eyes saw her for what she truely was. And captured her, putting her in a cage once more, placing a spell on her so others could see her for what she truely was.
Sample Post:
"And I am on display, once more." the unicorn thought to herself looking about at the tents and smelling the people who were around.
She was chained to a stake in the ground a thick iron brace around her throat. There was magic here too, strong dark magic. It made the hair along her spine stand up. A woman, a tall dark haired woman walked into the tent and the unicorn knew she was one of the main causes of it.
"Don't try and escape." the woman said to her. "I've put enough spells on that chain that's holding you down."
The unicorn said nothing, glancing around at the other attractions. Studying them.
"All of your attractions are fakes." She said finally. "Those saytrs over there are just people with goat legs onto them. That vampire is just a woman with severe mutations. They're all deceptions, illusions, mirages. There's not real magic here, only what you want them to believe."
"You're right." The woman said leaning closer. "And that's why we captured you little unicorn. So that we can at least lay claim to having at least one magical creature."
