Breed: Holsteiner x Angloarabian
Coat: Brown black
Mane: Black with gold lock midneck
Tail: Leonine and black
Eyes: Golden, and lively
Horn:Traditional spiral, onyx leading into gold
Hooves: Cloven, gold
Markings: Tribal marking on right rear leg stemming from sock, gold marking under right eye, fetlock hair and slight bearding.
Scars: Small, perfectly round white scar on his right shoulder, which will fade out entirely by the time he is five. While infiltrating the Edge, Rikyn earned a single scar along his left shoulder, and three more along his right backside from Elsa's shurikens. Volterra's red dragon has left the marks of his teeth along Rikyn's right hip. Nymeria's black dragon leaves scars along the crest of his neck just above his withers on both sides, while other scars along his left shoulder (by Nymeria's dragon and Ki'irha's horn) are hidden by the scattered remains of a gruesome burn, that reveals black skin through his cocoa pelt. The same burn marks adorn several places, all on his left side, all left by Gaucho.

Midnight framed in chocolate, trimmed in gleaming gold, Rikyn is tall and well muscled, with a proud baring, most often found walking with his head held high and his gaze wandering and eager. Broad chested and long legged, the young stallion is touched with the faintest of dappling where his black coat fades into rich russets and cocoas, his golden hooves cloven and sure of their footing. His right hind leg sports a golden sock, which trails upwards into a unique golden tribal marking, which is complemented by an equally shining mark beneath his right eye, resembling a crescent moon and two trailing, parallel lines of different lengths, the longest nearest his golden gaze. His tail, long and slender, sports a voluminous amount of dark hair which begins its growth mid-length of the often moving appendage. His mane, knotted and poorly kept, holds one golden lock, which is difficult to discern among the chaos of the rest of his inky hair, which, when untangled, is partly wavy. Viewing the world through intelligent golden eyes, Rikyn seems far more watchful and discerning than he usually is - though he is surely clever, and knows how and when to flash a charming smile or threatening glower. Tipped in the same gold as his hooves, the gilded stallion's horn is of average length and a traditional, spiraled styling, its base a deep onyx that gently fades into the aureate of its point. During the fall and winter, Rikyn is cloaked in a thick covering of chocolate and ebony, his chin and jawline expressing long, handsome curls that over the years should grow into a promising beard, albeit smaller than his father's. By five, his beard and some tassels of black about his ankles will remain even in the warm seasons, when he is otherwise sleek as fine velvet, except for where battles have marked him.

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Duir (Dew-eehr) stands 4 feet and two inches tall, and his antlers are a-typical, with the right side baring 19 points and the left 20. Colored like rich, damp earth, dappled as if sunlight traces through leaves and leaves that faint, golden impression on the dark, forest floor below, he is also dashed across the hip and shoulder with golden lightning, and also has a golden dorsal stripe. Beneath his sunlit-forest green eyes, a golden rune, meaning Duir, or Oak, is marked. Trailing through his cream antlers, fine lines of gold glint beneath the shadow of dark emerald leaves, belonging to the vines which climb and cascade from his proud crown, and which seem to grow up from the base of the horns themselves.

An air of royalty lingers about the proud way this fellow moves and carries himself; however, the words that fall out of his mouth quickly lead one to the more easy to stomach assumption that he is simply a vagrant jerk. Educated in the ways of Helovia's Gods and magic, and tutored in the ways of leadership by those around him in his youth, Rikyn rebelled against the narrow paths of responsibility early on, well before ever leaving Helovia the first time. Rather than learning how to be a good leader, the child seems to only have learned of pride and self indulgence while studying, rather than the sacrifices and hard work he was actually supposed to be picking up on.
Moderately supremacist, Rikyn believes that the unicorn is the greatest of the species. This belief makes it very difficult for him to form strong or healthy bonds with those who aren't unicorns, though he certainly tries; having been saved from a true life of racism, by the presence of Aithniel, throughout his youth, and the kindness of both Aelin and Xynia (a young mare of a land called Nightwalk), in his young adulthood, Rikyn is open minded to the concept that, while they may be lesser than he is, they are still worthy of kindness, until they prove otherwise. However, he adopted the faith of the Nightwalk while living there, which prohibits him from breeding with anyone who isn't a unicorn, and also suggests he convince them into an abstinent lifestyle or kill them; however, like many aspects of Rikyn's life, he has begun to remove himself from the strict perimeters of the faith in ways which require less studious worship.
Rikyn loves very deeply, though it takes a while to attain this status. Those who he considers important to his life are thought of often, and spoken of with great reverence. Crossing one of these individuals directly is akin to committing the act against Rikyn, as well, and is liable to earn recompense. When it comes to helping his friends follow through with their own personal revenges, such as Erebos seeking vengeance for the death of Arwen, or simply being around (see Erebos, again), however, the stallion is often disappointing, as he cares very little for things which do not directly impact him.
Flirtatious and a strong advocate for poly-amorous lifestyles, the young man is not the sort to balk at those who have multiple partners, though he is the sort to grow jealous of women he has courted choosing to be with other men. Despite his envious ways, however, he believes that women are of equal, and sometimes greater, power to men, perhaps due to the role his mother played throughout his childhood, and having watched the Moon deliver swift justice to those who sought to harm her in the battle against the Wolf Goddess.
A wanderer by nature, both in body and in mind, Rikyn often thinks deeply of the world around him, sometimes getting swept away in his thoughts entirely, and rarely lingers in one place for very long. He can be a terrible listener, and is often perceived as uncaring, because of this, and can seem distant, or distracted. Having inherited a wealth of intelligence from both his conniving mother and genius father, he is eager to express his thoughts to others when asked, but is often misunderstood in the process.
Rikyn has discovered a fear of death and rejection throughout his life, as well as a fear of wolves, mostly from different skirmishes he's found himself involved in. These things have not dampened his compulsive behavior very much, however, and he is still as unlikely to back down from a fight as usual.

Ulrik the Engineer by Illynx the Gilded Blade

Paternal Grandparents: Ottmar & Helag
Maternal Grandparents: Calor & Drista

Half Siblings: Amalrik & Gyda (Ulrik the Engineer x Essetia)
Other Family: Aithniel (adopted sibling), Torleik the Bloodskald (Ulrik's cousin, though Rikyn knows him as his Uncle), Oultik (Ulrik's cousin), Eleanor & Rhun (Torleik the Bloodskald x Ophelia the Amaranthine)

Other Deep Bonds: Erebos (best friend), Furen (friend and mentor), Vaelenne (former mentor), Xynia (first love)
Growing Bonds: Albrecht (old and annoying), Glacia (mother of his first born), Mordecai (crush, v-card snatcher), Tiamat (friendzoned?)
Other Less Pleasant Bonds: Gaucho the Wildfire (barred Rikyn from the Dragon's Throat)

Born in the Aurora Basin in Birdsong, Year Four, the first son of Ulrik the Engineer and Illynx the Gildedblade.
Befriended Aithniel and Erebos early in his life; they were inseparable friends, and had many adventures together; the most notable are, perhaps, an escapade to the Throat, and the Goat Races on the Caela.
The next Birdsong, Aithniel and Rikyn go to the Veins with Illynx. Rikyn is made invisible by the Time God, and uses this to his advantage, following his mother out of Helovia unnoticed.
The spell of the God is broken in the wilds, where Rikyn loses his mother's trail, and discovers, instead, a land known as the Nightwalk. He spends two seasons training with the warriors there and forming close friendships with two civilians of the forest in particular, Xynia and Furen. A religious people, Rikyn is taught of their beliefs, and adopts the teachings of their First Gods.
He returns to Helovia at the peak of his second year, going home to the Basin to find his father leaving for the World's Edge. Despite the lack of familial bonds, Rikyn takes the position of soldier, holding the rank for half a year.
Rikyn participates in three of four of the fights for the Rift lands, seeing all the Gods felled but the keeper of the Isles. For his efforts, he receives the praise of the Time God, and a foul combination of sicknesses, cured by various means.
He departs Helovia with his recently returned dam at the end of Year Six, returning to the Nightwalk. Some mysterious betrayal occurs between he and his mother at this time. He returns to Helovia alone, in Frostfall of Year Seven, and takes up the life of an Outcast.
Rikyn fights many individuals during this troubled time period, including Gaucho, and his Uncle Deimos.
Late in the extended Frostfall of Year Seven, Rikyn earns the favor of the guardian spirit(s) of an orb, while wandering the Halcyon Flats. Some weeks later, as Birdsong arrives to Helovia, the orb hatches! Duir and Rikyn bond (May 5, 2016) in the shade of the Labyrinth's bamboo grove, and meet Rexanna and Marembo almost immediately after.
Rikyn meets a peculiar, aquatic being on the Riptide Isles in mid-Orangemoon, with the many others of Helovia. He later dives deep into the heart of the ocean at the behest of this Kisamoa, with Tiamat, and observes the Sea God and the Moon Goddess along the Endless Blue.
As Frostfall begins to appear, Rikyn meets Mordecai in the Dark Forest, and convinces her to travel with him, secretly concerned for the young outcast's safety in the upcoming season. They spend the winter together in the Heart, where Mordecai begins to teach the young man Dothraki, and Rikyn loses his virginity to her. Feeling intense guilt about the act, and somewhat confused, the man leaves the Caves to gather his thoughts. Mordecai disappears in the interim, at the arrival of spring. When Ulrik is killed some days later, and Deimos dies almost in the same day, it leaves the Puppeteer to deal with the death of his primary role-models alone, and resentful of the dark mare for manipulating his feelings and abandoning him.
Meeting with the Time God again at the Veins of the Gods in hopes to distract himself from his losses, the lost prince is scolded for his lack of expedience. To help prove to the God that he is worthy, Rikyn takes on another quest. He is given a small stone, which he must have others touch, thereby forfeiting his will to them temporarily, and told to return with the knowledge of what he has learned. When he does, he is given more powerful magic than he'd had previously. Finding distraction in other ways, he also sleeps with Glacia, and returns to the Basin, this time, as a Spy.
Kisamoa reveals himself as Kaos, and Rikyn spends the following weeks seeking to unravel the mystery, but learning nothing. His efforts, however, don't go unnoticed, and during the duration of Tallsun, he rises to Thief, to Lord. Adding to his new found responsibility, Glacia arrives at the Basin, and tells Rikyn that she is pregnant, and Mordecai returns.

Bunnie; Beloved, Dragomir, & Maude