The scholarly steed roamed around the Foothill's, his new position of Diplomat hadn't demanded much of him yet but he was sure it was only a matter of time. The position had given him the feel of a new kind of authority, something he'd never had before. He found it strange at first but now found himself fitting into the role better, his mind fit for the task Paladin expected of him. The Foothill's was a very quiet place, nothing much happened of note apart from the war that took place to the west in the Worlds Edge. His brother had gone there too. Evers missed Archibald, the big brutish stallion was fun to be around and it worried him that he hadn't seen him since the battle had begun. Was he okay? He would have to try and find him. Maybe Vincent would know.

The wind picked up a flicked his already pitiful tail that now swung with life. A storm was coming. Evers placed a worried frown to the horizon and was about to move when he spotted a movement in the distance. Figuring he should go warn the femme, Evers moved off in the direction of Svetlana. He was almost half way to her when she outstretched her obsidian wings and took off into the air. "Wait! What are you doing?!" The little blue panicked for her safety and hoped to every god that she would come down soon. Rumbles began and lightening lit up the angry sky as snow fell from it's bosom, landing in wet patches on his fur and horns.

She was harder to locate now, the snow blurring his vision somewhat as he took shelter under a nearby tree. Not that it helped much, the trees were all already dead in Frostfalls wake but it was better than in the open. He huddled into the tree and hoped she's come down soon. A swoop of wings answered his hopes as he watched her land upon the ground, a sigh relieving him from worry. Evers could not begin to understand the minds of pegasus', why would you want to fly so high up in a storm? The blue took another breath and gathered his wits before walking steadily towards the windswept mare, his white socks blending in with the cold earth.

"Are you okay?" A small voice escaped his lips as he enquired after her well being. The femme's body was perhaps a little taller than his own but her wings more than made up for what her body lacked in size. She was beautiful with her coat like silver turning to black at the legs. Walking up to her now Evers felt like a mouse in comparison but kept an undisturbed face, wondering silently how she was born with eyes like the black abyss.

Evers bashfully looked at the wild mare who confirmed his former thoughts on the strange ways of the winged and their need to ride the sky. She was beautiful and wasn't a least bit shy of speaking freely to him her name, Svetlana. He rolled it round in his mind a pondered over its strangeness, in the end he decided his own name looked decidedly plain next to hers but it was courtesy to offer it back. "a pleasure brave Svetlana. I'm Evers the herd's Diplomat." The blue had to stop himself from laughing nervously, when it came to fighting storms anyone would be far braver that the poor little Evers. Didn't anyone know how to play a simple game of chess anymore?

He angled his way out from under the shelter he had taken to stand face to face with the mare. Stray snowflakes sticking to his roan pelt. She looked like a warrior princess one would tell stories about to their foals, Archibald would most likely take a liking to her or want to challenge her. He didn't understand the minds of warriors, their brains left in the same place as their flying hoof. Evers admired bravery when he saw it, however.

There was silence and Evers pondered over what to say next, the rush of the storm taking away his own adreneline. "I haven't seen you around before, do you enjoy being in the Foothills?" His question was genuine, the place had been rather quiet recently and he often wondered what others thought of it's emptiness. Many had gone to war in the Edge but most had stayed, each in their own little world. A word said in greeting here or there, like the land was just waiting to be plunged back into chaos.

[sorry for the wait! ^^]