Orchid

Orchid

the basics

full name • Orchid

nicknames • NA

age • 4 years

primary standing • Cleric

secondary standing • Gardening enthusiast

faction • Enchanted Suns

species • Unicorn

gender • Female

sexuality • Heterosexual

the appearance

origin • Fantasia

height and weight • 4'5", 380 kg

overall appearance • A small periwinkle blue unicorn with pale green eyes. She stands about as tall as a Shetland Pony would. Orchid is the typical sort of unicorn in terms of looks, with a single gold horn, fluffy fetlocks on her front and hind hooves, and a long thin tail with a tuft of blueish purple hair at the end. Her mane is the same color as her tail hair and partially covers her right eye. Her mane is also short compared to some other unicorns. Her muzzle, chest, and the areas around her eyes are a lighter blue color, and her cloven hooves are the same color as her mane and tail tuft.

the personality

likes • Local foliage, the fresh smell of fallen rain, eating clovers, and using plants she's helped to grow to help others.

dislikes • Fighting, raucous antics brought about in the midst of parties, thunderstorms, and strong windstorms

strengths • Orchid has some knowledge of making potions,  she is skilled with gardening and has a bit of knowledge of herbs

weaknesses • She's not the strongest unicorn around, would sooner run than participate in a fight, and has a slight aversion to blood.

abilities if any, mainly pertains to spells. Orchid is a skilled gardener and can utilize her magic to help plants grow. She lets her natural skills as a unicorn, with her connection to the earth, take hold of plants around her and benefit in their quicker growth. However, she also is happy to patiently wait for flowers and plants to grow on their own. She also possesses healing properties in her blood, as most unicorns do. Her blood allows for accelerated healing, from small scrapes to slightly worse wounds. Mortal wounds are out of her range more often than not, but she would be willing to let someone in desperate need use her blood to save a life. 

She also possesses a natural ability to use levitation spells. This is limited to small objects. She couldn't lift anything as heavy as a tree, for instance. If she were to fall from a great height, she could potentially use this spell to decelerate her fall a bit. She wouldn't be able to make herself fly with this spell, though.

dreams • To live in a world free of war, to try and prevent death, to live peacefully with Sunray

fears • Humans (to an extent; mostly she's wary of them), thunder

overall personality • Orchid as being very calm and serene young unicorn,  and patient  in nature. She's not the sort to just rush into things without thinking over them a great deal. Although hesitant around species she's unfamiliar with, mostly humans and animals that aren't from the valley she grew up in, she's still willing to approach things with an open mind and wants to help protect what she can. She throws herself into her interests, from gardening to trying to help heal others with her powers. However, she is a little on the squeamish side. She knows full well that her blood is the source of healing within her, but gets a little bit shaky at first knowing she needs to use it. She worries that others will try to take too much blood for whatever their needs are. Nevertheless, she is a selfless unicorn and tends to put needs of others above her own. It leads to her being a bit of a doormat. She has a little trouble standing up for herself since she tries to avoid conflict.

the history

father • Whistle

mother • Chime

siblings • Chrysanthemum (sister)

important people • Sunray (her pegasus coltfriend)

overall history • Orchid was born the oldest of two daughters to Whistle and Chime, a pair of unicorns living in a peaceful valley. In her youth, Orchid and Chrysanthemum were the best of friends and spent all their days playing and laughing together. As they grew older, she and her sister did start to drift apart. Chrys needed her own space, and although Orchid did hate that they were growing apart she also understood. So, Orchid started to spend her days on her own. She threw herself into her gardening and often was alone with her own thoughts, but spent time with local wildlife from time to time. It was a lonely existence. While other unicorns would romp and play together, Orchid was a bit hesitant to branch out to spending time with them. Time and time again, she wound up just deciding against trying to befriend them. She thought that being alone suited her.

Then, one day, while she was by the water where she often saw pegasi playing, she caught sight of a particular stallion. At first, Orchid thought that he wouldn't pay her any mind. A lone unicorn like her wasn't exactly an uncommon occurrence. What surprised her was that he was the one to reach out to her. Once her initial surprise was shaken away, Orchid started to open up to the young pegasus. She and Sunray found they could get along with one another and understood each other better than anyone else seemed to in the valley.

Eventually, Sunray asked her if she'd ever thought about having a coltfriend before. She confessed that she'd never thought herself interesting enough to have one, but to her surprise? He asked if he could be hers. Although initially thrown for a loop, Orchid accepted his offer and became his marefriend. To her delight, no one seemed to question it. Unicorns and pegasi weren't so different, after all. They just were different species. No big deal.

When the worlds merged, Orchid was amazed to see a world beyond the valley they had grown in. Her initial thought once the wonder faded was to stay out of danger. No one really knew what sort of trouble lurked beyond the valley, and it was safer to just stay where she was. Word of war did whisper in the wind, though, and that was what gave Orchid cause to reconsider her line of thought. Outside the valley were creatures that wouldn't hesitate to hunt her down. She knew that. However, she knew there were creatures that might need her help. She wanted to do something to help while also staying out of the fighting. What better than to use her power to help?

Part of her hated to leave Sunray behind, but she couldn't picture him getting involved in a war. So, when she was sure he wouldn't notice her departure, Orchid left the valley and headed for the Enchanted Suns.

the role player

alias • Corgi

age • 27

pronouns • She/her

other characters • Light Fury, Tiana, Fuli, Balto, Helga Sinclair, Rebecca, Varian, Bonnie, Nia