Bannerfall horses part 2...... finally............

These were really fun!!! I'm really proud of my breed assignments here, I especially like the pun on "fell pony" as like.... fell.... fallen.... dead.... yknow?

Fun fact when I was trying to post this, tumblr just... would not let me add Bek. Everyone else was fine but horse Bek was just too powerful and wouldn't load. So that's something

"Hear my soul speak. Of the very instant that I saw you, Did my heart fly at your service."

for those who care, it's structured as a shakespearean sonnet or as close to it as I could manage. also a female swan is known as a pen!

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When pierced by needle, doth pillow protest? Nay, for beyond the sharpened point it wields, ‘Gainst sapphire cloth the needle holds no contest, When with enthusiasm soft fibres yield.

‘Tis not to say the weapon cannot wound; For many a cry it wrings from feeble foe: Upon its thread its victories are festooned, When crimson rivulets from fingers flow.

But as it weaves through fabric, feather-down, Both know it cannot injure, rend nor tear; No purchase in the plumage, it would drown: A single scarlet strand must hold it there.

Yet needle seeks sweet plumage, fraught with fear; Perhaps the pen is mightier than the spear.

I was thinking back on that stream where Ser Bek brings Eloise to the flower field and talks about how she used to climb the big tree in the field when she was a child

'You write poetry in your actions.'

Red Kingdom:

Apo: Fighting/Fairy: Most knights will be either Fighting type or Steel type depending on how heavily armoured they are. The Fairy type is often associated with the moon (Moonblast, Moonlight, Clefairy evolving with a Moon stone).

Ser Bek: Fighting/Steel: As the knightliest knight to ever knight, Ser Bek gets both of the most "knightly" types. Garnet would absolutely be a Mudsdale btw.

Cam: Fairy/Dark: The "good/light" type combined with the "evil/dark" type. Post-separation, Good Cam and Evil Cam would be Psychic/Fairy and Psychic/Dark respectively. Most mages will be Psychic type.

Cherri: Normal -> Fighting -> Fighting/Fire: Lacking magic initially, Cherri starts out normal. On becoming a fully fledged knight, she becomes Fighting type. Once she's mastered flame infusion, she gains the Fire type.

Frogue: Dark/Water: Rogues operate under darkness and their abilities match the sneaky tactics befitting of the Dark type. Most frog Pokemon are Water types, thus so is Frogue.

4C: Dark/Poison: Again, rogues fit the Dark type. His slimy nature is similar to Poison types like Muk and Swalot too.

Lady Katie: Fighting/Ground: Fighting type as many knights are. The Ground typing is derived from her pocket sand technique, perhaps even translatable as her having Sand Stream or Sand Spit as an ability.

Sausage: Dark/Ghost: Feels rather self-explanatory I believe lol. Though perhaps he could have some Grass moves at his disposal thanks to his deals with the Trevenant- I mean Creaking King.

Blue Kingdom:

Eloise: Psychic/Flying: Psychic type as a mage. Flying type to match her affinity for wind magic.

Graecie: Steel/Grass: A Steel type knight as the Fighting type doesn't feel like it fits her. I was torn between Fairy and Grass for her second type, but chose Grass despite her possessing no nature related abilities. I chose it due to her oath being to protect the natural order of the land.

Kitty: Normal -> Normal/Fighting: Despite being a rogue, I can't in good conscience give Kitty the Dark type lol. Upon being knighted, Kitty would gain the Fighting type (for stab Triple Arrows (woo bow knights!)).

Mae: Dark/Steel: Dark as with most rogues, Steel chosen due to not just her daggers, but her heart of gold (would this imply Good as Gold as an ability?...).

Nom: Steel/Dark: Steel as he is amongst the heaviest armoured of the knights. Dark initially reflects his dark secret as an oathbreaker, and later his more violent tendencies once the secret is out. Alternatively I have seen a lot of good dragon Nom propaganda so Dragon type was considered. Depending on how his deal with the Trevenant King turns out by the end, one of those types may just be replaced with Grass.

Owain: Steel: Pure Steel type. He's the heaviest armoured of the knights of Bannerfall for one. The sole Steel typing reflects his nature of refusing to acknowledge to others what lies beneath the armour.

Scott: Psychic/Grass: Psychic as a mage, Grass to reflect his affinity for nature magic.