![]() ![]() Though naturally water-dwelling, they need access to land in order to hunt. Depending on what Kin they belong to and that Kin's affinity with the sun, they have periods of the year where they are stronger.īrook Horses live in any naturally occurring bodies of waters streams and rivers, brooks and lakes, marshlands and bogs - sometimes close to shore in the ocean, usually in sheltered bays. The hydrologic cycle with its weather changes is brought on by the warming rays of our solar system's star, and like the source from which they sprang forth, so too are the Brook Horses governed by the sun's seasonal movements across the sky. Water is dependent on the sun to maintain its liquid state. Their diet is mainly meat based, making them predatory creatures - contrary to what their equine forms might lead one to believe. Able to take on the shape of an equine or a human, their artistic skills tend to entice nearby humans whom the Brook Horse can then prey on. Like the waters they inhabit, they can change their form. 3.1 Brook Horse Interactions and Societyīrook Horses are spirit-kin made corporeal - embodiments of a stream, lake or river made to guard it from all that would do it harm.If captured, they are said to grant their captor strange abilities and powers - if they can manage to hold on to them for long enough, lest they might end up resting in a watery grave. While not always malevolent, these creatures don't give anything for free. If one was to withstand their lure, one could learn great secrets in the finer arts from them, with a little persuasion. One form of guardians for the streams, lakes and rivers that course through the countryside are the Brook Horses, mythical shapeshifting creatures who with their cunning and their talents lure innocents victims into the water where they drown them. Little do the modern human know with what truth those stories ring. ![]() Today, we might dismiss such stories as old wives' tales, lore cooked up by adults to ensure that their young ones would not fall into the stream and drown. The village elders warned the children to steer clear of the water, lest they might be tricked into it by a vicious beast that took the form of a horse, a man or woman. Not so long ago, when the cottages and villages were still lit up by oil lamps or simple candles, there circulated folk stories of the denizens of brooks and streams. ![]()
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