Name: Nastasya Xenia Volkov.
Nickname: Nat, Xenia.
Gender: Female.
Age: 17
Looks: Raven black hair that ends at her calves, icy blue eyes, pale skin, a slender, but built, body.
Aesthetic: Grunge, goth, punk, emo.
Height: 6'11''.
Desired Course: Show Jumping, Cross Country.
Role: First year girl.
Personality: Quiet, shy, nice, kind, doting.
Ethnicity: Greek and Russian, hence her name.
Background: Born to an average family, with three older brothers, four older sisters. She was often invisible and neglected in her own family. Had no friends, but loved working with horses. Her old neighbors owned a horse farm, so it was her safe space. In exchange for chores or errands, she got free riding lessons. She can ride in English and Western, but she knows every Western discipline by heart, and thus, she's learning the two English disciplines she doesn't know.
Scars: Yes. She has scars from a lot of things, mainly accidents. She has them on her arms and legs (riding accidents with green horses/spooking horses, skateboard, bikes), three scars over her left eye (horse bolted, she got caught in the stirrup), and one over her lips.
Tattoos: Medusa on her left forearm, semicolon on her left wrist-y area, angel wings on her right thigh from one of her previous horse's dying. She has a horseshoe with angel wings, and her very, very first horse that died, from birth date to death date.
Piercings: Snake bites, spider bites, Industrial, lobes, orbital conch, helix, snug, cartilage, daith, septum, eyebrow, and belly button.
Hobbies, aside from riding: Training green horses, grooming horss, bonding with horses, breeding ethically (she's a licensed breeder), skateboarding, drawing, piercing/tattooing herself (also licensed), listening to music.
Horse (s) used (Not sure if I could use two):
Breed: Solid black.
Markings: None.
Breed: Dutch Warmblood.
Gender: Stallion.
Height: 19.4 hands.
Foals: None.
Age: Four.
Dislikes: Whips, spurs, crops, harmful riding equipment, cruel people.
Likes: Jumping, water, Nastasya, working.
Show Name: Thunder's Striker
Nickname/Barn Name: Thunder.
Parents: Donnerhall and Lady Third Black.
Afraid of: Unsuspected noises, lightning (Ironically, since he was born during a lightning/thunder storm).
Background: Born to two champion Dutch Warmbloods, he showed no promise as a foal. So, Nastasya bought him when he was seven months old, and trained him herself. They're best friends, bonded for life.
Discipline: Show Jumping, Dressage, Cross Country (and some Western disciplines, since she tries to find his strenghts and weaknesses.)
Second horse (Since I did ask):
Breed: Thoroughbred.
Show Name: Lightning Crasher.
Gender: Mare.
Age: Ten
Color: Solid black, no markings.
Height: 19.4 hands.
Parents: Rachel Alexandra and Invasor.
On or Off the Track: Off, so she's an OTTB.
Races Won: The Triple Crown (twice), Triple Tiara (twice), Shergar Stakes, Ruffian Stakes (six times), the Melbourne Cup (twice), the Everest (twice), Dubai World Cup (twice), Dubai Sheema Classic, Breeders' Cup Classic (twice), Saudi Cup (three times).
Backstory: She was born to champions Rachel Alexandra and Invasor. As a filly, she was taller than everyone else, but she didn't have a good beginning. Since age one, her trainer was cruel to her, as was her jockey. She set records worldwide, and won every race. But, sadly, she didn't meet her owners 'standards', and was sold to a kill pen. Nastasya found her, bought her, and the two are bonded for life.
Likes: Running, playing, spending time with Nastasya and Thunder's Striker.
Dislikes: Bad people, whips, spurs, abusive tack and equipment.
Role: Pleasure horse for riding, and broodmare (legally and ethically, of course).
Winnings Total: estimated at 120/150 million. (I suck at math--)
Discipline: Racing (formerly), Pleasure riding (Western disciplined, currently), in-hand arena showing (currently).
Foals: None (yet).
Awards Won: Eclipse Award (four times), Horse of the Year (eight times).
Snow and Sleet Mix, Clearing at Night
