[ti]ecstatic[/ti]Character Backstories

Here used to locate the old backstory of my character, but I decided to redo it.


April Linnea Skyberg is 22 years old woman who is half Jorvikian and half Scottish. She was never supposed to stay in Jorvik, not to mention in the small county of Silverglade, but sometimes things like that just happen. 

She was supposed to leave for a university to become a physics major, but since she didn't get in right on the first try, she decided to spend her gap year in Silverglade, where she knew she would find quite a variety of small jobs and cheap inns to stay in. She started working in stables, first at Moorland, then at Steve's and lastly in the Silverglade Equestrian Centre. By then, she had bought not only one but two horses: The retired eventer Everhope and a young promise, a black Thoroughbred called Angelhunter (One of the first buyable horses introduced in the game!<3).

Soon enough, she got sucked in to the Circle of Aideen and found the truth about Jorvik. After then, leaving for a university didn't feel so attractive anymore, not to mention keeping horses was unbelievably inexpensive in Silverglade - as there were many, many barns in there and its neighbouring counties Goldenhills, Mistfall and the major Harvest Counties.

April had gained a lot of popularity through her work and even more after joining the Druids. Not even four years later, she has a barn full of horses of her own, for many purposes: Schooling, trail riding, western disciplines, English showing, flat racing... The people of Silverglade constantly rely on her help which makes it possible for April to manage with her horses and to have an apartment of her own in Valedale.

I'm planning on creating a post about my characters. This is a very short version.

Signe, Solveig and Sigrid, Kallter triplets- they still have plenty of family and other siblings left at home.

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Signe is the Soul Rider, she was the first to leave for Jorvik. Her personality put simply- secretive, detached, calm and amused. She holds no loyalty to the Druids even though she is a part of their group, this makes everyone wary of her and most do not tell her of the happenings within the Druids, but one way or another she still learns them.
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Solveig is the mature one. She is calm, controlled and protective. She never wished to come to Jorvik but was ordered to chase after her sister Sigrid when she ran off. She lives in the circus with Sigrid but keeps close contact with Signe. People say she is a witch, there might be some truth to those rumours.
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Sigrid is the genius. She is either a bright inventor and researcher or a mad scientist, possibly both. When she first ran off to Jorvik she caught herself a job at the Silverglade Observatory but was kicked out because of her experiments. No one is sure how she ended up at the circus, one day no one knew of her existence, the next she was putting Pandorian crystal dust into everyone's coffee cups.

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Of course, if more names come up in Star Stable that I like, the Northstar family will most likely get more members!

Hi I'm Olivia Winterlord and I was born in Australia and When I was fifteen I went to spend the summer on Jorvik but I met my horse Wind Echo I decided that this would be my home, over the years I've gotten more horses and explored Jorvik. My horses and I live at Steve's farm but we explore Jorvik everyday. I've Learned jorviks secrets about dark core, ged, and pandoria. And I think I've finally found my true home. Jorvik.

Fair warning: This is going to be long. I love writing a little too much...

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Regina Darkcastle was not born in Jorvik. In fact, before her parents met there, she had hardly any connection to the island or its horses.

Her father, Elias Darkcastle, was an Englishman with distant ties to the isle of Jorvik. His family long ago intermingled with royalty, which drew his family generation after generation away from Jorvik until it was a nearly forgotten, almost fantastical place on the map. Elias is twentieth in line for the throne of England, almost as forgotten by his country as Jorvik was forgotten to his family. However, he had a more prominent tie to the island than he thought. Jorvik had not forgotten him, or the daughter who was a mere twinkle in his eye. A relative of Elias had passed away, and it was written in the will that he would receive a portion of their wealth on one condition. He must move to Jorvik. With nothing keeping him in England, he set off for Jorvik in hopes that he could find a new life there.

Vera Brightland was your typical American who heard of Jorvik from a friend who went to visit. After recently being laid off of her job and stood up on her wedding day, she decided to use the money for her honeymoon to take herself on a refreshing trip where she could put the bustling American life behind her. She settled at Wolf Hall Inn, where Elias happened to be staying while he found a place to live. The two hit it off immediately, but after their short time together, Vera knew she could not abandon her family and friends in America to continue her life with Elias in Jorvik, so she returned home.

Shortly after her return and start at a new job, Vera learned she was pregnant with Elias's child. She gave birth to a daughter who she named Regina. Fearing that her daughter would have to separate herself between Jorvik and America for the rest of her life, Vera neglected to tell her child's father of her. Instead, she ended up married to a man named Dean Silenthill and had a son named Rowan.

Though it would be nice to say Regina had a good childhood, that was far from true. Both Vera and Dean had dead-end jobs that did not earn them much money. They lived in a run-down apartment in Chicago, amidst a bad neighborhood. When Regina was sixteen, her younger brother went missing. Rowan was walking home from the bus stop one day after school but never made it. The police found his body twenty miles away. Her brother's death took a hard toll on the family. Regina got into fights at school, only to come home and get in fights with her parents. Not thinking clearly, she tried to run away, but was caught when attempting to shoplift from a gas station.

As punishment, the judge suggested that instead of going to juvenile detention, Regina could go to a recreational horse ranch for a few months. That was when her mother had the idea to send her to Jorvik for the summer. The judge agreed and before Regina could even protest, she was being put on a plane and sent to the isle of Jorvik to the South Hoof Rescue Ranch.

At first, Regina hated the prospect of being sent half-way across the world when there were plenty of ranches at home. Besides, why would a sixteen-year-old girl want to spend her summer mucking out the stalls of smelly horses all summer when she could be spending it with her friends and mourning her brother? Regardless, she went because she knew it would be better than jail, and was surprised to find out that she actually enjoyed it.

At the ranch, Regina did muck out stalls, but she also got to care for horses who were sick. One horse in particular gained her affections, a light bay Trakehner named Rise of the Morning Star, whose stable name was Star. He was a retiring show horse who had severely injured himself during a show jumping event. His previous owner and rider had been abusive to him and had ridden him too hard when he was already dealing with a respiratory illness. In his panic, he had fallen and fractured his leg. At first, they thought Star was going to have to be euthanized. He was wild and his injury and illness severe. However, he took a liking to Regina and she to him. This bond seemed to heal his leg and her broken heart.

By the end of the summer, Regina found that she did not want to leave Jorvik. She had no sadness here, no bad home, no need for money. Besides, if she did chores and helped a number of the islanders out, they very generously gave her a few Jorvik shillings for her troubles. Besides, she could not leave Star. He was just starting to get better and she did not want to leave him. She begged her parents to let her stay, but they insisted she came home, her mother especially. She did not want Elias Darkcastle to find out his daughter had been in Jorvik all summer.

Against her wishes, Regina returned to America. Hugh often sent her email updates on Star's healing progress. Though he missed Regina, he seemed more resolved to get better. They had started walking him around the paddock. Soon, he'd be able to be ridden again. As she finished her junior and senior years in high school, Regina took a job at a stable in New York's countryside so she could learn more about horses and save up to move to Jorvik. She planned to work at one of the stables there so she could continue making money to financially support herself and Star. She wanted to buy him, and based on the frequent updates from Hugh, no one else was in the market for a troubled horse like him.

Once she graduated high school, Regina finished up her last summer at the stable in New York. Once August rolled around, she wished her parents goodbye and moved to Jorvik with the plane ticket she had bought herself. She had not heard from Hugh all summer and was growing worried about Star. Would he still be there waiting for her? Had something happened to him? When she arrived at the rescue ranch, her worst fears were confirmed. Star was gone, and Hugh insisted that he had tried everything to keep the horse there. Unfortunately, nothing was holding Star back from being sold. He had healed wonderfully, and his behavior had improved tenfold. He had been sold to an Elias Darkcastle who owned a small cottage in Mistfall. He had been looking for a horse to use for leisurely trail rides.

Regina was devastated. For two years she had worked to save up for that horse, for a life in Jorvik, and now that was ruined. Furious, she found the first bus ride she could across the island to Mistfall. She was directed to Elias's cottage where she could see him working in the barn. Two horses were there. Her Star, distinguished by his single white sock, and a black horse. Regina demanded that he give her that horse, that they were best friends and she had been waiting for two years to have him. Elias, however, was shocked by her spirit. Not only did she look like a former lover of his from eighteen years ago, but she had her spirit. He asked for Regina's name, to which she responded that she was Regina Darkcastle. The realization hit. This was Elias's daughter. Immediately, he started crying and hugged the daughter he had never known he'd had. He told her she was free to ride Star any time she wanted, but Regina was confused by these actions and pushed him away, angrily yelling at him for touching her.

Once Elias had gotten her to calm down, he explained that they shared the same last name because they must be father and daughter -- after confirming that her mother was indeed Vera Brightland. Regina was confused as to why her mother would never tell her her father lived in Jorvik, or tell her father that he had a daughter in America. Reluctantly, she agreed to move in with him so she could spend her time with Star. Her father agreed to give her a room in his cottage and pay her for her work with the horses.

Regina and Star still live in Mistfall to this day, but since then she has made a name for herself throughout all of Jorvik. Star has even started to get back in competitions, and Regina is learning how to ride right alongside him.

I usually make character back stories because my characters become OC’s. Unfortunately I haven’t been able to connect with the game as I have been able to with other franchises. I haven’t made a character background for either of my accounts nor will I until the game gives me a reason to get emotionally invested in it.

Note: I have played up to the recent quest update.