Welcome to Hickstead, home to both Seven Oak Stables, and Blue Acre - two rival stables. Both offer opportunities for their clients to reach the highest level of excellence. Each stable differs from the other, so choose wisely and never forget, loyalty is everything... Meanwhile as the stables battle it out, there's trouble brewing at the university. Be careful, if you don't pick a side you may get caught in the cross-fire...
This is an chilled out rpg with a super friendly and relaxed atmosphere! Remember to sign up with your characters full name in all caps and don't forget to do your claims! Thank you and Welcome, we've been established since 10th March 2009 but unfortunately have had to close guest view of our boards due to multiple sites ripping off our hard work, such a shame! Come chat to us in Discord before joining if you like!.
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- Aofie
holland -- --
FACE CLAIM: Daniel Dae Kim, open AGE: 45, 00/00/1977 JOB: Open INFO: Holland's history and personality are completely open! The only important thing is how he and Kim met. They met during martial arts, something they bonded over. They hadn’t become official until Kim was 36, and Holland 34.
kiddos
FACE CLAIM: open, needs to look related to Timothée Chalamet AGE:23, 00/00/1999 + 25, 00/00/1997 JOB: Open INFO: 23 YO has been taken, please look at @jude for more info!
These are the children Kim had with a woman in his early twenties. It was a tumultuous relationship, and it all came to a screeching halt when the mother left. The kiddos were three and two when they were uprooted from Hickstead. Kim remembers his kids, but the kids won't have memories of him.
Their life is completely open after they moved. What brings them to Hickstead, and also if they know of Kim - is up to the player!
It can be two girls, two boys, or a boy or girl as siblings. The FCS can also be of mixed race, as long as the siblings end up looking related.
full name • Kim Conor Ryan nicknames • Kimmy, KC, Guncle Kim, some teasing names from his brothers age • 46 (11 in leap) birthday •Feb 29, 1976 (celebrates on Feb 28) occupation • Sheep farmer gender • male (he/him) sexuality • Homosexual
the appearance
face claim• Jon Hamm
identifying features• Kim stands at 6'-1" with stern feautures. He looks a lot older than he is, mainly from years of labor and being in front of the forge. His shoulders are broad, giving him a menacing appearance. Kim is often dressed up in stained shirts and pants but loves a well-tailored suit or tux when the occasion calls for it. Despite years of trying, Kim can't ever get smooth hands. It's something his family often teases him about, but his partner loves it.
the personality
likes • sheep, survival camping, blacksmithing, hot springs, cloudless evenings (love seeing the stars and moon), farm life, martial arts dislikes • hairless animals (likes fluff too much), cigarette smoke, high-strung people, his family and friends getting hurt strengths • farm life, blacksmithing,shearing, competitive sheep herding weaknesses • advanced horse riding (more of a casual trail rider), mingling with new people, his family (will drop anything to help them) dreams • Meet his children and have them in his life, live his life fully fears • losing his partner, his brothers and family changing their mind on his sexuality overall personality • Kim, out of the three Ryan brothers, is the more shy and reserved one. Being a farm boy, hard work and those close to him were all his company. He can be boisterous around his loved ones but doesn't quite know what to do with himself when around people he doesn't know. It took the poor man a few years to feel comfortable around his partner's family.
Despite his shyness, Kim can rage like no other. Years of hard work have made him quite a strong fellow. one of the reasons he does so well in martial arts. So don't try to attack him, as there's a chance you'd leave with more damage.
Kim adores his family. While there are times of teasing and banter, there's a lot of love and care. Arguments were never left unsolved.
the history
father • Connor Ryan, 83, Retired Sheep Farmer mother • Ionna Ryan, 81, Retired Sheep Farmer and now hobby gardener siblings • JOHN EOIN RYAN MAX BENJAMIN RYAN important people • Holland -- -- 45, partner -- -- -- ,child, 23 -- -- --,child, 25 Marie Iylah Ryan , sister in law RILEY JAMES RYAN , niece BENJAMIN CHARLIE RYAN , nephew JAKE MICHEAL RYAN , nephew hometown • Hickstead, UK overall history •Kim, as the oldest, was the trial run of children. Connor and Ionna joke about all the mistakes made during the pregnancy, especially with them just going willy-nilly of believing they’d be having a baby girl. Despite the ultrasound and the techs offering to show the gender, the Ryan parents guffawed at it. In the end, the little girl that was supposed to be named Kimberly Constance Ryan became Kim Conor Ryan. As so-called punishment for their lack of preparedness, Kim was born in a leap year. Something that the Ryan parents would have to constantly explain to those that asked.
His parents raised Kim and his brothers in a strict but loving household. Discipline was taught without fear tactics or the need for humiliation. While John and Max were a bit more rambunctious in interests and personality, Kim was more of an observer. He would of course wrestle and throw dirt with his brothers, he found their constant antics somewhat distracting. The most notorious being a whoopie cushion that was forgotten about in the hay pile, and out of fear – Kim got headbutted by a ram. He got a few stitches and his brothers got poop duty and early morning lamb feeding for two weeks.
As the boys got older, John and Max began to gravitate from farm life. John became a champion equestrian, with Max going off and doing his own thing. It left Kim to help his parents at the farm, something he knew he would be doing for a while. He hadn’t expected to take over until he realized a higher education didn’t quite fit him. The so-called normal world was too fast-paced for Kim’s liking, finding comfort in farm life.
When Kim was twenty, he began finding himself in a weird state of figuring out who he was. He was finding that he was seeing men differently than women, and with the fear of being disowned – Kim suppressed these feelings to a dangerous level. It led to a one-night stand, which became a tumultuous relationship that lasted longer than healthy. Two children were born, but then whisked away when the baby mama left without a word.
Kim was left heartbroken, sad that his children were taken so quickly. He refused to date anyone until his late twenties, finally realizing that he was gay. His parents were the first to be told, as Kim wanted to the hardest to be over with. Then, his brothers. Everyone that loved and cared for him didn’t give a rat’s ass about whom he loved, allowing Kim to be freer. The jokes changed, but the love didn’t.
Holland wasn’t introduced into Kim’s life until he became interested in martial arts. The two were paired up for a sparing, and one could say it was love at a first takedown. But not ones to rush, Kim and Holland were friends for many years. They hadn’t become official until Kim was 36, and Holland 34. The two have become inseparable, becoming the guncles to various nephews and nieces.
Kim has retired his parents early, taking over the farm completely. He and Holland live together in a home they built together from scratch, with Ionna and Connor living in a renovated Ryan family home on the same plot of the land that has grown over time.
He dreams of seeing his children again but is happy to spoil his brother’s children and grandchildren. Kim is quite content with his life now. There are times he wondered what would happen if he had changed paths, but he finds that dwelling on that does the heart no good.
the role player
alias • aofie age • almost to midlife crisis other characters • -crickets-
