Wild Midnight

Background: Wild 'Carke Tulip' Midnight is a 9-ft tall female humanoid known as a 'Pony', or as a Ponygirl who serves as a Mailmare/Courier for the transcontinental mail express route known as the Pony Express around the 1870s United States frontier.

The Pony Express is a well established express mail service in which a Rider and a Pony/Mare travel across from one outpost to another where after a new Rider & Pony take their place and continue on. While Telegraphs can take messages farther and faster & the Transcontinental Railroad will one day make all Pony Express Mailmares' jobs obsolete, The Pony Express is currently the fastest way of delivering mail across America in 15 days or less.

Wild Midnight's mail route is through Fort Caspar, Wyoming into Sacramento, California - She and her Rider will have to travel past harsh weather, aggressive indians, small towns far from civilization, wild lands, bandits, weird beasts and much more in the frontier.

Wild Midnight hails from a humble homestead somewhere in Colorado, where she spent her childhood helping her parents harvest corn, going to school and eventually getting a career as a maid for a wealthy family. One day she grew restless - A part of her desired to run free and travel the lands, so she applied to be a Mailmare for the newly formed Pony Express and quickly became a established Mailmare within her first few months on the job.

She has been a Mailmare for 2 years now, earning a good living for herself - But she fears that her time as a Mailmare is coming to a end in the coming years and she might be out of work as news of a intercontinental railroad comes closer to completion.

Setting: Within the Wild West of the American Frontier around the 1870s. Alternate Universe takes place where Horses (Wild or Domesticated) do not exist, but rather in their place are female humanoids known as Ponies, Pony or Ponygirls in local slang. Buildings in this world are usually built to account for taller humans or Ponygirls. Ponygirls are established in world culture and have existed since the dawn of man. Nobody really knows how Ponies came to existence. Humans ride Ponygirls piggyback style.

Ponygirls in appearance resemble humans with a few differences; Ponies have the ears of a horse and are used to detect sound or expression emotion like a actual horse, They the tails of a horse and They are usually much taller than a average human (The shortest Ponies are 5Ft. Average is 7-8 FT). Ponies, despite their horsey traits, have normal human hands, feet, skin and eyes.

Ponies are as strong as horses - They can usually run at speeds around 40 MPH, They can Carry or pull the same weight as a horse and can easily kick like one.

Ponies have horse-like behaviors including the same appetite, personalities and such. They can preform their own versions of Whinnies, Snickers, Snorts and such.

Appearance: Body - Pale Green long wavy hair & tail, Pale Green eyes, Fair skin, average Pony ears, Somewhat muscular build with very developed legs and hips, small breasts, scars around face and arms.

Clothes - Ribbon on ear, Wide-brimmed hat for shade, High-neck blouse with ruffled collar, necklace, a long plain skirt, a ammo belt and boots.

She usually always wears a backpack that holds mail and supplies.

Personality: Wild Midnight (Clarke Tulip) is a hardworking, determined pony who strives to perform her duty as Mailmare as best as she can.

Likes - Carrot Stew, Nighttime sky, opportunities to relax, freshly squeezed juice, corn bread, shade, guitar and sleep.

Dislikes: Isolation, Cussing, Alcohol, Mud, Homesickness and exhaustion.

Wild Midnight is a Christian, more specifically a Protestant Christian. Every morning before breakfast she prays for both her and her rider's safety, attends church every Sunday and reads the bible she carries before sleep.

Wild Midnight's favorite food is Carrot Stew, a spicy, savory stew made with alot of chopped carrots, onions, rabbit meat and cactus pads. She will always ask for another hearty bowl without hesitation.

Wild Midnight has made a oath to both God and her job to stay clean and serene (No drinking, smoking, cussing or such).

She hopes to one day buy a plot of land and start a family of her own - If she survives long enough, that is.

She is very loyal to her Rider, willing to stay by their side through hell and back.

Her 'Proper' name is Clarke Tulip, but her REAL name is Wild Midnight. She doesn't know why that is her true name, but she knows it is hers.

Abilities: Because Wild Midnight is a Pony, She has abilities no normal human has.

She can run a average of 25 MPH, Faster than any human. She can carry up to 100 pounds of equipment if need be, although she travels lightly and doesn't carry too much. She has a strong kick, able to kill a man with one hit if need be. She is good at telling where a particular sound comes from because of her ears. She has the ability to eat raw plant material such as Grass, but she would rather not because grass and leaves do not taste very good - Only good when there is nothing else to eat.

Inventory: Because she is a mailmare, Wild Midnight has to both carry enough to survive and to deliver all while carrying lightly.

Carrying - Compass, A patterned blanket bought from a Native Merchant, Flask of water, a copy of the holy bible, a small knife, hand-drawn map and a small satchel of gold nuggets for trade.

Weapons - Wild Midnight carries with her two trusty Hawthorne & Briggs .45 Revolvers she dubs as her 'Spinny-Boys'. She only uses them for defense, vowing to never use it for offense.