Song of the Snowed Summit

Your feet make loud crunching sounds as you walk through the snow, your breath steaming and your eyes scanning the pine trees for any signs of heat, steam, or melted snow. You've been told there's a mountain hotspring in the area that houses a small song of samanayrs and are on the lookout for any warning signs.

Finally, you see a point where the steam is rising through the air and head that way. The natural hiss of the spring and the warmth of the air near it makes for a welcome change from the chilling forest. Before you can get too close, however, a song-like noise begins to your right and you turn to find a small samanayr stallion watching you from next to a tree. He finishes his brief song and looks you over before speaking.

"Hello, tyraveleyr," he offers in a pleasant enough tone. "I am yRisingpeaks~Snow, and you've wandeyred into my teyrritoyry. I hope you've come heyre foyr nothing moyre than a fyriendly visit." You nod and he looks quite relieved. "Well then, that's alyright. Would you cayre to meet my mayres?"

Another nod heralds the entrance of a different samanayr, this one a strikingly patterned mare. Her pretty black and white fur is dotted with spots in several places, the effect one of extreme contrast. "Gyreetings," she says to you slowly. Her demeanor is slightly less open than her stallion's, but there's no outright hostility. "I am Moonlitsnow~Spayrkle."

You wait another break for her to add something, but nothing is forthcoming. She's obviously not very comfortable with humans and stands close to Snow.

Suddenly you notice a flash of green moving across the snowy landscape to your left and you turn to see another mare, this one a striking combination of white, green, and brown stripes. Her mane, like Sparkle's, is short and somewhat poofed. She smiles an equine smile and bobs her head to you before bounding off again through the snow.

"That was Snowmountain~Foyrest," the stallion says with a smile of his own. "She is ratheyr active and enjoys exeyrcising when the snow isn't too deep. Foyrtunately for heyr, it's peyrfect foyr a yrun at the moment."

As she runs off, she nearly bounds into a third mare. This spring-ish female offers her an annoyed glare before continuing on to where you stand, her pale green an interesting divergence from the generally darker colors of the others. Her pinto spots resemble Snow's, but are uniquely her own. She gives you an indecipherable Look before tossing her mane and looking away. Bits of bright blue paint are stuck to the fur of her face.

"Paintedface~Hayrlequin," the stallion tells you, glancing over at her with curious eyes. "We'yre neveyr quite suyre how she'll yreact to people. The same can be said foyr ouyr last mayre, of couyrse, but with Winteyryrose~Secyret...we'yre neveyr suyre how she'll yreact to us!"

A white-furred head with a brilliantly fiery mane pokes out of nearby foliage, squinting at you before stepping out and sauntering over. "Well..." she drawled, her tone saucy, "what do we have heyre now? Styrangeyrs? How inteyresting..." She shoots you an unreadable look, then turns to her stallion for the final word.

He nods his head and concludes your meeting. "But anyway, theyre's not much moyre to see heyre. Feel fyree to test the wateyrs of ouyr spyring if you'd like."

Song Information

Picture	Name	Gender	Birth Song	Caretaker
	Snow of the Rising Peaks	Lead Stallion	Unknown	Jennalyn
	Sparkle of the Moonlit Snow	Lead Mare	Unknown	Jennalyn
	Forest of the Snow Mountain	Mare	Unknown	Jennalyn
	Harlequin of the Painted Face	Mare	Unknown	Mouse
	Secret of the Winter Rose	Mare	Unknown	Kitsuneko

*note* The image for Paintedface~Harlequin is used with the permission of her caretaker.

*note* The image for Winterrose~Secret is used with the permission of her caretaker.

Offspring

Picture	Name	ID	Gender	Dam	Song	Caretaker
	Height of the Distant Snowline	o003	Mare	Snowmountain~Forest	Snowcapped Mountains	Jennalyn
	Snow of Winter's Night	638	Mare	Moonlitsnow~Sparkle	Unknown	Nako