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Post by kairi♥ on May 14, 2011 21:59:24 GMT -5
DAILY LIFE
018. Any male character from the age of 0 to 3 is considered a juvenile, or a colt; at the age of 4 they are officially declared adults, or stallions.
019. Breeding age begins at 3, with retiring age set at 20. There is no retiring age for males, and there is no limit to how many children they can have in their lifetime. There is also limit as to when they can breed – so long as it is within season, this can be done consecutively or with major gaps, et cetera.
RELATIONS
020. Males without a herd are considered bachelor or rogue. Unlike mares or fillies, however, there is largely no consequence if they choose to continue as such.
021. If a male needs a home and there is no open territory left, then as with females, they are free to wait in the Darach Wood or the Fuamnach for a herd-leading stallion to recruit or invite them into their territory.
022. If a male is by some chance left a single parent, then the foal may be tacked onto the stallion’s account as with a mare; they will be counted as one character until the foal comes to be one year old. Note that if this were to occur, that the foal would need a source of sustenance – a wet nurse – for that year as well.
HERD LAW
023. At the age of 3, colts are allowed to claim herdland.
024. If a herd-leading stallion dies, the heir is typically the next in the line of succession. This status can also be passed onto adopted sons and, in rare cases, daughters.
025. If a herd-leading stallion has no declared heir but has multiple sons, then he must name an heir prior to death. If he does not, there is typically a dispute that can be settled either by vote or war, depending on the nature of the herd in question.
026. Multiple stallions may form a bachelor herd, which is comprised entirely of males. Bachelor herds’ mean age is usually 3 or 4.
027. If a stallion has no herd, he is allowed at the most one mare of his own. This is convenient for single fathers; they may have their child, and they may have the necessary nurse to support that child as well.
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