[ Principled | Firm| Loyal ]

Kane has a strong sense of right and wrong and also acts on this. These principles vary from the Talori law like not lying to his own principles such as never showing disdain towards another. Either way he stands firm with them, not going easy on himself or others when it comes to these kind of things. It makes him hard and lends him strength that he otherwise might not posses, but also makes him stubborn and critical towards other's behavior. One of those things he values a lot is loyalty and loyal he is. This loyalty can be seen in his sense of duty in defence of their herd, in the care he puts in seeing everyone is safe and even his prolonged fidelity to his late wife who he never replaced after her death.

[ Serious | Sarcastic | Blunt ]

In life Kanaloa has become a quite serious horse. He's stiff, not easy to provoke or move. Careless laughs or ridiculous play is not one has come to expect of him and he carries out regular tasks with a seriousness that one would expect to be reserved for dire situations. It's not that he hates fun, it's just that he has (almost) lost the ability to see the fun in things. He has become quite sarcastic as well, finding irony in how life plays out and having adapted his humour to it. Some may call it rude and pessimistic, but in his own mind he's being honest and realistic. That honesty is not something that stops at jokes, but stretches for well... about anything he says really. Alder isn't one to tiptoe around a topic and will say things as he thinks it is. If the situation is bad, he isn't gonna sugar-coat it.

[ Self-indulgent | Dignified | Mild ]

Kane has sound amount of self-pity that manifests in the form of self-indulgence. Life has handed him a bad hand in his eyes and he thinks he deserves to spoil himself a bit from time to time as result. That belly of his isn't all to blame on his built you know, even though he swears it is. He's a little fatter than he's supposed to be thanks to allowing himself more food than needed. Likewise a nice nap or some sunbathing is something he definitely enjoys. Luckily he manages to not overdo it too much though and keeps a certain amount of grace. He'll act all formal and dignified about it as if it's a normal way to things. He can act that way in pretty much everything, making the most mundane things seem proper. His own self-indulgence is what takes off the edge of his personality and provides him with a certain mildness. While he's firm and sticks strongly to principles he does see that everybody can't perfect and certainly not hundred percent of the time. If he needs to be he can be gentle...that is if he deems it the right moment though.

[ Critical | Alert | Strong-minded ]

Kanaloa is one of those horses who looks at the two (or even more) sides of things most of the time. If something comes up he'll look at both good and bad aspects and think things through. If something is too good to be through he'll look for the catch, if something seems so bad there's no improving he'll look for the positive aspects. Reality is important for him in this and he'll be critical on things, himself and others about this. Used to observing, Kane is a very alert horse. He's a little like a mother who has eyes in the back her head half of the time. If something is up he'll most likely spot it. Since he observes and collect his own principles to live by, Kane is very very hard to sway once he's made up his mind. If you're looking to influence him in some way or another you're in for a though job. He can be very stubborn about things.

[ Solemn | Gruff | Envious ]

A sort of sadness hangs around Kanaloa all day round. The older he gets, the worse it gets. Kane just is really disappointed in and frustrated with his own life so far. He never managed to get the job he wanted and worked so hard for, he lost his wife too early, he never got to have any children and now he's slowly growing old and he feels entirely unaccomplished. Can you blame him having a solemn attitude? It can make him a bit gruff towards horses with a seemingly better life who dare complain about it or who don't appreciate what they have. He also tends to get envious about others having what he wanted and it makes it hard for him to be around them, let alone act happy and friendly even though he tells himself he should.

Kanaloa was born between Astor and Kayda in the Spring of the year 1642. Born and bred in Talori herd it stood to say that Kanaloa would be raised by it's values, being taught respect for Cascade and the herd's traditions. He would grow to be a loyal and strong stallion. Kanaloa took quickly to his grandfather Owen. The male had been fond of his son's first child and when not carrying out his duty, working as a guard at the palacd, he liked spending time with his grandchild. He told him of the importance of the emperor, each and every a divine child of Cascade herself and off the others that dwelled in the palace. Kane looked up to him like no other, his grandfather's rank prickling his imagination. The young male quickly became hung up in the glory of such a job and became enamoured with it. He hung upon storytellers' lips as word about the palace and it's guardians passed and pretend played with other foals that he protected their officials from any evils that dare prey upon them.It was no wonder that upon reaching the age of apprenticeship he had hoped being taken on by one of the palace guards themselves. Alas it was not a position earned without proving and he received a guardian in one of the outer villages as mentor instead.

Deep disappointment was the result. His anger at not being chosen luckily was blown of in the form of steam in his training. An angry teen Kanaloa fought and worked his way through training swiftly. It's during his apprenticeship that a horse in his home village was put on public trial, his charges earning him imprisonment. Kanaloa was very impressed by this happening, coming to understand the importance of law and the consequences of it on a more mature level. Though still not happy about his job he switched from merely throwing his anger into his training to actively training to protect his herd seriously. He also became very serious about laws and justice, contemplating them quite a lot. As he neared adulthood he starts forming his own principles about things and eventually graduates as full guardian, receiving the tittle 'just' by his elders and peers when describing him.

Life for Kanaloa is pretty slow after his apprenticeship until the year 1671. Though always having been around each other, Kanaloa only now takes true notice of the mare Renata. She was a cleric known to treat guardians' wounds and had treated him time upon time, even when still training. Admitted for a more serious one, Renata scolds him perplexing a young Kane. He realises their relationship is different to him than others he has, her smile making his heart beat in ways that no other horse does. Kanaloa is in love. Quite shocked by his own findings, the male pretty much confesses to her without meaning to and luckily for him, his feelings are returned in kind. It is the same year the two become officially married.

Their life of sunshine and roses is however quickly soured. A small band of rogues attacks their home near the wilds, trying to steal their valuables. Kanaloa is quick to engage in battle, but as he does, he looses sight of his wife and choldren. As the small battle is concluded, they are found missing. They are searched for for days, but days turn into weeks and weeks into months and nothing but a bloodied shawl of Renata is found. Her family concludes they must have been killed and with no body available give her valuables a sea burial. Kane does not find closure.

Robbed of his family, Kanaloa throws himself into his duty, rekindling his old dream of becoming a palace guardian. He works hard, hoping that in the end it will pay off and he will be recognised as palace guard material. The years drag on however and the older he gets, the more frustrated Kanaloa becomes. The age of 57 became a milestone for him, sending his father of to be with Cascade once more, realising his life is shortening and he has accomplished nothing of significance.

The year 1700 seemed to become the most eventful year in Kanaloa's life as of yet, throwing the herd in dissaray. A young filly was sacrifaced, leading to horses questioning their holy ritual. Though Kanalao himself saw it as nothing short of an honour, the foal especially blessed to be chosen by their godness so young, he ended up in the mids of it, ending up shepherding herd members towards safety. As rest returned once more, a protective settlement was created by the name of Torrine. Kanaloa took up duty to share in guarding it and the dissenters were put on trial earning them execution. Never before such punishment was seen, yet Kane could only call it just considering the grieve they had caused their herd. Even with the protection of Torrine however, the herd had a threath looming, rebels invading the safe haven and managing to escape with some. Kanalao was both angered and saddened their own would turn against them. He had failed as a guardian not being able to defend. The flight received the stamp of enemy, just like rogues before them.

As summer passed through the land, Torrine was opened and Kanaloa returned to his regular duties once more. With a new solstice on hand, he stayed vigilant for anymore trouble, but was releaved to see it all go down without a hitch, the volunteer restoring faith as it should be once more. It was short-lived however as the flight attacked in full force, dropping bombs and shedding blood wherever they landed. Kanaloa did his best to protect and shield those he could, directing horses to run. He eventually was captured, trying to defend a fallen herd member, and was dragged of the settlement he had only just guarded. Word got around that their defender had fallen and within Torrine there was no sight of their emperor at all. Things looked bleak, but Kanaloa joined in rallying others to keep up spirits, enforcing order even in their current predicament, and plotting without who dared to take back what was theirs.

[ Chapter IV ]

Kanaloa helped planning the uncoming attack by attempting to train recruits. The stallions they got to work with however were not all too skilled. Even worse members of the freedom flight caught onto them and soon enough tension rose high enough to -with the impulsive charge of one young Lucifer- result in a fight. With no weapons at their side and no magic to use in battle, it was a fight that would be ending in disaster, but the kind of disaster was tragic to say the least. After getting his one of his limbs ruined, Lucifer lashed out in blind rage, but instead of hitting the enemy, ended up killing Kanaloa’s collegue Klaus instead. It managed to shock even the flight members and with Kanaloa turning himself in more bloodshed was halted. Once released Kanaloa anger with the flock only grew as Lucifer seemed to have disappeared and Kanaloa was left helping organize a funeral for two next to the many that died already. His conviction was shaken as he got the opportunity to step in and do the by him much coveted job of being a palace guardian. As protector of council member Ciardha, Kanaloa soon grew discontent however, realizing the job he had been chasing his whole life was not what he wanted at all. It hurt to see so many hurting, while his duty was to only to protect the one. Ciardha who soon caught up on this talked to the stallion and as their stay in Torrine grew to an end, he was releaved of duty by the stallion.

 

[ Chapter V ]

Warning: mention of suicide attempt

With everything coming together and their emperor returning with allied forces of the Serorans, Kanaloa alongside many escaped Torrine. With a small group he had in the meanwhile come to trust, he charged the palace, intent on retaking it. Though they were outnumbered the enemy put up quite the resistance and Kanaloa almost lost  his life. It was by Cascade’s divine intervention, blessing him in the mids of battle, the stallion survived at all. Spirits revived by the help of his goddess and with the emperor soon joining their fight, the tides seemed to have turned and victory evident. However not sooner had the feeling taken hold, did their emperor fall. In rage his and his fellow emperors brought down the rest of the flight members, but their emperor was death. Kanaloa felt failed. As Talori was victorious and peace slowly settled back in, their goddess appeared and elected an empress to lead them to new times. The world was changing and it was changing too fast for an old man like himself. As dark thoughts and feeling took hold of the stallion, Kanaloa saw only one thing left to do. Take his own life. It seemed however that was not what life had in store for him and instead of dying of ageing potion, Kanaloa woke up, saved by clerics from poisoning. A miracle or that’s what he took it for and he decided perhaps he still had a role to play in whatever the future had to bring.