Took a crack at a different sort of style for me...

Doblest' (Valor) - Ataman Ryskyov's Noroko war-horse. Er, his ex-horse. Sort of hard to ride after you're dead. Well, at least he's in good hands once again...

"The bay’s manners were impeccable - he never barged, or accidentally set a foot down on a groom or farrier. When Valor paused at all on the battlefield, he did so with the appearance that he was surveying everything around him, taking it all in, a reflection of the man on his back.

If a Druzhina’s mount shied during a fight, or quivered and fought their rider at the smell of blood, her father and Valor had the uncanny ability to turn and pin the miscreant into behaving with a cool look before continuing along down the line. "