Post by .Rissa. on Jul 28, 2010 20:11:57 GMT -6
Rance/ Rider /Vincent
Nick Names: Rance;; 'The Rider' by his close freinds
Staff: Certified western horse trainer
Age: 27 years young, though he must admit, somedays he feels like
Ethnicity: Caucasion/ Spanish from Spain, his grandfather immigrated to the United States
Gender: Male, good thing as he would be a very unnatractive woman
Physical Description: Rance is firmly built, to say the least. He has lean muscle, not a hint of fat. This is caused not only from him being a very active person, he has a high metabolism, so he always seems to be hungry. Rance doesn't waste time on good smelling cologne or fancy shampoo. He smells like horse most of the time anyway, and his hat always covers his head, so that eliminates both issues.
Though he may appear ragged, his face if gentle and kind. His skin is smooth and soft. His hands are clean and have a soft texture as he wears leather gloves when doing most of his work. There's a lesson to that. His gentle eyes can calm fear in a human as quick as his gentle touch to a horse's withers.
Rance will always be seen in steel-toe boots, baseball cap, comfortabe fitting jeans, and a western shirt to a t-shirt. He keeps his face mostly clean-shaven except for a soul patch under his bottom lip.
Personalitly: Rance is a very calm individual. He is slow to anger and easy to please. He goes at his own pace in life.. which, you know the lever on a lawnmower that pushes up to a rabbit to go fast and down to a turlte to go slow? Push it down to the turtle, as far as it will go. But, the man has his reasons for this as well. He believes that rushing only leads to a disaster. This does not mean is late, it just means he takes his time in whatever he is doing. He has been known to tell people, that patience is the key to everything in life, and death. Who wants Grim to show up in a hurry?
Rance is a very refined individual, he doesn't let others get close to him easily. If he gives trust in someone, he expects the same amount of trust back. Nothing hurts this man more than a lieing, cheating, backstabber.
Background: Rance was born in California to a horsemen family. His grandfather lived in Spain and knew secrets of horse training methods, which he passed down to his son, Rance's father Miguel. Rance wasn't taught to ride until he was 7. His father wanted to make sure the boy was mature enough to understand the basic rules of horses. Never spur, whip, or demand anything from a horse. Ask, and ask again.
Rance lived out in the middle of nowhere on his father's 500 acre ranch. He was home schooled by his mother. He has one older sister, she was home schooled and upon graduating, she moved to Spain, just before the grandparents death, to inherit the land and train the horses for the school of equestrian arts in Spain. Since then, her and Rance write often and include pictures of their works.
The only socializing the boy had with people were customers, or on a trip to town. He had been raised a gentleman around women, but never had the chance to be around them, so they make him nervous, but, in a good way. Rance graduated with A's and B's under his mother's supervision. He took an online course and got a certificate for his horse training skills. He stayed with his family for a while, having a brief girlfriend, that turned out to be cheating on him with another man. Resulting in a fight, and poor Rance was never taught anything about fighting. The quarrel was brutle and a chair was slammed over his back. Lucky nothing was broken, but he did have a disc that slipped out of place. After a few weeks to the chiropracter, he was able to get on with life and train again. Rance knew he would never find what he wanted in California, and when he saw an ad for Kentucky, he jumped at the opprtunity.
Misc.: Rance has never been married, but he is looking(cautiously)!!
Face Claim/Playby: Rodney Atkins