Tumbleweed

By HunterTSN

• July 3, 2014




Age: 30-40 varying

Gender: Male

Species: Earth Pony

Cutie Mark: Varies between RPs.

Personality: Tumbleweed is usually reserved, serious, and determined, however he can become hotheaded and impulsive when angered and requires quite some time to calm down. He can be quite judgmental and often categorizes people he meets based on first impressions.

Backstory: Born and raised an only child in the San Palomino, Tumbleweed was grew to be a strong and independent colt at a young age. Spending most of his time out in the desert, he began to feel more at home among the cactus than the small town in which he was born.<br /><br />On his ninth birthday, Tumbleweed saw for the first time an odd machine unlike any he had seen before. When asked, his Pa told him it was called a pumpjack and it would bring jobs and fortune to their town, his ma wasn't so certain. In the years that followed, Tumbleweed saw more and more of the pumpjack drills until finally they outnumbered the saguaro.<br /><br />Finally the small family could no longer bear the further ruination of their home and they joined a wagon train heading south from Appaloosa, unfortunately moving was hard on Tumbleweed's Pa and he fell ill during the trip. With his father on his deathbed and the rest of the train looking like they were looking to join him. Tumbleweed did all he could to use his experience in the desert and help the poor folks, alas this wan't enough for many of the weary travelers and he found himself digging the grave of his Pa and many others before the year turned over. <br /><br />His Mum followed not long after his father, but determined as he was Tumbleweed continued to lead the wagon train until they finally found a small sheltered ravine where they settled. Once convinced the new settlers could make it on their own Tumbleweed returned to the harsh desert he was so familiar with. The town would later come to be known as "Tumbleweed".