MARKEY, Kevin Solon

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KEVINSOLONMARKEY
<<Played by Neko>>

Shine a light through an open door

Full Name>> Kevin Solon Markey
Nicknames>> Kev
Age>> March 18th; 28
Staff or Student>> Foal Handling/Training Instructor
House>> For students only
Gender>> Male
Sexuality>> Heterosexual
Face Claim>> DJ Miller

Turn away 'cause I need you more

Personality>> Kevin tends to be lively as he loves to have fun and joke around in his off time or hanging out with his sister or friends. He is assertive and intuitive with the horses he works with as he has to with some of the horses. He obeys the rules and when it comes to work he is serious and dutiful and if it is something he doesn't know he learns it pretty fast. In time of crises or when facing trouble he deals with it calmly and fairly. He will slip into formal moods where he acts a bit silly but he always calls people Ma'am or Sir with a tip of his hat as a greeting.
Good Traits: Faces reality calmly, Fast learner, Intelligent, Easy-going, Assertive, Rule-conscious, Dutiful, Intuitive, Confident, Self-reliant, Resourceful, Self-sufficient, Organized, Patient, Relaxed, Respecting traditional ideas, Trusting, Serious, Formal, Lively
Bad Traits: Competitive, Absent minded, Self-assured, Confident, Solitary.
Likes>> Horses, Being Outside, Working/Training foals, Music, Playing guitar, Fishing, Hunting, Mudding
Dislikes>> Sweet food, Cold days, Untrained Dogs, Working with Cattle, Reptiles, Snow, Loud unexpected noise
Fears>>
Clowns
Drowning
Hopes>>
Being a first class foal trainer
Winning all around cowboy from a rodeo
Secrets>> He once tried out for an talent show and didn't make it. He doesn't know how to swim. He is very secretly afraid of mice and small reptiles.

It’s the way I’m feeling I just can’t deny

Appearance>> Kevin has tan skin from working outside more of his life and because of his life he also has muscles that show up best in his arms and abs. Blue grey eyes always seem to give away his mood and really when he is angry they seem to look like a stormy sky. Black short hair is pretty much always covered up by one of his cowboy hats that he is pretty much never not wearing unless it falls off during work. Six feet and two inches is his height.
Markings>> He has a scar along his arm, around his ribs, and the side of his stomach. All rodeo accidents.

But I’ve gotta let it go

Medical History>> Age 15 - broken leg, cracked rib, and arm - Rodeo accident. Age 16 - side of his stomach scrapped - Bull riding. Age 17 - broken arm had to have the arm set and stitches - Team Roping riding. Age 19 - bit by a horse around his ribs - rodeo accident. Age 20 - rope burn on his hands - roping a run away horse without gloves. Age 21 - minor head injury - Car accident. Age 25 - kicked in the torso - Horse Training Accident.
Criminal History>> One ticket for drunk driving when he first turned 21.
Full History>> Kevin was born in the house he grew up as his mother wanted to do an at home birth. He grew up perfectly fine and went to work with his father on the ranch, following him around and petting the horses until he could start to carry things for his father. When he was three his lessons in ridding started and he had his own pony by the time he was five, the pony was old and bomb proof so he could ride the pony without anyone leading it but only out side of the riding ring if he was with his father or one the ranch hands.

When he was seven years old he got a little sister, which he proved to be a good big brother and helped watch her when he wasn't helping his father or one of the ranch hands with work. By the time his sister was born, he was competing in the local rodeo in pole bending, barrel racing, and sheep/goat roping. He was only doing those because he was too young to do the bull riding or the calf roping.

At the age of 15 he went for the junior bull riding and despite winning that event on his first try, he did end up in the hospital with a broken leg and cracked rib from a headbutt form the steer. At a different rodeo he did the Junior bull riding again and ended up with a broken arm, loosing that one. As he was healing he spent time taking care of the horses around the ranch and learned more from his parents as they taught him how to run the ranch and handle the horses. His main job after his leg healed was training the foals to walk on lead and get use to human contact.

The next year when he was 16 he and his friends all went for junior bull riding and he managed to go the while rodeo season without getting hurt. At least until the last rodeo of the season when he got too confident and ended up getting scrapped by the fake horns on the bull on his side. It was another trip to the hospital and stitches along with a scar that would be left over. Again while healing he was put on foal training on the ranch and thus he learned what he could from the old ranch hand that basically taught him via bossing him around.

The next time he got hurt, he started training some of the foals without being told to as he figured it was the easy work and there was some wild mustang foals there for basic training.  After getting knocked to the ground by a spirited yearling he learned that the mustangs were harder to work with and got stubborn about them. By the time he was healed up he had the spirited yearling trained to at least carry a saddle on her back and had her training higher than the other foals her age normally would have. Which earned him praise from the old ranch hand, which was something that didn't happen often.

Over the next few years he spent time learning and it wasn't until he graduated from high school that he started to work full time on the family ranch. He worked with mostly the foals but also helped with training the older horses and any who came into the ranch to be trained. Once he learned all he could from his family and ranch hands he started to try to find a job and ended up finding one in Kentucky that would hire him and put him though collage. His entire time in collage he proved to be always in the top three of his classes and the top of the classes that was horse related.

When he got out of collage he was suggested to apply to Blue Ridge Riding Academy by his boss for stable hand spot in the broodmare stable. When he got a call and was asked to come show his abilities he was a bit shocked as he knew that BRRA was one of the most prestigious riding academys in the US. But he agreed and went to them the next day he was off and did an interview with them along with a tour of the school grounds and meeting the people he would be working with. A few weeks went by before he was hired and he moved into the school with his mare that he had been trained before leaving home and while he was in collage. He worked as a stable hand for a year and then for half a year until the Foal Handling/Training Instructor opened up and he tried out for that job, getting it.


Family Tree:

• Grandmother: Morrigan Markey
• Father: Lóegaire  Markey
• Mother: Maeve Lennon Markey
• Sibling: Étaín Epona Markey (Younger Sister)
• Sibling: Emer Markey (younger sister)
  

We found love in a hopeless place

[CaraGenie]

Accepted.||<3

You know the drill. You will be residing in Room 116 of the Brown Ribbon Apartments.

Since your characters are brother and sister, and no doubt arriving at the same time, they can do their arrival thread together. We normally have people do separate arrival threads, but as stated above and they are sharing and apartment.