Post by Brandon S. Mackenzie on Mar 28, 2016 10:48:33 GMT -8
BRANDONSAMUELMACKENZIE
<<Played by Onzy>>
Full Name>> Brandon Samuel Mackenzie
Nicknames>> Bran
Age>> 31 August; 30
Staff or Student>> Staff- Cross Country Instructor
House>> ---
Gender>> Male
Sexuality>> Heterosexual
Face Claim>> Tom Hiddleston
Personality>> Bran is a hyper, friendly, sociable type. He loves being around people, interacting with people and just generally being his easy and outgoing self. He has an extremely long fuse, very few things irk him, but that is just who he is. He mostly enjoys his weekends alone, preferring to read and ride. He enjoys a challenge, be it with schooling a particularly difficult horse or riding at a show among the best of the best. He is a bit of an adrenaline junkie, choosing thrills that will get his blood racing. Probably also why he was drawn to eventing in the first place.
Likes>>
- Winter
- Show-Jumping
- Schooling horses
- Reading
- Classic rock music
- Snow
- Road trips
Dislikes>>
- Going to the gym (a necessary evil)
- Horses smaller than 15.3 hands (being 6"2 doesn't have many perks)
- Flying
- Cars with no leg room
- Children younger than 10.
Fears>> Death; Having a fall that will end his riding career
Hopes>> Being selected for the British Equestrian Team ; Win Burghley at least once.
Secrets>> Experimented with drugs in high school, ended up in rehab for three months when he 16.
Appearance>> Bran is 6"2, tall and lean, with only a slight muscular stature. He has greyish-blue eyes, and his natural hair colour tends to be auburn, though it does lighten or darken depending on how much sun he is exposed to, and seasons. His hair also has a natural wavy curl to it, which can be straightened with a lot of gel and hair product when the feeling strikes him. His clothing style is casual, but neat. His t-shirts are always ironed, and he prefers jeans to slacks, as well as converse instead of dress shoes. His riding clothes are neat, though his everyday barn breeches can be seen to be patched in a few places. Not that he cares, after all, he'd rather fall in the older breeches, than his newer pairs.
Markings>> n/a
Medical History>> Spent 3 months in rehab for drug addiction
Criminal History>> Arrested for possession, sentenced to community service.
Full History>> Bran was born into a relatively normal family and lived in South London his entire life probably. His mother stayed at home, and his father worked for the government. He had an older sister and a younger brother, and nothing really seemed unusual in that family. However, his father liked to get drunk on weekends, and he had a tendency to take it out on the people closest to him. While the children were younger, they didn't really know what was going on, but by the time Bran was 5 or 6, he had a pretty good idea. One night, he tried to intervene and bore the brunt of the beating.
It set him up for a lifetime of trouble, and by the time he was 15, was dealing and doing drugs on a regular basis. His parents didn't know, but when he was arrested on possession a year later, all hell broke loose. He was sentenced to three months community service. However, that didn't really change anything. A year later, he had moved onto doing harder drugs, and ended up in rehab. It was here that things changed, and Bran received his first introduction to horses. Equine Assisted Therapy became the reason why he was a success case, and not another statistic. As soon as he left rehab, he volunteered at an equine rescue, and soon thereafter started riding on almost a daily basis. He didn't finish school though, but he has somehow managed to scrape together a career from riding and schooling horses. His adrenaline fuel is eventing, and this probably helps that he doesn't go back to doing drugs.
Now, he wishes to ride and make a name for himself in America, though, one needs a career as his parents keep telling him, so he has chosen to become a cross country instructor. For now. Who knows where he might end up?
