Post by brave on Jul 31, 2012 11:40:04 GMT -8
ADAM-- SAMUEL -- RICHARDS !
BASICS...
Face Claim: Milo Ventimiglia
Full Name: Adam Samuel Richards
Nicknames: Adi, A, Richards
Hair Colour: Jet Black
Eye Colour: Caramel Brown
Height: 6'0
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Occupation: Student
Team: Cohaero
Goal for HA: It might be easier to ask what Adam doesn't want to accomplish. The best horse, the best girl, the best competitor. He's the guy who always wants to be on top no matter what the challenge. He's an extremely passionate rider, and horses have become his life. He's a winner, and he wants everyone to know it.
Five Likes:
- Riding
- Reading
- Drawing
- Winning
- Finishing what he started
Five Dislikes:
- Liars
- Immaturity
- Ignorance and Arrogance alike
- Animal Cruelty
- Losing
HOME LIFE...
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Parents: Father-Carter M. Richards(57) and Mother-Eliza D. Richards(53)
Siblings: Caleb S. Richards(18) and Seth S. Richards(25)
Other:Close Friend-Viktor C. Caverosa(Deceased) and A four month old Border Collie female named [url=http://browse.deviantart.com/photography/STAFF POSITIONSorder=9&q=border+collie+puppy&offset=192#/d2okkgz]Blake
Riding History: Adam stepped into the saddle when he was seven years old, in Cottonwood, Kaufman County, Texas, population 1,540. The family of five had just moved down south from Wisconsin so Eliza followed her job, and His father had decided he needed to do something new besides sports that might help him get the feel of his new home. Despite Adam's protests he was forced into horse back riding. The instant he found himself on the leather saddle though, he was consumed with the desire to ride. He feel in love with the four legged animals that danced instead of trotted and flew instead of galloped. Soon enough, his parents couldn't keep him away from the stable. It was a second home to him.
He was eleven when he discovered jumping. He had been watching Tv and the channel had come up. He watched the program for five and a half hours, not realizing so much time had passed until his older brother Seth walked in and pointed it out. He dreamed of soaring with horses in such a way from that day on, and pleaded profusely with his parents for a chance. Yet,if there was one thing his mother feared, it was horses. She rejected his request, and when his father argued his case, she won again. Adam was stuck on the ground.
He would be weeks away from his thirteenth birthday when a new Riding Stable would come to the outskirts of the miniscule city, it's specialty Show Jumping. He rode his bike down to the stable himself, and immediately feel in love with the elaborate stable. The short mixed breed ponies at his current riding barn had nothing on the fine, elegant horses that flew over poles with ease. He stopped attending his riding lessons and biked down to the Jumping Stable secretly instead. A month went by before a Rider at the stables would notice the eager boy who sat on the bench outside the arena, craning his head to get a glimpse of the horses that sprung. Viktor Caverosa would soon become Adam's best friend.
He brought him into the arena, inviting him to ride on his black thoroughbred. It was the finest horse Adam had ever laid eyes on. He spent the next two hours flying over jumps with that horse, never feeling more complete in his life. Only Viktor's careful call brought him back to the ground, and he unwillingly surrendered the beautiful stallion back to his owner. Everyday for the next six months Adam would go down for two hours of complete and utter freedom. It was like living another life.
Things spiraled out of control when his parents separated. His father left them in the middle of the night. The boys never got a chance to say goodbye. Adam's mother distanced herself from the boys, to a point where she was too far gone to care. They didn't tell anyone though. They kept to themselves, convinced that they could get by on their own. Things seemed to be going as fine as it could with the absence of their father, when Eliza discovered Adam had been jumping. Viktor had come to the house and accidentally given his secret away. When Adam came home, he was screamed at and threatened and blamed for every bad thing that had ever happened to his mother. He was banned from riding completely.
A part of Adam died when that happened. He felt that way. Seth took notice and tried to convince his mother that it wasn't dangerous, that Adam needed it. Viktor tried to aid Adam as well, but in the end all attempts failed. He was a changed person without equines. Lost and unknown, he drew away from everyone as well. For a while, he was just as withdrawn as his mother.
And then, at sixteen, his father came back. His mother and his father had decided to repair their damaged relationship. One of the first acts his father completed was allowing Adam not only to ride, but to jump. It would have been the brightest point in Adam's life if not for Viktor. The young boy had died at nineteen in a drunk driving incident. For the first time in Adam's life, he wept. He took Viktor's horse out far into the woods, and wept. Later he would repeat the act when he found out that the black beauty had been turned to dog food.
He stopped riding until eighteen, when his father had a long talk with him about talents and dreams and passions. In the end, Adam was convinced back into jumping. He stepped back into the saddle and began competing. He excelled like never before, winning show after show, always with the support of his family. He had never felt so amazing, until the day his father handed him a Brochure, Hollow Aspen scrawled across the top in a cursive font. He and his father had fought for hours. He just competed for fun, and this was so far above his level. He would never get in. With the consistent encouragement of his father, he finished the applications and sent them. A few weeks later, he got his reply. Without hesitation his family bought him a plane ticket and sent him off, into a brand new world of opportunity. A world where Adam truly belonged.
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ABOUT YOU...
Age: 14
Years RPing: Four of Five
RL Horse Experience: Been riding since I was Seven
Example Post:The stallion was everything Adam had wanted him to be and more. It was as though he had been sculpted with the remains of Viktor's black beauty. It was written in the way he moved, the way swung his broad head about, the way his intelligent brown eyes gazed into your soul. This was going to be Adam's horse. The great black beast moved to greet him as Adam clicked his tongue against the roof of his mouth, inviting the equine to join him. His hand brushed over the stallions velvety mug with affection, his eyes meeting the mighty animals own. Brown met brown, and Adam smiled. Yes, this thoroughbred was glorious. His right hand moved to stroke the soft black coat as he spoke to the owner, only concentrated on the animal. The owner was just an outsider, a disturbance, a barrier between himself and this black miracle." So, you're asking ten thousandSTAFF POSITIONS" Adam questioned. The man nodded and replied in his odd accent. "That's right! No less. Ten thousand or I take him right now and leave." He said in an attempt of a threat. Adam just laughed, speaking soft words to the intelligent animal before him. Without warning then Adam swung himself fluidly into the saddle, his hands finding the reins in an instant and his feet gently tapping the stallions side. As if something where dragging him, the great black beast sprung forward, dancing around the small arena on light feet, head held high with pride as he thundered about, his muscles rippling with raw power. The thoroughbred maneuvered it's way to a jump and leaped over it as if it was simply a stick in the grass, small and unimportant. He collected himself swiftly, landing with an expertise Adam had never seen before. With a chuckle, Adam dismounted, tangling his fingers into the animals fine mane. "I think we have deal." He told the owner, his eyes never leaving the proud horse before him that was soon to be his.
