Horace Ashworth

Horace Ashworth is a huntsman from Mistral and a former member of Team MARS. His weapon of choice is a hobby horse with a thin, short axe head built into the length of the snout.
== Appearance ==
Horace is a tall man, with greenish-brown hair and green eyes. He wears a pale green collared shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, brown gloves, a dark brown sash around his waist and brown trousers with spring green trim.
== Personality ==
Horace appears a little more sensitive than his team partner, hurt by Akane's blunt demeanour, but shares in Oxblood's brash showmanship, developing short rhymes based on their names to introduce themselves.
== Abilities and Powers ==
While not all that smart, Horace is a notably capable huntsman - noted to be in the top five percentile the year his team graduated from Haven Academy. He shares this skill with Oxblood and Makkuro, the latter of whom won a Vytal Tournament.
== Trivia ==
=== Allusion ===
* Horace alludes to the Chinese mythological character "Horse-Face".
** His name is formed from the first three and last three letters of 'Horse-Face'
** He is an Equine Faunus, his trait being a horse tail.
** Horse-Face is commonly bundled with Ox-Head, whom Horace's teammate and work partner Oxblood alludes to.
=== Colour Naming Rule ===
* The name 'Horace' is possibly derived from Latin hora meaning "hour, time, season" - "season" in particular reflecting his spring green palette.
* The surname 'Ashworth' means 'Ash Enclosure' in Old English, connecting it to the Ash tree.
** His surname suggests he is from the Ashworth Clan, a family much like Robin Lincoln's.
== References ==
Category:Characters
Category:Male Characters
Category:Team MARS
Category:Haven Academy Students
Category:Mistral
Category:Bijozakura
Category:Huntsmen
Category:Unsei Ridge