White Bull

## Introduction

**White Bull**, is a hunter and horse wrangler who seeks to keep the nature of Odessa as pure and beautiful when he leaves it, as when he was born into it. He was born to a native American mother and an American soldier. He spends most of his days around Valentine and around The Heartlands looking out for people seeking to tarnish the heartlands for it's valuables. White Bull believes in the American people and is a proud believer that the land has more than enough resources to share, but disagrees with the Americans' methods. White Bull rarely ever leaves East Odessa, unless prompted to do so by business or the promise of unique horses for his business.

## Biography

### Childhood

Born to a native American and an American soldier in a time of war, White Bull was no stranger to violence. White Bull's mother was shunned and exiled by her tribe for bedding an American soldier. She fled to the East Grizzlies while still pregnant with White Bull and found refuge in an abandoned cabin in the mountains.

When White Bull was born, his mother soon taught him to hunt, fish, gather herbs and wrangle horses. It was no luxury life, but Atim and White Bull were both happy. He learned early on what was necessary to do to survive in a tough environment.

A few years later, during winter time, White Bull was out hunting when, from the top of a mountain, he saw fires and heard gunshots from the valley below. The war had taken a turn towards the East Grizzlies.

White Bull's mother soon after moved to Valentine under the guise of being travelers from a foreign country. White Bull fit in right away. he picked up the accent and made friends in no time.

One night White Bull fell very ill, and his mother, being a native American, quickly went out to the plains to gather herbs and then got robbed and killed on her way back home again. White Bull never learned what happened to her.

He soon after ran off to the heartlands and hunted his own meals and built his own fires. The only company he had most days was his young horse, Shadow.

### Adult life

In his adult life White Bull travels all around Odessa hunting and wrangling horses for his business in Valentine. Most of his adult life he stayed in the Deer Cottage in Roanoke. He now stays in a small cabin west of Emerald Ranch. Mostly what was found around his stable are Standardbreds, thoroughbreds and Painted Americans.

White Bull now takes advantage off all the tactics he learnt as a child to make a living. While still staying very shy of what the bigger cities have to offer, the most technology he can work is sending a letter.

White Bull now never leaves East Odessa unless it's for business purposes or for a new rare breed of horse that he's yet to wrangle.

### Motivations

The first horse that White Bull ever wrangled was a completely black standard-bred foal. This is the horse he rode for his entire childhood unless he was out trying to wrangle other horses.

After White Bull's mother passed away, he only had Shadow. He felt a special connection to nature and like he was where he was supposed to be when he was sat on a horseback or hunting. Wherever Shadow went, White bull went too. he still has Shadow to this day, although Shadow is reaching an old age and White Bull knows that the day is closing in on when he will have to retire Shadow.

White Bull feels like he has a special connection to horses and nature, therefore he sees it fit to use this gift to help others in any way he can.