Gage

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## History

Gage comes off as being a very strange guy to most, but to Pain he is just a misunderstood young guy who merely yearns for someone to care about him and listen. Pain can see beyond the “emotional walls” he builds up against everyone, including her. Gage has a very difficult time opening up to others, he is primarily a closed guy who doesn’t like sharing much about himself. He prefers being that way because he feels if he doesn’t open up, he can’t get hurt.

He has come from all over. Gage has traveled the lands of Los Lobos pretty much all of his life and has been a loner ever since he can remember. Gage never really had anyone there for him growing up, nor anyone that fully cared for him either, so it’s hard for him to trust others to the full extent, which is why he acts so rudely to this day when in the presence of others.

Primarily seen wandering around at late nights alone, he finds comfort in the silence. He often seems putout when others bother him, so others do tend to stay away from him, as he doesn’t make for a good conversationalist either.

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Gage’s life before joining the Dackle herd largely consisted of him living in the human world. He used it as a crutch for what he didn’t have in the equine world. As a human he could do things and feel equal, make money and then buy things he never dreamed of having. But besides all the materialistic things, he met people and had friends at one time in his life, however, they betrayed him, trashed his home, stole his valuable belongings and sold them to local pawn shops, and also wrecked his prized sports car. But the most important thing they took from him was his trust in them. He opened his heart and his home to them for the first time in his life, and they deceived and broke him for it. He swore never to trust anyone ever again after that, which is why he is so closed-minded about believing in friends anymore. He feels there are no such things as friends, but Pain is determined to show him otherwise. His previous life beyond that is still unknown. No one knows what happened to his parents or of his foal days or really any of it. He doesn’t speak about it and no one bothers to ask, fearing he may choose to leave the Dackle herd for good.

Gage has a soft spot for Pain, but doesn’t like to show it often. In his heart he feels a deep connection with the scarred filly who seems to share in his sorrow, he feels that he can relate to her and he also takes note of her determination in trying to become his friend, no one else has ever tried so hard to become his equivalent.

Underneath Gage’s leg warmers lie terrible scars on his front legs that also show when in human form. They were self-inflicted wounds, as he once was a “cutter.” After his old friends betrayed him, he began slicing into his arms to release the inner pain they caused him to bear. No one knows of his scars, as he is never seen not wearing his trademark leg warmers. But to this day they still bring him a constant and awful reminder of why he shouldn’t have trusted anyone else.

Ever wonder how Gage got to be so rich in the human world? Well, he was actually co-operating with a shady guy halfway across town in dealing firsthand with illegal import car sales. Together they sold imported parts, stolen racing tires, and illegal sport and drifting cars from all around the world. He knew what he was doing was underhanded, but he grew up living this lifestyle so it’s all he ever knew. He and his partner were quite successful in their sales and imports, but after eight years their business was cut short when the authority caught wind of their transactions and shut down their warehouse. He and his partner were soon after arrested and Gage was then backstabbed by the very man who he looked up to when he blamed the entire smuggling ring enterprise on him and swore that he himself had nothing to do with it. In the end Gage was proven innocent under a court of law and his so-called “partner” was sent to jail without bond under the count of smuggling in illegal car imports and stealing millions of dollars from innocent people. Gage did not walk away empty-handed however, he had secretly stashed away nearly twenty million dollars in funds from the sales he and his partner made, his comrade didn’t even know that his own cartel had been pocketing some of each sale made. Gage felt he was just giving himself a well deserved tip, because he had a feeling something like this would eventually happen and his intuition proved him right, so he was well prepared. To this day he is a very wealthy young man but doesn’t ever seem to show his wealth to others.

## Personality

* Gage’s characteristics are primarily those of a teenager who is rebellious and full of angst for life. He is very moody and emotional, and at times hates everyone and everything around him.

* He tends to be on the sarcastic side and can come off with some really rude retorts if given the chance. He likes feeling clever at times, too, it seems to empower him.

* Gage is a closed person and doesn’t deal too well with problems, emotions or bad situations. He will often give up on something even on the first try if it doesn’t go his way.

* He is very selfish and egotistical about himself, but doesn’t fully like himself either. Some would consider him highly “emo.”

* Put aside all the flaws and you have a nearly blank canvas. He is very dull, shallow and dense aside from his crazy mood swings. Without his ever changing emotions, he can be very mind-numbing and confusing to others, hardly none are willing to deal with his mood swings.