Pablo Balt

This article contains spoilers for the comic's main series. Reader discretion is advised.

## Personal Status

### Relatives

* Jasper (father)
* Tabitha Balt (mother)
* Bianca Onile (mate)
* Jasper Balt (son)

## Media

### First Appearance

Chapter 22 (mentioned and pictured)

**Pablo Balt** was a Guardian born on World 5, and the father of Jasper Balt. After the death of his mate, Bianca Onile, he raised and cared for his son unconditionally. Never leaving his side, the two would traverse the harsh environments of their world until Pablo's untimely death at the jaws of Orizon.

During Series 2, Pablo is temporarily brought back through the Umberbug's reconstruction of stardust. He aids the True Guardians in their journey and teaches them how to survive until he is fatally shot in the head by the Doeforrah. Soon after his death, his body is eaten by many of the group purely out of desperation to survive another day.

## Appearance

Pablo is a cool, pure dark grey Guardian with a standard coat. His nose and hooves are a darker shade, and has pale pink eyes due to suffering from Rose Eye Disease. His figure is lithe and underweight, and though appears tired, he presents himself as able-bodied. He has multiple small patches of fur missing, presumably due to his survival excursions. The latter half of his tail is wrapped tightly in bandages to protect others from spreading his Raka's Disease at the source of infection.

## Personality

Pablo is a calm and clearheaded individual. Though he did what he needed in order to survive, he kept a kind and compassionate heart. Pablo is a respectful, mature Guardian who often keeps to himself.

## Relationships

### Jasper Balt

Pablo took full responsibility of Jasper after the passing of his mother during birth, he would name his fawn after his own father, and much like him he would vouch to never abandon his son in their harsh world. The duo would make a living stealing food from the factories to survive, there was little else to eat, and later in life Pablo worried about them needing to split to be able to even make it. One day while traveling to a secondary location in search of sustenance, a trail of large hoof prints in the snow catch Jasper’s eye, and he wanders off to follow them, in doing so he is met with Orizon who offers him a chance to save his world and father if he can beat him, the god proceeds to attack Jasper, deeply biting him across the shoulders and neck. Pablo hears the commotion and comes to his son’s aid only to be apprehended himself, in an attempt to anger Jasper into fighting, Orizon tears his father in half in front of him, though Pablo takes his last seconds alive to tell his son to run, and much to the god’s fury, he does.

### Bianca Onile

Though wary for a long time, Bianca grew on Pablo. He grew to love Bianca as a partner, eventually becoming the future father of her child. This, however, would be cut short due to Bianca's complications during labor. Pablo chose to honor his now deceased loved one by treasuring their newborn son, vowing to never leave his side.

## History

### Pre-Series

Pablo was born a Guardian in Canter, Zone Y, to father Jasper and mother Tabitha. He took his mother’s surname over his father’s, and as was the way of the world, his mother would leave upon him reaching adulthood. In hopes of them standing better survival chances alone, Jasper remembered how he had suffered upon being left by his parents as a fawn himself. Refusing to abandon his son, the two would go on to travel the cold wasteland together as Pablo grew. His father was stern and would at times appear mentally distant, though his love for his son was unquestionable, and Pablo continued to be grateful for his presence and support. Jasper had a certain chemical thrown at him during one of their raids, causing him to develop Raka's Disease, and unfortunately spread it to the end of Pablo's tail. On one fateful day the pair would partake in a usual factory raid in search of food, though during their escape, the duo are cut off by Doeforrah. Jasper to sacrificed himself so his son could escape as he took a fatal shot to the head.

Several years later on his own in the wilderness, Pablo began encountering a female Guardian hunting the little available food on his ground. The pair would often initially clash, though he found himself having a soft spot for the other even if she continued to be feisty towards him. Though inevitably they would eventually seek some solace in life in each other, and she, Bianca Onile, would become pregnant with their child. This however would go far from smoothly, as complications with the birth lead Bianca to bleed excessively. With no medical care available, she would live only a few sweet minutes after her son’s birth to be able to meet him before passing away. Pablo, now a single parent, named his fawn Jasper after his own father. Akin to his father, Jasper vouched to never abandon his son in their harsh world. Pablo was left wondering in thought. If she had survived, would've Bianca eventually left them too much like his mother had, or whether the three would have stayed together? He would never know the answer.

The duo made a living stealing food from the factories to survive. There was little else to eat, and later in life Pablo worried about them needing to split to be able to even make it. One day while traveling to a secondary location in search of sustenance, Pablo hears Jasper in commotion and comes to his son’s aid only to be apprehended by Orizon himself. In an attempt to anger Jasper into fighting, Orizon tears his father in half in front of him. Pablo takes his last seconds alive to tell his son to run, and much to the god’s fury, he does.

### Series 2: Destiny's Traitor

In the Series 2 revisit to World 5 with the True Guardians, he is brought back to the living, walking beside his son in the forest. Seeing Jasper startled his father commenting on the Umberbug crashing, he follows Jasper. He encounters the True Guardians unexpectedly as they land onto the snow-bedded ground below the trees. Upon taking in their unusual appearances, his suspicions are confirmed that they are lab escapees. Now properly introduced and trusting his son's relationship with them, he allows the group to join the two on a food run.

## Trivia

* Pablo is the only parent to name a True Guardians after a previous family member.
* Chapter 137 and 138 strongly implies Pablo to be first cousins with Bast through their fathers, although Bast dismisses it since the name of Pablo’s father, Jasper, is a pretty common one.