Bruce Acker

This OC is inspired by the song (Ghost) Riders in the Sky by Johnny Cash

Full name: Bruce Acker.
Age: 32 years old.
Occupation: outlaw.
Species: Human.
Sexuality: Bisexual.

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Personality:
Logistician, Bruce always says what’s on his mind and never backs down from an argument. You can often find him at a saloon picking a fight with someone because they don’t like Bruce’s brutal honesty. Bruce likes the quiet time with his horse “Fury” and enjoys just sitting alone and minding his own business. He isn’t the type to find himself around a lot of people and often stays far away from large groups of people. He, at a young age, was in a gang with outlaws but quickly left them when he realized that living with other people wasn’t his thing. Bruce doesn’t talk that much, but when it comes to talking about something he enjoys or bitch about something, he can’t keep his mouth shut. He has a hard time making friends because of how he is and that’s why he is always alone. He doesn’t show a lot of emotion and keeps a calm mindset almost all the time. If he ever shows emotion it’s because someone made him mad or his horse got sick/hurt.

Likes & dislikes: Bruce loves horses. As a kid he didn’t have a place to stay so he often snuck into peoples stables and stayed with the horses. He enjoys reading and often sits by a lake or the ocean and reads. Bruce likes keeping everything clean so all his guns and clothing is always clean (if he hasn’t just hunted or got kicked off by his horse). He doesn’t like strangers, nor do he like making friends, considering he isn’t very good at it. He likes to fish and hunt, mostly small animals but sometimes he can hunt bigger animals, like beer or moose.

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Scars: Bruce has 3 big scars across his back after he got attacked by a bear as a young man. He also has a smaller scar over his chest and a scar after a bullet.

Hair color: Bruce has brown hair.

Eye color: He has brown eyes, almost yellow.

Body type: Bruce is a strong man, he almost looks like he is nothing but muscles.

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Backstory:
Bruce didn’t know his parents, he was left as an orphan at a very young age. He does however remember a woman taking him in and teaching him how to ride a horse. As Bruce grew older, the woman got weaker and soon after Bruce turned 12 the woman sadly passed away. Bruce burned her in her garden and left the house with one of the younger horses. As he traveled the country he met a gang with other lost souls as himself and joined them for a short time. But soon as he joined he realized that this wasn’t for him and left after 3 years (he was 20 when he left). As time passed, Bruce took his time alone for hunting, stealing, killing, bounty hunting and spending time with his horse. At the age of 27 his first horse sadly passed away and he had to find a new one. As Bruce was hunting, he spotted a horse. This horse, an American Quarter Horse, was hurt. So, Bruce took the horse and healed it, keeping it company. While Bruce was taking care of the hurt horse, they grew a bond with each other and after a year, Bruce decided to keep this horse. This horse ended up being Fury.

Credit to the artist of the image.