Dec 20, 2022 15:12:50 GMT
river arlo bloom  the basics full name • River Arlo Bloom nicknames • Riv age • Thirty Two birthday • 31 March occupation • Professional Show Jumper gender • Male sexuality • Bisexual the appearance face claim• Phil Dunster identifying features• Standing at a slightly blow average height, River clocks in at 5 foot 9 inches, which he claims it makes him pocket sized enough to give his horses some edge. He has a slight muscular built to him, mainly in his arms and calves, due to his work with horses. He has dark brown hair that is usually swept and styled up to one side or the other, blue eyes, and a tendency to not always be clean shaven. His most notable feature is a scar that cuts throw his left eye brow and narrowly misses his eye. If you look closely enough, one might notice that he walks with the slightest of limps and will favor his left leg. If one were to get in his pants, they would also notice a scar long the his left thigh. He also has THIS TATTOO on his right bicep. the personality likes • Horses - Particularly his own horse Raven, Jumping, Ambient Sounds, Pasta Salads & Grilled Chicken - Lunch of Champions, Keeping Busy, Ignoring Things He doesn't Want to Deal with, Getting Up Early, Men & Women who Challenge him to think, Breaking Hearts - Just hasn't met the one yet dislikes • Temptation - Liquor & Drugs, Dad, Therapy - Physical & Mental, The Sounds of Horses Freaking Out, Cross Country Jumps, Going on Hacks alone, Being Forced to Deal with Things, Reminders of the Past, Critics strengths • Horses, Laying Low, Getting out of Trouble weaknesses • In Recovery - Sobriety, A Pretty Face, A Challenge dreams • Overcoming his past, Getting back into the competition fears • Relapse, Injuring a Horse, Never Finding someone who is willing to accept all of him - recovery and all overall personality • Prior to his major accident, River tended to be a bit of playboy who thought he was hot shit and untouchable. He thrived under the spotlight - whether it was in the arena, in newspapers, or in the city scene. River could be an adrenaline junkie on top of having an addictive personality due to coming from nothing and then having everything, the only thing putting him on edge was his dad. Nowadays, River tries to be more of a thoughtful person and tries to be on his best behavior. He tends to keep himself busy, distracted, and it can be seen in full force at the barn whether its with his horse or helping around the barn - always having his headphones on and listening to peaceful sounds. Unfortunately, his perpetual stubbornness stuck around and he has a tough time swallowing hard realities and confronting things that he doesn't want to unless it involves him being a knight in shinning armor. Still, River does try and he knows he has a lot to make up for. the history father • Alfie Bloom, 48, Industrial Worker mother • Sara Bloom, 48, Unknown siblings • None important people • Julia Worthington, 42, Riding Instructor hometown • Manchester, UK overall history • River was born to Alfie and Sara Bloom in Manchester, England, as a accidental pregnancy's to two young people. The realities of parenting were hard for them, and their parents were just as hard. River's father took to drinking which would then lead to harsh words aimed at River, his mother - depressed, left. As he grew older, he took an interest in horses much to Alfie's annoyance. He should be into football - like a man, not pining around after large four legged animals that were stamped on the lunch boxes marketed at little girls. But River didn't care - he liked that they were wild and untamed, something he wished to be and out from the thumb of his father. He took to volunteering at a local stables behind his father's back, where an instructor, Julia, took pity on him, and gave him lessons in exchange for his work under the rug. River took to horse back riding like a duck to water. As years passed as he honed his skills and took to local shows. As Julia saw his rising star potential though, she knew that River needed to move on from the local shows if he wanted to reach his full potential - with horses that she didn't have and trainers and/or sponsors that could bank roll him into bigger competitions. She told River what had to be done, knowing full well what his life at home with his father was like. He managed to grit his teeth and tell his father, who became enraged that he had been participating in a 'girl's sport' behind his back all of these years and swung at him. River left that night at age sixteen and never looked back. Julia helped him broker bridges with her connections in the Equestrian world and River took off. With the help of her connections, he was really starting to break into the big scenes for competitions and horses. A year later, he started to make the top 10 lists of rising stars in the Equestrian World and riders to watch. It was around this time Alfie tried to make an appearance back into his life, claiming he changed and he was wrong to call riding a sissy sport. Against his better judgement and Julia's warnings, River relented. Unfortunately, later it became clear that he should have listened to his old mentor. His father had wanted nothing but to leech off of his fame and money - Alfie had even took to studying tapes and books to learn all that he could about riding, just to criticize River after every show - no matter if he placed or not - what exactly went wrong and how he fucked up. It didn't affect his riding, maybe his riding even flourished, but his life outside of the saddle began to take an extreme change. He took to drinking, drugs, a bully even, and a live fast die young motto on his lifestyle and dating life. He became the 'bad boy' of the Equestrian World by reputation and articles and pictures. There was not a stone or a rider left unturned by him if he could help it. Shockingly, it didn't affect his sponsors or his shows - his face put people in seats at the shows and he still rode well and won. If anything, his antics and riding skills made him more in demand. All the while in the background, he dealt with his dad and his constant critiquing and verbal abuse - never letting anyone know what was going on. Julia suspected and tried to intervene, but stubborn River just shut her out. River carried on for years like this, never slowing down and living fast. No one bothered to correct his behavior and those who tried got left behind. Until one day, everything changed. It was a competition day, he had been partying the night before a little too hard. When he woke up, River didn't have hangover, the affects were still flooding through his body. His trainers tried to get him to scratch, the sponsors pulled their horses, all but one. A horse that River owned himself - Raven. River didn't give a shit, he could still ride today, or so he thought and insisted but nobody wanted to touch him. He managed to get the bridle and the saddle on Raven, and got on him. Even the horse could tell something was wrong with his owner, it made him just a little bit squirrelly under the saddle. People started to try and stop him then when they rode to the arena, but he wouldn't listen. He could do this. He could also embarrass his father this way - a big ole fuck you. And then he started, over one jump, over two jumps, and then that third jump came. The 5.5 foot triple bar jump. Raven took off, and the saddle went, River fell, and Raven, with the ugly yank of the bridle of the shifting weight, went down with him. Everything went black for River. What the audience saw was pure horror, River sliding off and lading on two of the poles right before the horse crashed on top of him. Raven broke free quickly afterwards and bolted up, but the damage was done. To the horse's credit, while his rider hung limply from a stirrup while crumpled on the ground, dragged amongst the poles, Raven did not take off, he simply pulled away before someone grabbed him. When River woke up, it was several days later in a hospital bed and was informed that he had a metal rod inserted into his femur to repair it along with a hip replacement. Somehow, whether it was being still drunk or his horse, his face had remained in tact except for a small scar running throw his left eyebrow. The damage was done, just not physically but career as well. Sponsors dropped him, owners pulled their horses, barns dropped him, and no trainer or circuit wanted to come near him. Everybody left him - except for his father who came in to rip into him. And then Julia, who saved him from his father once more and got him kicked out of the hospital. River didn't know what to do, and Julia suggested that maybe once physical therapy was done, and he was discharged, that maybe it was some time to do a little soul searching and re-invent himself. Remember why he loved riding in the first place and competition and perhaps that sixteen year old boy who was only out to prove that he could ride. So River found Hickstead, a little horsing community in a quiet part of England - remote enough to start anew once he was done with physical therapy. He would walk pretty well now, but getting back on the horse was proving to be another thing all together. River did bring Raven with him, the horse still a little squirrelly but all things considered - loyal unlike everyone else. the role player alias • forever age • n/a other characters • my herd |
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