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"Can you believe it Juniper? In just ONE day we get to meet the new little colts and fillies who'll get to experience the great outdoors and learn about their great big beautiful home!"

Name: Buckthorn "Buck/Bucky"
Gender: cis boy
Age: 24
Species: Pegasus
Orientation: Pansexual
Personality: Buckthorn is all smiles; he's positive, approachable, a bit thick-skulled, vigilant, fatherly, gentle, and very stubborn
Major: Forestry and a minor in teaching

Known as the "Sunshine Counselor" at Lilac Cove's Outdoor School, Buckthorn, usually just called Buck or Bucky, is the camp manager and head counselor. He absolutely loves what he does and wouldn't trade it for the world. He's trained as a wildlife ranger as well as a elementary school teacher. He's a bit of a know-it-all without knowing it, as he goes on huge spiels about wildlife, the beach, weather, and just anything you happen to mention to him. His specialties are trees, local plantlife, and the cycle of water from the ocean into rain.

As a colt he attended the Outdoor School every spring until he was an older teen and then he immediately went on to do an internship at the camp with Conall Eerie himself, as the older stallion had become quite attached to the boy, seeing him as the son he wished he had. Well it was that, and the fact Buckthorn knew what happened to the infamous missing camper of Lilac Cove, Honey Locust . As he was the second camper to join the hike and witness Honey falling into the ravine and being found in the den of the chimera. The entirety of the story he didn't know, of course, but he was aware Honey survived the fall into the ravine and even the fight against the chimera. Conall had convinced the boy that he didn't need to worry about what he saw, as long as he did what he was told everything would work out and he'd get everything he'd ever wanted. Conall used Buck as the poster child of the search for Honey, he went on tv and told stories about Honey, did interviews with newscasters, the works. Even after the search was "over".

During his first few years at the camp, and this surprises literally everyone, Buckthorn was the biggest (technically the smallest, since he was the smallest colt at camp) piece of shit. He growled and snapped at counselors, if physically handled at all by the counselors / other workers / other campers he'd bite and/or kick, he purposefully sabotaged camp activities, ruined almost any meal he could by chewing up food and spitting it onto the floor or onto other campers, and started tens of hundreds of physical fights between other campers (either he, himself fought other campers, or ignited a fight between two/three/four others - he even got two counselors to fight one year because he falsely spread rumors about the two). He was sent to the camp every year because his mom, Scarlet Oak, worked quite often and didn't want Buck left alone to his own devices. She didn't want to admit her son was a spoiled brat but she knew he was and she hoped sending him to the camp might help his attitude.

After the incident with Honey, Buck became Conall's little lackey, he did whatever he said, 40% out of admiration for the stallion, but for the most part it was out of fear. As the years past though he got over his fear, as his memories became warped by the manipulation of Conall.

The only thing that saved Buckthorn from becoming an arrogant sack of shit like Conall was Conall's neglected wife, who babied the colt like her own foal. She taught him just about everything he knows about the woods that surrounds Lilac Cove. She had a degree in forestry and she worked as a ranger in a national park when she wasn't helping Conall with the Outdoor School. The two had been married since they were college graduates, but never had any foals because she was infertile. So when Conall took in Buckthorn she was ecstatic to have a colt to spoil. Conall and his wife became Buck's godparents and he lived with them every other spring and summer. Scarlet became a full time teacher at the local middle school so she was happy to let Buck stay with the couple and go to camp for free.

Presently Buckthorn loves his life as head counselor and is running the outdoor school while Conall is out (which is 90% of the time), he runs the camp with four other counselors, two cooks, and one groundskeeper. Buck lives on campus as well, he has his own fully furnished cabin with all the utilities - unlike the other counselor cabins which are just a bedroom and a bathroom. Buckthorn lives for working with kids and watching them grow and become healthier, he has the thickest patience and is near impossible to irritate or get angry. He tries to see the good in everyone no matter what they've done and is a true pacifist at heart. The only time these values are tested is when the lives of his campers and friends are threatened as he can quickly revert to his childhood self and become one's worst enemy.

Fun Facts:
- Has a really high pitched scream
- Really clumsy flier, he's constantly slamming into trees and pretty much anything
- Juniper has cut him out of hunter traps, vines, and camper traps more times than one can count
- Has the biggest crush on his co-worker Juniper Berry but is actually pretty good at hiding/suppressing it
- Dad friend / very parental in nature
- Despite being the biggest goofball he's not afraid to put a stern face on and discipline a camper, he can be a little too pacifist with it though on occasion, leaving him open to be taken advantage of
- Vibrates when excited
- literally the best friend anyone can have, if you can look past his overflowing enthusiasm and affectionate nature
- is regularly wearing a ripped piece of Woodlot's old scarf, after she died he took the scarf in hopes of having a piece of her, but Conall didn't want him to have it. So they fought over it, ripping it clean in half. Buck then went on to hide the piece he managed to keep, later wearing it as a bandana.

Relationships with other Counselors:
Juniper - Best Friend / Crush
Klaxon - Annoyance
Delilah - Close Friend
Eris - Friend

Buckthorn's in-depth reference sheet:

Buckthorn's family tree:

Art update! Buckthorn as a character is a year old!! I can't believe I posted this/created him a whole year ago ;o;

Art and character (c) Pawscratch

Description
"Can you believe it Juniper? In just ONE day we get to meet the new little colts and fillies who'll get to experience the great outdoors and learn about their great big beautiful home!"

Name: Buckthorn "Buck/Bucky"
Gender: cis boy
Age: 24
Species: Pegasus
Orientation: Pansexual
Personality: Buckthorn is all smiles; he's positive, approachable, a bit thick-skulled, vigilant, fatherly, gentle, and very stubborn
Major: Forestry and a minor in teaching

Known as the "Sunshine Counselor" at Lilac Cove's Outdoor School, Buckthorn, usually just called Buck or Bucky, is the camp manager and head counselor. He absolutely loves what he does and wouldn't trade it for the world. He's trained as a wildlife ranger as well as a elementary school teacher. He's a bit of a know-it-all without knowing it, as he goes on huge spiels about wildlife, the beach, weather, and just anything you happen to mention to him. His specialties are trees, local plantlife, and the cycle of water from the ocean into rain.

As a colt he attended the Outdoor School every spring until he was an older teen and then he immediately went on to do an internship at the camp with Conall Eerie himself, as the older stallion had become quite attached to the boy, seeing him as the son he wished he had. Well it was that, and the fact Buckthorn knew what happened to the infamous missing camper of Lilac Cove, Honey Locust . As he was the second camper to join the hike and witness Honey falling into the ravine and being found in the den of the chimera. The entirety of the story he didn't know, of course, but he was aware Honey survived the fall into the ravine and even the fight against the chimera. Conall had convinced the boy that he didn't need to worry about what he saw, as long as he did what he was told everything would work out and he'd get everything he'd ever wanted. Conall used Buck as the poster child of the search for Honey, he went on tv and told stories about Honey, did interviews with newscasters, the works. Even after the search was "over".

During his first few years at the camp, and this surprises literally everyone, Buckthorn was the biggest (technically the smallest, since he was the smallest colt at camp) piece of shit. He growled and snapped at counselors, if physically handled at all by the counselors / other workers / other campers he'd bite and/or kick, he purposefully sabotaged camp activities, ruined almost any meal he could by chewing up food and spitting it onto the floor or onto other campers, and started tens of hundreds of physical fights between other campers (either he, himself fought other campers, or ignited a fight between two/three/four others - he even got two counselors to fight one year because he falsely spread rumors about the two). He was sent to the camp every year because his mom, Scarlet Oak, worked quite often and didn't want Buck left alone to his own devices. She didn't want to admit her son was a spoiled brat but she knew he was and she hoped sending him to the camp might help his attitude.

After the incident with Honey, Buck became Conall's little lackey, he did whatever he said, 40% out of admiration for the stallion, but for the most part it was out of fear. As the years past though he got over his fear, as his memories became warped by the manipulation of Conall.

The only thing that saved Buckthorn from becoming an arrogant sack of shit like Conall was Conall's neglected wife, who babied the colt like her own foal. She taught him just about everything he knows about the woods that surrounds Lilac Cove. She had a degree in forestry and she worked as a ranger in a national park when she wasn't helping Conall with the Outdoor School. The two had been married since they were college graduates, but never had any foals because she was infertile. So when Conall took in Buckthorn she was ecstatic to have a colt to spoil. Conall and his wife became Buck's godparents and he lived with them every other spring and summer. Scarlet became a full time teacher at the local middle school so she was happy to let Buck stay with the couple and go to camp for free.

Presently Buckthorn loves his life as head counselor and is running the outdoor school while Conall is out (which is 90% of the time), he runs the camp with four other counselors, two cooks, and one groundskeeper. Buck lives on campus as well, he has his own fully furnished cabin with all the utilities - unlike the other counselor cabins which are just a bedroom and a bathroom. Buckthorn lives for working with kids and watching them grow and become healthier, he has the thickest patience and is near impossible to irritate or get angry. He tries to see the good in everyone no matter what they've done and is a true pacifist at heart. The only time these values are tested is when the lives of his campers and friends are threatened as he can quickly revert to his childhood self and become one's worst enemy.

Fun Facts:
- Has a really high pitched scream
- Really clumsy flier, he's constantly slamming into trees and pretty much anything
- Juniper has cut him out of hunter traps, vines, and camper traps more times than one can count
- Has the biggest crush on his co-worker Juniper Berry but is actually pretty good at hiding/suppressing it
- Dad friend / very parental in nature
- Despite being the biggest goofball he's not afraid to put a stern face on and discipline a camper, he can be a little too pacifist with it though on occasion, leaving him open to be taken advantage of
- Vibrates when excited
- literally the best friend anyone can have, if you can look past his overflowing enthusiasm and affectionate nature
- is regularly wearing a ripped piece of Woodlot's old scarf, after she died he took the scarf in hopes of having a piece of her, but Conall didn't want him to have it. So they fought over it, ripping it clean in half. Buck then went on to hide the piece he managed to keep, later wearing it as a bandana.

Relationships with other Counselors:
Juniper - Best Friend / Crush
Klaxon - Annoyance
Delilah - Close Friend
Eris - Friend

Buckthorn's in-depth reference sheet:

Buckthorn's family tree:

Art update! Buckthorn as a character is a year old!! I can't believe I posted this/created him a whole year ago ;o;

Art and character (c) Pawscratch