Post by britt on Jan 16, 2007 19:40:37 GMT -5
.:First Name:.
Gabrielle(Most commonly called Gabe or Elle)
.:Last Name:.
Cline
.:Age:.
26
.:Height:.
5’8”
.:Weight:.
116 lbs.
.:Sex:.
Female.
.:Eye Color:.
Hazel
.:Hair Color:.
Brown
.:Origin:.
Montana
.:Race:.
Caucasian-Of French Descent
.:Pets:.
Phantom’s Vendetta-Friesian Mare-14 years old, though is for sale
.:Riding Level:.
Advanced
.:Years of Riding Experience:.
24 years, as she began at the age of two, though with a lot of help.
.:Years of Horse Experience:.
24 years, pretty much. Her father owned horses and she grew up with them, so she has pretty much lived her entire life with them.
.:Occupation:.
Trainer/Rescuer
.:Marital Status:.
Divorced
.:Husband/Wife/BF/GF:.
None
.:Children:.
Ashlynne Parker, Deceased
.:Personality.:
Elle is a little less of a Daddy’s Girl, or has grown form that, than what people think. She is wiser than most people her age and a good deal more patient, she’s more pessimistic than when she left. Though she still has a positive outlook on things, there are a few times when she’ll just sink into the depression that she’s taking pills to fight and say life’s not worth living. She generally doesn’t let people see that side of her though, and instead is the girl who has the patience of a saint and “speaks” to horses.
.:History:.
It is fair to say that Gabrielle was born into the life she leads and that there was never a question of what she would do when she grew up. Though sporting a name more suited for a model, Elle has no care for fashion or the city, but instead prefers to stay exactly where she was born. Her father had a gift, or so the people said, and somehow got to even the most stubborn of horses. He made his living rehabilitating rescued horses as well as training horses so that they were more disciplined. Whether it was not entering a trailer or particular aggressiveness, he could get it out. Some say Gabe as the same gift as her father, but others have their doubts about her ability to care for their horses.
You see, their doubts are not a lack of faith in what she is capable of, but whether or not her father really had a gift. Jack Cline, her father, is not alive, but died when Gabe was only 12. How he died is what makes most people doubt. One of their ranch’s permanent guests, a Friesian gelding by the name of Ebon Phantom(who sired Phantom’s Vendetta), was a tortured soul that could not be healed, and most said should be put down. Jack wouldn’t give up and instead worked with the horse, thinking that he was making progress. Well, he wasn’t, but instead went for a ride with the Friesian and never came back. A search party was sent out when night fell, but had to come back when it got too dark.
They didn’t find her father’s body until the next morning, and he had been trampled to death by Phantom. Elle managed to save the male from being put down, but her efforts were in vain. She could not train him on her own, though the pair did get along a bit better than Jack and Phantom had. She was prohibited from riding him, which she paid close mind to, and they seemed to understand each other. Phantom died from old age when she was 17, but she had the filly he had sired, named Phantom’s Vendetta. Vendetta had the exact same fierce attitude in her heart that her father had, but that drew Elle closer to her. At this time, Elle thought she had found the love of her life, George Parker, and they eloped when she was 19.
They moved to Oregon for a bit, where she had a beautiful baby girl named Ashlynne and even took Vendetta with them. Ashlynne was a sickly child from birth however, though with no real reason. She was a miracle baby since supposedly Gabe couldn’t have children, but passed away when Elle was 23 at only 2 years old. This tragic loss put a strain on George and Gabrielle’s relationship that it just couldn’t handle, and two years after her death they divorced. When Gabe returned to Montana, she found that her mother had sold the ranch and now still is trying to sell Vendetta. However, in a town where everyone knows who killed her father and that Vendetta is his daughter, she doesn’t know if she’ll be able to.