This is my entry for the contest is holding. To take an un-known background character from the film 'Spirit-stallion of the cimarron' and draw it, give it a name, history and personality. ^^ So, this is Guy, and in this picture [link] he is the dark brown who is not cheering.

So, here's his description! ^^ He is a dark brown gelding, is very shy and quite, extremely intelligent and is constantly thinking about his past and future. He is very strong and fast, sometimes quite aggresive when pushed beyond his limits but he hates confrontation. He's not good at socialising but will be very loyal to the friends he does have. He pays attention to every thing around him and has a great memory, he analysis every creature he comes across so is good at telling whos being genuine with him. He's great with foals and can be very kind and understanding with those that are truthful with him. He's very good at adjusting to his surroundings so has no problem moving around. He thinks of the world as his home so doesn't care where he lives.
(sorry, very long but I saw all that in him. ^^)

And now theres more! here's his history:
When he was born his father was the leader of a smaller herd right next to Spirits herd, but when Stryder was the lead stallion. The two herds never got involved in each other and every few sun downs Stryder would stand on the large hill overlooking both herds and just stand there to remind Guy's father to never even try stealing some of his mares, and then leave. Guy always remembers the great black stallion standing there and how his father would tell him that it was the 'spirit' that watched over them all. Guy believed him. As Guy grew older his herd grew smaller, and one fateful day there was a cougar attack, his father tried to protect his herd but Guy watched in horror as the cougar's jaws locked onto his fathers neck. The only thing Guy could think of to do, was find the black 'spirit'. He tore himself away from his fathers terror filled eyes and galloped over the hill at full speed, ignoring the air tearing at his lungs. At the top he reared to his full height and screamed for the 'spirit' over and over again. Stryder hearing the cries came to the rescue, flying past the exhausted foal and straight at the cougar. He killed it, not without taking a nasty wound to the leg. Guy returned to see all his herd dead, including his father. Stryder limped past, and said 'You should leave' and then went back to his herd. The young colt did as the 'spirit' told him. He ran. Clueless to Guy the wound was fatel, and Stryder died just days after he ran away. Before Stryder died he named his unborn son- Spirit.
As Guy ran he realised he had no where to go, and was a prime target for predetors. A few days passed when, hungary, thirsty and exhausted Guy collapsed and woke up surrounded by soft hay in a warm barn. He had been found and taken by a passing rustler, thankfully this man was a kind man, and took Guy to his own small stables for his daughter. Guy grew and lived on that small farm and lived happily with the mans daughter. But he was forever scarred by the events of his past. Soon the girl had grown up and moved on, and the man could no longer keep Guy, so sold him. But on the way to Guys new home the train he was being transported on crashed and he and 2 other geldings escaped. Guy could finally experience the freedom he was born to have, and he had one goal; to go back to the herd with the black 'spirit'. To keep an extremely long story a bit shorter, he found it, but found a new stallion as the leader; a golden stallion with a strange likeness to the black 'spirit', about the same age as Guy. Guy realised he must be the black 'spirits' son, and pleaded to join the herd, as he always dreamed he would. He told Spirit his story, stating that "The man changed me, I will not threaten you" Spirit agreed to allow him into the herd. And Guy learned all the ways of a wild horse, but never forgot the mans kindness.

Woo! thats loooooong!! sorry! It just kept coming! anyway, hope you like him! The colouring isn't great, and I tried to draw him without a direct reference, so his legs are really long and he's a bit fat, but, I still like him.