Owner: Shiko Hayashi
Equid Name: Desperaux
Equid Age: 5
How did he become blind in his one eye? Desperaux was still only a foal when he first lost his vision. He was sleeping soundly in a small clearing, the forest surrounding him. He didn't realize when the birds had fallen silent, or when the sun had vanished behind the clouds. As darkness descended upon him and a silence ruptured through the forest, Desper awoke to two glowing eyes, staring out at him from the underbrush.
Frozen with ear, he shut his eyes, those glowing orbs burned into his mind. AS he waited, silently fearing the worse, something sharp brushed up against him. he yelped and opened his eyes, staring down at a porcupine the size of his hind leg. It glared at him and squeaked, flaring it's needles at him. He tried to lunge away, but the needles just kept coming closer, pinning him to the wall. As he cried desperately for his mother, knowing that danger lurked within those quills, the porcupine lunged at him. He whined with pain as the porcupine's quills lodged into his eyes, tearing up his iris and scarring him for life.
As he lay there, bleary with pain, he heard an angry whiny and a snort of rage. A male equid charged into the clearing, pounding it's hooves in a threatening manner towards the porcupine. As it waddled away as fast as it could, Desper got one last look at his savior before his vision vanished. He was a dark colored equid, probably only a few years older than him.
When he awoke, his vision was shortened to one eye, forcing him to adjust to living life. Since then, he's had a healthy fear of porcupines.