[Vinson]

Adopted

Username: Griffin Torrens
Name: CSK's Torment For The Wicked | Tartarus
Gender: Male
Height: 20 in
Weight: 39 lbs
Color: Solid Black
Genotype: atat BB Ccch DD EmEm hh II Kbky mm SS Tt UU Ll
Notes: Pose edit/extra texture will not pass.
This collie is unilaterally blind due to an injury. Their blindness and scar will not pass to offspring, and they may not compete in the title program.

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time for a tall tale!
how does this collie tell everyone they got their scar, and how did they actually get it?
soft word limit of 400 words

ends April 10 -> 11 rollover

[Kenjaku]

Not entering because I already got a few and want to give other folks a chance, but I have to say this collie is STUNNING. I love the way you did the scar and how it effects the eye. I'm going to have to get a custom with some eye edits from you at some point!

[wolfhaunt]

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Prompt: oh this guy is SO cool omg... res w/ a piece of the moon falling into their eye/staring at the moon with one eye closed/a falling star landed in their eye??? idk man

[gypsum_moon]

Username: gypsum_moon
Name: Jasper
Gender: Male
Prompt:
The Tale of the One-Eyed Wonder
Jasper, such a handsome boy with a mischievous glint in his one eye, loved to delight his fellow canines with tales of his bravery. "You see," he'd begin, his voice booming, "I was battling a ferocious badger! A real monster, with teeth like razors and claws like daggers!" The other dogs would lean in, their ears perked up in anticipation. "We fought for hours," Jasper would continue, "a whirlwind of fur and fury. I dodged its bites, I sidestepped its swipes, and finally, with a mighty leap, I pinned the beast to the ground! A hero, I tell ya!" His audience would bark in admiration, their tails wagging with excitement. "But alas," Jasper would say, his voice dropping to a dramatic whisper, "the badger, in a final act of desperation, lashed out with its claws, leaving me with this… souvenir." He would then dramatically point to his blind eye. The other dogs would gasp, their jaws dropping in astonishment. "A valiant scar," Jasper would declare proudly, "a mark of my courage. And you know what? I wouldn't trade it for the world!" And so, Jasper's tale of bravery and his blind eye with the scar became a legend among his canine friends, a reminder that even with a single eye, one could still be one of the bravest dogs.

[Nanorat]

Username: Nanorat
Name: Loki
Gender: Male
Prompt: The "official version" Loki is telling everyone is he got his scar in a scary encounter with a bear! He was out strolling in the woods when suddenly, the bear came out, roaring at him. He fearlessly barked at the beast, but it would not back down, and with a sudden rush, it slashed at Loki's face, leaving him a scar - but Loki would not retreat still, he kept on pressing and snapping until the bear finally fled. That's how brave he is!
The truth in that story is that it happened in the woods, yes, and Loki was alone so nobody have seen that it was actually a squirrel. He could never guess a rodent would put up such a fight, but for whatever reason - a nest of baby squirrels nearby or just munched on too many overripe apples - but the treetop menace fought like there's no tomorrow, and ferociously bit right into Loki's face when he charged at it cluelessly, thinking it would bolt away like any other squirrel. Horrified, Loki jumped around kicking and rolling, trying to shake the mad squirrel off, and only after a few minutes could get it off and ran away. The humans were shocked when they saw him coming back with a bleeding eye! But nobody to this day knows that it was really a squirrel that left Loki scarred - except for the said squirrel herself, who is surely telling her kits the tale of how she bravely defeated a dog once.

[Griffin Torrens]

Username: Griffin Torrens
Name: CSK's Torment For The Wicked | Tartarus
Gender: Male
Prompt:

TW: details of receiving an eye injury/animal abuse

It didn't take long for CSK to figure out the black collie's sense of justice, and his apparent need to relieve karma of a few owed punishments. No one batted an eye at his story, believing every word with a mixture of awe and suprise. A tale of how he'd seen a spoilt, overfed pet steal food scraps from a scrawny stray pup. Of how he'd charged after the bully, intent on teaching him a lesson. Claws flashed, teeth clashed, and blood etched the story into the ground. When the dog ran off, tail between it's legs and a new look of understanding in it's eyes, Tartarus returned to the pup, food intact, but eye glued closed in agony and blood. It could have been a badly aimed claw or a thorn from the brambles that surrounded the battle and tangled between the pair as they fought, he claims it was too much of a blur to recall.

Or that's how the story goes. In realty he was only a pup himself, begging for food from the wrong kids. Ones wielding pocket knifes and bad intentions. His wagging tail and pleading eyes were met with snickers and glinting mental followed by blinding pain, literally.

Because no one else needed to know humans could be so cruel. That knowledge was a pain far worse than the physical one. It had taken his eye only a few months to fully heal, but his heart carries more scars than his face, and he couldn't bare to see others go through that.

[miraphoenix]

Username: miraphoenix
Name: Pondering The Orb | Raven
Gender: DFAB
Prompt:

The story that Raven tells, is that she got the scar in an awe-inspiring fight.
By her account, she was facing off with a wild wolverine, down out of the north, that was threatening a calf. She had engaged the mustelid in furious combat, and latched onto the creature's thick fur. The wolverine had screamed and lashed out, slashing across her eye. The blow took her eye, but she sent the wolverine packing into the night.

The actual story, however, is much less dramatic. Raven got her scar when she was a puppy, when she crept into the goat pen unsupervised. She had thought she was playing with a young buck goat; unfortunately, dog play and goat play is not the same, and a dog's face is no place for a goat's horn. Thankfully, a ranch hand heard her yelping and got her to the vet for treatment.

[LOSTINUNKNOWN]

Username: LOSTINUNKNOWN.
Name: Thanatos.
Gender: Male.
Prompt:
When questioned regarding the origin of his scar, Thanatos delegates a string of colorful falsehoods in answer: "This scar, etched harshly into my sight, is derived from meeting the horizon preliminary to the reign of the sun's glory: Upon that very line I tread, determined as to exchange words with those who dictate fate, to know all of which I did not, and had met the goddess Selene herself in my endeavors. Now, the swan took to her movement as she circled me, keen on obtaining the knowledge as to how and why my presence was acquainted with her own in the skies. I, foolish I, pressed her inquiry with my own. I demanded reason where there was none, where her prowess dictated not, a matter that enraged her, whereupon she cast me forth from the skies and into areas foreign to punish. Two days I toiled before returning to my homestead, my scar thus born."

The truth behind the origin of his scar is more mundane and terse in comparison, for he obtained his scar by consequence of getting his head caught in a fence and subsequently engaging in a fight with the stray cat that resided on the other side whilst stuck. He was found by the owner no more than two days succeeding such, given proper care for the wounds he sustained from the fight prior to joining the current Beaumont Collies residing in the kennel.

[Vinson]

Username: Griffin Torrens
Name: CSK's Torment For The Wicked | Tartarus
Gender: Male
Prompt:

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congratulations! I enjoyed how you managed to tie this collie's backstory from how they actually obtained their scar into the reasoning for their tall tale; both stories felt intertwined and helped build an interesting character!

[Griffin Torrens]

Screaming ahhhh, thank you so much!! I had the ending written before the start and it went from there! 👀