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Meet Jareth Guardstripe, a fun loving sweet stinker of a Skunkpony!

Thank you so much to MissEus for drawing this amazing ref sheet of Jareth!

Jareth was born and raised in a swamp in a forest outside of Manehattan. Being a skunk pony, he was discouraged by his parents from going too close to the city for fear of the folks bullying him and repelling him from the town, the same way they did to his parents. For the same reason, his parents never sprayed, and forbid Jareth from spraying as well, for fear of being driven out of their little swamp home.

However, one time as a foal, he sneaked away to go to the city at night, where he met his childhood friend, a young orphan griffin named Tray who wasn’t afraid or rude to Jareth because of him being a Skunkpony, and the two became friends.

One night on another secret night trip to visit his city friend, Jareth decided to finally introduce him to his parents. However, on the way back home with his friend, they attracted the attention of a large monster, who attacked Jareth’s home when they got there. Jareth jumped In front of the monster as it lifted a claw to slash at his family, lifted his tail, and sprayed, sending the monster running. Ever since protecting his family, he’s wanted to become a city or even royal guard ever since to protect others.

Years later, a now adult Jareth finally decides to enter Manehattan and look for any opportunity to become a guard. With his now-adopted griffin brother, he enters the bustling city on a busy day. He asks around if there are positions for guards, which only brings dirty looks and ignoring, and eventually attracts a crowd. The crowd instantly starts to sling insults at him for being a skunk pony. Jareth tried his best to keep his head up and ignore the insults until he looked to his side to find that Tray wasn’t there. Instead, he looked up to see him standing in front of a large group of angered city ponies, all yelling insults and telling Jareth to leave the city. A tear shed from Jareth’s eye as he watched the griffon who was supposed to be his brother and best friend, sink into the angered crowd, joining them in their slew of harsh words. Jareth ran out of the city, all the way back home.

When he returned, he told his parents what happened. His parents, although sorry to hear that, told Jareth that it was natural for skunk ponies to be treated like that, that they told him to avoid the city for a reason, and most hurtful, that he should let go of his hopes and dreams to ever enter any town or city again. Jareth couldn’t believe these words. The pain of being betrayed by his brother was like none he had ever felt before. The loneliness hurt him, and now he was being told that besides his parents, he would be lonely for the rest of his life. He couldn’t take it anymore. So that night, heartbroken and angry, he ran away from home, deep into the forest…