Chapter II: Early Childhood

Chapter II: Early Childhood 

artist rendering of Brandon's daddy

  Born a monster Brandon was thrown out of the house of the earl sandwich. Now I know what you are thinking you are thinking "Wait wait wait a minute. If Brandon is a senior in high school, then how is it possible that he was born in the time period when the earl of sandwich was still a completely relevant figure who would even own a keep." To your ever so constant badgering i would reply "My God man, wont you for one second let me impart the story of Centaur Brandon upon you with out constant questioning? Truly this is getting ridiculous. But if you must know the average lifespan of a centaur is ten fold that of a regular human being. This is because their metabolisms operate much more slowly than ours do. By this logic Brandon would be going through adolescence in today's times. However when he was born in the late 15th century things were completely different."
    Centaur Brandon was born late in the night on April 12th 1498. He went unnoticed until the morning when the stable hands arrived. One historical recount of the event was taken down by a witness of Centaur Brandon's fleeing from the stables states:

"Never before with mine own eye hath I beheld a queerer sight. The beast twas neither man nor beast, rather it was an abominable combination of both. The work of the Devil I suspect."

Brandon's childhood home

   The world had not received Centaur Brandon in any manner close to kindly. Because he was half horse, he was capable of running at such an early age. The human portion of his brain then aided him in his survival. For the next fifty years he would haunt the wood near his fathers keep only sneaking in at night to steal food. In this way he survived. However all good things come to an end. One night during a routine  food retrieval Brandon was discovered in the barn eating hay by a small child. Brandon, since his first encounter with man, had suspecting them ever since then, of being evil and malign. He charged at the child with the intent of trampling it to death. However just before Brandon could achieve his misguided goal a stablemen came at Brandon with a torch, scaring him into a retreat towards the wood. After that night the men under the now eighty year old earl of sandwich began to patrol the wood. Brandon realized that this was a threat to his safety and soon devised a new plan. He would join the Circus!