Gustav Gustafson the Glorious
The cart horse is a blotchy gray mixed breed gelding by the unlikely name of Gustav Gustafson the Glorious, about eight years old, in good condition, with a bright magenta splotch on the left side of his head and neck. You get him in trade for Chiyome’s donkey.
When you point out the deal seems a bit too good, the farmer explains “My husband is gettin' on in years, and don't have the patience to chase after a fool horse that don't believe in fences.“
Troels, looking up at the animal. “He goes over them?”
“Through. That's how he got the patch: took himself out of the livery yard, and wandered into Miss Zeccour's garden. Startled her while she was makin' some new fabric dye. Decided to keep it, no one's stealing this horse, now, are they?”
*Gus wanders off to follow a moth*
Gus is the original cart horse the party picked up in trade in Newhaven. Big, sturdy, strong, and suffers from what amounts to suicidal curiosity in a frontier farm horse. Gus apparently won the local beer keg hauling competition three years in a row.