marking ref: Gaucho has a red handprint tribal marking
+1 - AHAH. Awesome appearance reference
0 - the thief part was a little misleading, but I can see how it goes with the phrase
What will the world say when they see their golden boy behind these heavy bars?
gender ref: the "boy" in "golden boy"; color ref: the "golden" and "heavy bars" hint at Gaucho's color (according to his profile, dun with "heavy barring")
+1 - male reference, I understood that one
-1 - golden - he's a bay dun, so no gold there!
+1 - the barring reference was good though!
Will your family be disappointed? Or will they leave you to rot here, just as you left them?
history ref: Gaucho left Helovia for a time after the darkness, leaving his mate and daughter behind
+1 - I was looking for a character who had left Helovia at some point
4-1 = +3, so it's a pass from me. We will get another person to be the tiebreaker :)