This is the back story to the character Damson Elderberry. While also offering a bit more back story for some other DtD characters, it explains how he became the tactical "Fruit brewer" in my other story "Dismay turned Discord" and provides answers one might not get from the latter story.

cover art credit:
wet mane: http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=+wet+mane+base#/d4lwesk
Background: http://mlp-vectorclub.deviantart.com/gallery/34905660#/d5ml3jv
hat: http://mlp-vectorclub.deviantart.com/gallery/36309938#/d5dlslo