Stranger's a teen.
There are quite a few differences between Stranger and the older steef in the surgery drawing. First off the facial structure is different, with Stranger's being more boyish or child-like.
1. The older steef's cheekbones are higher and more pronounced then Stranger's. Stranger's face is rounder, with more "fat" around the jaws and cheeks.
2. The older steef's nose and muzzle are longer, giving it a more adult profile. A lot of young animals (including humans) have flatter faces when they're young.
3. The older steef has a much higher skull.
4. The older steef had longer legs, a deeper chest and a more proportionate bottom half.
Plus Stranger not only *doesn't* have horns, he doesn't have the large bald spots where horns should be if they were cut, suggesting they haven't grown in yet. *And* there's also the numerous referances to his "scrawniness" and such by the grubs. Plus a good explaination for why the armor had horns was because it was for young steef who didn't have their horns yet.
All and all, it's probably pretty likely that Stranger's just a colt. And when you throw in the choices he was making... makes the case that much stronger. He'd do anything to fit in. And fitting in, finding your place, is something young animals (and humans) are obsessed with.
As for the deep voice... I noticed he had an adam's apple. That suggests he isn't *too* young, at least pubescent. Also, big horn rams don't mature all the way if there's too many alpha males about, they have to wait till one dies off and then they go through a quick burst of maturation. If Steef were based on Big Horn, stranger could be in that in-between stage: a beta male mostly through puberty, but not quite matured enough to be alpha.
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