Player Name : Kiona1
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Character Name : Nightpaw
Previous Name : Tearfall
Cub Name : Tearfall
Soul Name : Reyl
Gender : Female
Age : 400
Family : [Roughbite - Father - Deceased] [Bloombush - Mother - Deceased] [Brushtide - Sister - Deceased]
Lovemate(s) : None
Lifemate(s) : None
Recognized Lifemate : None, but want one
Soul Brother/Sister : None, but really would like one
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Skills/Hobbies : Quick and agile on her feet. Has a very calming affect on those around her, elf or beast/Laying with her wolf-friend, interaction with the tribe (especially friends), howling the Wolfsong at the moon, and going on the Hunt.
Weapons/Tools : Really adept with daggers and short weapons.
Tribal Duty : Healer in Second and Treeshaper
Hunting Party : Yes
Magic : Animal Bonding, Sending, Healing, and Treeshaping
PERSONALITY
General Description: Harmonious, cherishing, and a levelheaded confidante. Tenacious hunter, warmhearted healer, scintillating and sprightly dancer, and an empathetic treeshaper. Nimble, lithe, and convivial.
Likes/Dislikes : Sparring, the Hunt, shaping the earth around her (she loves nature), running with her wolf-friend through the forest all the way to the edge of the Vastdeep Waters, making friends with elves other than the Wolfriders, and dancing/Interruption, not being able to go on the Hunt, unhappy or depressed tribesmates, and rejection.
Fears : Others will not enjoy her company, her wolf-friend dies, or she loses a tribesmate/recognized lover or friend.
Strong Points : Brings a calm, nuturing opinion to Council and when talking to others making her someone easy to open up to in rough times.
FEATURES
Hair/Color : Brown auburn-highlighted short locks tied with a reddish hair-sash.
Eyes/Color : Large, piercing golden-yellow -- hers closely resemble the wolves they run with.
Height/Build : Nightpaw is average for a Wolfrider female at 41 inches [3'5"]. She has an athletic dancer-type build with a lot of flexibility in her range of motion.
Clothes/Colors : Off-shoulder mid-drift tank-tunic with white 'sleeves' and reddish/white bodice. Reddish pants with white belt and brown boots.
Jewelry/Decorations : Two earrings at the top of her left ear and three delicate black and white feathers adorning the front of her tunic.
Special Items : Two forearm length swords crafted by Two-Edge himself - passed to her from her father, Roughbite. A brown belt pouch that her mother, Bloombush, crafted for her to carry Dreamberries.
PERSONAL HISTORY
Nightpaw was born to two Recognized Lifemates, Roughbite and Bloombush. Of course, her parents did not Recognize for several turns of the seasons being only lovemates through thick and thin. They Recognized when Roughbite was jolted off of his wolf during the Hunt and Bloombush, unable to leave him behind, turned back to save him from the running branch-horns. When their eyes met, as Bloombush pulled him up onto her wolf, they could not help but know each other's soul names and know each other like they hadn't before - connected.
Roughbite and Bloombush's Recognition gave them twin cubs, Tearfall and Dreamtop. Their beginnings were like any other cubs; playing around the Holt, roughhousing, and wanting ever-so-desperately to go on the Hunt with their parents. But, the twins changed after they lost their parents to a magic-stricken beast that the whole tribe had to work hard (and lose many) to take down. Tearfall and Dreamtop were old enough to fight...and see their beloved parent's death at the creature. Dreamtop still had her head in the cloud's (like she always was as a cub), but her innocent dreaming changed to lost, unfocused thought as she often went to stare out at the Vastdeep Waters on the shore. Tearfall, whose name was meant to be one of elation, morphed into a sad, almost depressed meaning and now reflected pain and suffering. Seeing the two females as changed from these names, the Council decided to rename the girls....Dreamtop was now Brushtide and Tearfall was Nightpaw.
The twins were closer than ever after their name changes, completely feeling the loss of their parents in it, but knowing their soul's name would carry them on in spirit. Brushtide spent much of her time, when she wasn't busy with tribal duties, looking out to the vast waters...lost in her thoughts and self. She always spoke to Nightpaw of memories they shared from when they were cubs and Nightpaw knew her twin sister was slipping far in her mourning. During the following Storm Season, the Great Waves plagued the Holt from the Vastdeep Waters; oftentimes, many dared not brave the shore during the storm, but Brushtide did - especially her great loss. Nightpaw knew this storm would be one of the worst the Holt had seen, so she went after her sister to shield her, but was only in time to see Brushtide swept away by the tide. Nightpaw thought that it was appropriate, considering she seemed to truly want to be "lost" at sea.
Nightpaw was very thankful after losing her sister to not have the name Tearfall anymore; however, she felt peace because she knew her sister did not, and was not able to, live in "the now" of wolf-thought. Brushtide would always be lost in her grieving of Roughbite and Bloombush.
The bond that Nightpaw shared with her bond-wolf, Goldberry, strengthened in the passing time after the incident and she would always take runs through the trees or open plains with him. She loved the nature around her and seemed to connect with every living thing's soul...that was how her plant-shaping ability presented itself as she lazily talked to small branch one day, touched it with her finger, and watched it grow slightly beneath her touch. Nightpaw became multifariously calm after that, however, never rejecting the thrill of the Hunt and its violence; but, also respecting it all the more.
Goldberry got hurt when a group of wandering five-fingered ones (humans) got frightened and attacked passing wolves...knowing them to be friends with the four-fingered 'demons'. The Wolfriders chased them off, but Nightpaw could NOT lose another she cared about so soon. She held her wolf-friend, wishing and praying to the High Ones that they not take him from her yet...not after all she had lost. Although healing is lesser when used on animals, the frantic gesture to save Goldberry manifested Nightpaw's healing ability...and it worked!
Nightpaw tries not to let grief or unrest get to her if she can help it, so she faces situations and conversation with levelheaded opinions. She is a big fan of dreamberries and dreamberry wine, savoring the intoxicating affect they have on her elfin body. She also loves to dance, showing her emotion in expressive movement. She tried to live in the now of wolf-though and "the Way" for her sister and because all of her family would have wanted her to
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BOND BEAST
Name : Goldberry
Age : 3
Gender : Male
Appearance :
Goldberry
Personality : His pale-yellow eyes reveal wisdom and intelligence. He is calm normally, though his spastic bursts of energy show the youth he still possess...though these outbursts sometimes get him swift reminders of causing unnecessary unrest among the pack members.
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