AMITYVILLE ACADEMY ENROLLMENT FORM Name: Kalden
meaning; ‘of the Golden Age’Nicknames: Kal, K, Kaldy, Kali (DO NOT), Ka
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Faction: Monster
Race: Tibetan Snow Lion གངས་སེང་གེ་
Natural Ability:Sacred Lion – Kalden is consistently hovering. A ‘sacred’ critter, his feet remain untainted by the earth below. He cannot, however, fly. He remains (we hope) a consistent 3-6 inches from the ground and it takes an act of will to actually touch base with the floor. His limiting skull pin allows him an easier time of being ground-bound, but without it he is likely to float a bit higher and potentially bump into the wall or ceiling repeatedly like an unhinged, floating roomba. He can go higher, and does if absent-minded, so we're lucky we haven't lost him to the winds like a kite with a snapped thread.
Personality: Fearless – Kalden has a tendency to charge into things…rather literally. There isn’t a shy bone in this lion’s body. Never in his life has he balked from a challenge and, in fact, he tends to be goaded into accepting such proposals rather easily. Not to say that he is completely without caution, but he tends to weigh the odds hastily and in a split second. Whilst there are probably things that he worries about, he tends not to dwell on them and his mind does not drift to such matters voluntarily. He’d definitely be the first to lead a charge or pull a prank on a teacher, and this trait is one that gets him into trouble with astounding frequency, considering how much energy he possesses to pour into his various escapades.
Self-Absorbed – This lion definitely has his share of lion’s pride. Kal is all that and a bag of potato chips, at least, according to him. He’s attractive and he knows it, he’s funny (according to him), and he knows it. Whilst he does not completely disregard the feelings of others, he will sometimes tread over them rather unwittingly, making him something of a cocky douchenozzle. His opinion is, of course, the most important one in the room until proven otherwise. ‘Nice’ is not a word that even he would use to describe himself.
Loud – Brash and boisterous, Kal tends to be snarky and outspoken at the best of times, and downright annoying at others. His voice tends to escalate when he loses his temper, which is often, or if he has a point to prove. Though when not irritated, Kal tends to be almost brazenly cheerful…and vocal about it.
Loyal – Though not the easiest guy to get to know, once he becomes close to someone, he’s hard to shake, and would gladly fight to the death for a friend. It also means he’s probably going to butt into your personal business, as the concept of a personal space bubble is something of a foreign concept. He tends to treat his friends like family, and because of this is very selective about who he brings close to him…you know, because they can see his inner uh….teddy-lion.
Stubborn – Arguing with Kal is not unlike banging one’s fists against a brick wall. In fact, one could debate that you might have better luck with the brick wall than trying to reason with this kid. Once he sets his mind to something, he will hold his ground to the end, even when he’s aware of being in the wrong.
Why are they enrolled in Amityville Academy? Kalden was raised in his family’s ancestral temple, born there as the latest son in a long lineage of sacred guardians. Far too raucous a creature for permanent temple life, his mother and father were all too delighted to ship their eldest cub (out of three) off to school. Whilst originally dubious at the proposal, Kal soon caught wind of the opportunity to leave home and ditch parental constraints and the judgements of a far more prim and proper brother and sister….which made Kal an absolute nag until they agreed to let him attend.
It doesn't help that his excessively blatant 'fierce' behaviors, made him less a creature of peace, and more the sort of predator of the sort that one doesn't want to wake up to, hovering above their bed in the dark.
It was for funsies. He swears.
FEAR Ability:Hollow Roar (The Mind) – When Kalden releases this attack it sends a sonic blast outward, disorienting the target. Whilst the sound is reminiscent of a lion, it is louder and has a reverberating, gong-like quality.
“The roar of the Snow Lion embodies the sound of 'emptiness' (Sanskrit: Śūnyatā), courage and truth, and because of this is often a synonym for the Buddhadharma, the Buddha’s teachings, as it implies freedom from karma and the challenging call to awakening. It was considered to be so powerful that just a single roar could cause seven dragons to fall from the sky.”Physical Description:There is nothing small about most snow lions. Kal is no exception. At 16 he’s still growing into himself, standing at 6’3” (and that doesn’t count the fact that he floats), but though his form is likely going to fill out, he is lean, though muscled, no true bulk exists to fill out those broad shoulders just yet. His features are handsome and most definitely male, and he’s usually sporting a confident smirk. He carries no weapons as he’s ‘content with what nature gave me, baby~’.
Eye Colour: Blue eyes with black sclera. A hybrid of a
traditional lion's eye and the renditions of
Snow Lions.
Hair Colour/Style: Silvery-white fading into a teal at the ends. It falls in waves and cascades. It’s a bit of a mess and definitely mane-like in volume, sometimes falls into his eyes and he makes no attempts to push it back. It reaches just below his shoulders and down to the mid-point between his shoulder-blades.
Skin Colour: Pale. Just a few shades towards human and away from snow-white.
Clothing Style/Colours: Came over to Amityville in something like
this, in colors more complimentary to his own color scheme. Except he ‘opened up’ the sleeves to suit the (what he considers) warmer climate; so now the once-sleeves fall in an almost decorative fashion from his shoulders. His skull pin is on an anklet around one paw on a silver chain.
Extra: He has teal, semi-sheathable claws, a mid-length lion’s tail, the core of it white and the longer tufts of fur are deep teal. The darker fur, the longer pieces, go halfway up the sides of his tail heading towards his spine, almost kirin-like. Soft white fur also begins about halfway down his calves and becomes two massive paws, giving away his natural form. Ears
like so, tufted in teal.
References: ….I’ll get on that.
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