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 Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:57 am
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 4:01 pm
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 12:41 pm
Given Name: Xuco is the name he used as an Anansi Member, Bai Feng was his original name.
Chinese Name: Bai Feng
Species: Cheetah
What Rank would your SoA best fit and why? Teacher. Feng's just past his prime and while he's hardly useless, his body's starting to grow weary. However, his experience is invaluable. Trained by man's own hand in the art of hunting he's fairly more successful in his kills.
Is there anything else we need to consider? Blurb on Coursing Until the early 1900's ownership of cheetahs was as important to these nobles as their love for gold. Cheetahs hunt by sight so they excelled in the sport known as 'coursing'. Hunts organised by royalty and nobles were for the challenge of sport, not for food. Hunts represented power and prestige. By the 1500s the popularity of the cheetah as a hunting companion rivaled that of the dog. Cheetah, the most easily tamed of the big cats, were caught tamed and trained. Adults were used as cubs had not leaned how to hunt. Tamed cheetah formed a strong bond with their keepers. Each cheetah rode to the hunt on horseback (poor horse!) or on a cart,. Its eyes were covered with a hood (much like falcons are) and uncovered when prey was sighted. The cat was released to chase down the prey then rewarded with meat fed from a wooden spoon. Coursing was common in India, China, Iran, and Egypt as a sport.
Feng was among five others that were selected to hunt the exotic game of Africa for the emperor's great sport. Unfortunately, the game and the land was strange to the coursers and Feng found himself separated from the others and his emperor. Accepted into the Anansi until he was past his prime, Feng decided instead to follow the Anansi's former prince, Taban, along with two others when the young cheetah was cast away from the pride. Depending on the situation, he may insist that the others remain with him.
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