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 Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 10:35 am
W E L C O M E
welcome to my quest for a copper barn owl, named Caer.
F U N D S
600k/600k
(technically, but that would leave me pretty broke. 8 x8)
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 4:53 pm
U S E R Name: No restrictions on names, just try to have a surname.
Age: Youngest is 17-18. No arguments.
Magic Affinity:
Appearance:
Personality:
History:
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 4:54 pm
G U A R D I A N Name: Caer (after the Celtic goddess of sleep). I assume it is pronounced much like "care," but I'm not sure.
Magic Affinity: Caer possesses the ability of hypnosis, but it is very limited. The most important limitation is that the subject must be willing; she cannot force her thoughts on others without their permission, verbal or otherwise. It also requires her to stare unblinkingly into the subject's eyes for at least ten seconds, but it can often take longer for the effects to be completely pronounced. She mostly uses this to aid her User (name here) in his medic duties, and is usually in charge of putting patients into a coma-like state so that they do not have to feel any pain or stress. Whether this is completely effective or not is a case-by-case matter, but it usually will be effective enough to work much like modern-day anesthesia in a surgical setting.
Essence/Animal: Copper, Barn Owl.
Appearance: Feathers? Pitch-black eyes (no distinct iris or sclera)?
Personality: Somewhat ghostly or "creepy," etc. (Expand!)
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:58 am
 C O P P E R(taken from www.en.wikipedia.org)
The metal and its alloys have been used for thousands of years. In the Roman era, copper was principally mined on Cyprus, hence the origin of the name of the metal as сyprium (metal of Cyprus), later shortened to сuprum. Its compounds are commonly encountered as copper(II) salts, which often impart blue or green colors to minerals such as turquoise and have been widely used historically as pigments. Architectural structures built with copper corrode to give green verdigris (or patina). Decorative art prominently features copper, both by itself and as part of pigments.
Copper(II) ions are water-soluble, where they function at low concentration as bacteriostatic substances, fungicides, and wood preservatives. In sufficient amounts, they are poisonous to higher organisms; at lower concentrations it is an essential trace nutrient to all higher plant and animal life. The main areas where copper is found in animals are tissues, liver, muscle and bone.
Copper can be found as either native copper or as part of minerals. Native copper is a polycrystal, with the largest described single crystal measuring 4.4×3.2×3.2 cm. The largest mass of elemental copper weighed 420 tonnes and was found in 1857 on the Keweenaw Peninsula in Michigan, US. There are many examples of copper-containing minerals: chalcopyrite and chalcocite are copper sulfides, azurite and malachite are copper carbonates and cuprite is a copper oxide. Copper is present in the Earth's crust at a concentration of about 50 parts per million (ppm), and is also synthesized in massive stars.
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 9:03 am
 B A R NxxO W L(taken from www.en.wikipedia.org)
Its head and upper body typically vary between a light brown and a light colored and dark grey (especially on the forehead and back) feathers in most subspecies. Some are purer, richer brown instead, and all have fine black-and-white speckles except on the remiges and rectrices, which are light brown with darker bands. The heart-shaped face is usually bright white, but in some subspecies it is browner. The underparts (including the tarsometatarsus feathers) vary from white to reddish buff among the subspecies, and are either mostly unpatterned or bear a varying amount of tiny blackish-brown speckles. It was found that at least in the continental European populations, females with more spotting are healthier on average. This does not hold true for European males by contrast, where the spotting varies according to subspecies. The bill varies from pale horn to dark buff, corresponding to the general plumage hue. The iris is blackish brown. The toes, as the bill, vary in color; their color ranges from pinkish to dark pinkish-grey. The talons are black.
On average, within any one population males tend to be less spotted on the underside than females. The latter are also larger, as is common for owls. A strong female T. alba of a large subspecies may weigh over 550 g (19.4 oz), while males are typically about 10% lighter. Nestlings are covered in white down all over, but the heart-shaped facial disk is visible soon after hatching.
Contrary to popular belief, it does not hoot (such calls are made by typical owls, like the Tawny Owl or other Strix). It instead produces the characteristic shree scream, ear-shattering at close range. Males in courtship give a shrill twitter. It can hiss like a snake to scare away intruders, and when captured or cornered, it throws itself on its back and flails with sharp-taloned feet, making for an effective defense. Also given in such situations is a rasp and a clicking snap, produced by the bill or possibly the tongue. It is most recognizable by its "mask-like" face.
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