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Name: Nikora Hiliea
Race: Kaha'iko
Gender: Female
Stage: Child
3 Base Traits: Pampered, Resilient, Boorish

Personality: Nikora is an only child born to two androgynous-oriented parents who wanted a small school of children to pamper and dote on. Instead, they received only her, and she has been well-protected, spoiled, and treated almost like a prettied-up show animal ever since. It is obvious that both her parents love her in their own ways and are clearly fearful of displeasing or driving her away, but they are persistent and adamant in keeping her almost entirely secluded from others, despite this. For this reason, she has grown up relying on them and experiencing almost all of the joy she has ever had from things they have brought her or done for her.

During her youngest years, she doesn't question this at all. But by the time she is capable of wondering about such things (as in, when her story actually begins), Nikora will be more interested in obtaining things for herself, rather than having them handed to her. She still wants and expects to have many nice, coveted things, but she wants the ability to take them for herself, rather than waiting for her parents to bring them to her.

It is in this way that she is resilient. Any departure from her norm (and their expectation) will be upsetting to her parents. It will be upsetting to them and mildly frightening for her, since she has never experienced independence, but she is eager and interested in testing new waters and not one to let a bad experience keep her down.

Nikora likes to be active, and once she has a taste of new comrades and freedom, she will value them greatly and have a preference for rowdy, physical activity. Though her upbringing was secluded, she and others will quickly come to realize that she doesn't have the greatest interest in manners, silence, or even open care for the feelings of others. She likes to be around them for the noise, but tends to prefer to speak mostly about her and her interests and what she is capable of achieving.

Description: See pic to the right! For her scales, she’ll have the full required forehead arrow, along with the pattern on her right arm and right leg only ( no scales on her left arm and leg at all)! I definitely want scales on the top of her both of her feet, also!
Clothing: Her leaf/grass skirt is open in the front, so I'd like for her to have some kind of shorts or skirt made of thin, wispy, flowing tassels (she is basically wearing like three layers of skirt), sort of like this, but in the same bluish grey color as her top.
Accessories: She has her ears pierced three times and tends to wear much beaded jewelry.

History: Nikora's parents were born in the small border settlement of Ukupaia. They were born there. They met there. They became committed to one another there. And, once they were ready, they laid a clutch of eggs together. Nothing came of their first attempt, or the second. None of their eggs hatched, but they were determined to try and try and try forever, if that was what they needed to do to be successful.

Nikora was the only live offspring born of their third clutch, and she has been the only one since.

Her parents do continue to try, as they still think they would like to have many children, but their want for more never keeps them from admiring and spoiling their first and only precious daughter. Since there is a fear in them that she will continue to be their only, her parents have done their best at molding her into what pleases them most. They like to dress her up, treat her like a lady, and always manage to persuade her out of doing things that involve outdoor activity or other people.

Initially, Nikora doesn't mind. She likes being consistently pleased and engaged by the people who raised her, but she is growing out of the repetitive routine their small settlement and her seclusion offers her. She wants to be challenged and intrigued, and though Nikora still appreciates her parents' attempts to keep her engaged, they will not be able to manage it on their own for much longer.

Initially, she wouldn't have been very fond of the idea, since her parents are the type to gush over how much responsibility she'd have, since she'd be the oldest, and in her youngest years, it didn't suit her idea of family to have her parents divide their focus between her and another. To this day, she still doesn't want to be 'responsible' for someone else, and I don't think she'd be able to take being oldest sibling very seriously.

But by this point, Nikora is more fond of the idea than against it (though she isn't especially hopeful of it, since it hasn't happened yet). At her current age, she sees much of her parents' doting to be more akin to 'harping' and overbearing, so it might be nice to have someone younger and dumber to throw under the bus, so to speak. At the same time, since she's been so secluded, she doesn't have any friends, and the idea of having a comrade in her struggles appeals to her.

With that said, I don't intend for Nikora to ever actually have a younger sibling. =w=;;

Nikora has been very sheltered and secluded, so the harshest thing she's had to hear so far is basically, "No, you can't go out to place or to do thing." She is more confused than hurt by this, but is also growing ever restless and very slightly agitated. She isn't an outburst of emotion type, but is more hinging on that edge where she is almost prepared to do what pleases her, despite her parents' wants.

Later, once she does experience actual troubles, she'll consider it sort of an adventure (and necessity) to set them straight. She won't tolerate being told no for much longer, but learning how to cope with things will be just that: a learning process, in which she will always initially feel like she needs to exert some sort of physical effort to correct whatever opposes her.