Post by {Otter} on Dec 30, 2009 17:35:14 GMT -5
I was in a bit of a hurry when I did this, so I would completely understand any need for change.
GENERAL
Name: Zephyr.
Name Explanation: Why? He never had a real name, and named himself Zephyr because he heard a cat say the word and was fascinated with it.
Gender: Tom
Age: 18 moons
Clan: Loner!
Rank: Loner!
APPEARANCE
Body Type: Lean and slender
Fur: solid blue-gray
Eyes: storm gray with darker gray flecks
Markings: Nadda
Overall: Blessed with all the beauty of StarClan, Zephyr is a sight to behold. Sleek but thick blue-gray fur runs uninterrupted across his lean, long-legged form. Muscles move like snakes beneath his skin, rippling down his long legs and across his shoulders in a way that allows for agility and freedom of movement. His form does not allow for a particularly swift runner or strong fighter, but instead his strength lies in forging his way upstream in rivers or clawing his way up to the heights of the tallest trees. Stunning gray eyes peer from his face, eyes as gray as a stormy ocean and flecked with even darker gray. They are enchanting and confusing at the same time--as beautiful as any eyes created. Very few she-cats, even the most love-hating ones, can meet his gaze and refuse whatever he might ask of them.
((Yeah, I'm not very good at making lovely cats ^.^))
PERSONALITY
Positive Traits:
- Thoughtful
- Friendly
- Observant
- Optimistic
- Does his best to see situations from all sides of the spectrum
- Is entirely unaware of his looks.
Flaws:
- Doesn't speak well
- Doesn't understand the concept of "boundaries", be them personal or Clan
- Often misreads a cat's tone of voices
- Doesn't understand sarcasm
- Has a sharp temper when it's provoked.
- Doesn't always understand when a cat disagrees with him.
Fears: Porcupines, snakes, twolegs
Quirks: Talks to himself a lot. Runs right out into rainstorms and just stands still to let the water fall on him. LOVES dogs.
Ideals: Family. Zephyr would protect and defend his family with his life...regardless of the fact that they are dogs. Understanding. He does his best to understand what a cat is going through and look at situations from their skin, and he expects others to do the same.
Overall: Zephyr is a very contemplative cat. Because he does not speak well, he spends most of his time listening and observing rather than chattering away, and this has made him a great reader of expressions and understanding of how many cats think. He does not understand boundaries at all, and can be found standing face-to-face with a total stranger or crossing a Clan's boundaries without much care at all. Along with that, when it comes to interpreting a cat's tone of voice, he'll often be found misunderstanding, and sarcasm flies completely over his head. Most of the time he will try to understand another cat's side of an argument, but will sometimes end up being completely confused as to why they disagree with him.
Speaking? Zephyr can't speak well, but he wants to. He doesn't know that many cat-words, but he is always eager to learn new ones, and because of this he seeks out cats to talk to, whether they're in a Clan or not. His temper is not easily provoked, but one thing that can cause him to flip out is if a cat insults a dog. This will cause him to become very defensive, stutter, and eventually just give up on trying to argue with words and instead simply use his muscles and fangs and claws to prove his point.
He has no idea of his looks, and doesn't really understand why she-cats look at him the way they do. However, he has learned to use this to his advantage, and if he wants something or needs to get out of a fix, he has learned that widening his eyes and talking a bit softer really does the trick with she-cats....but not with toms. Toms get mad ^.^
As for dogs? Zephyr likes dogs more than cats. He'd be a dog if he could. But, since he is not, he is doing his best to learn cat-words and deal with the fact that he is, in fact, a cat. But that does not stop him from running up to any dog that shows itself, and this, in itself, is dangerous. However, may dogs don't attack him. They don't find anything fun about chasing a cat that isn't afraid of them, so they leave him alone.
HISTORY
Family: He doesn't know his cat-family, but his border collie family consists of a mother, father, and sister.
History: Zephyr's first memories come from when he was about four or so moons old. He was snuggled against the white and black belly of a collie dog. How he got there and what happened, he didn't know, and never found out for sure. He assumes now that his mother died at some point within his first three moons, and he was found by the female border collie. She took him in and nursed him alongside her newborn puppy, and the two of them grew up like real siblings.
Zephyr was only taught the words that the dogs knew, which were very few, and soon found out that not speaking didn't work out when hanging around with cats. Dogs didn't mind if you didn't speak, but cats really did. They also really wanted to call everyone by "names" As a result, Zephyr began to search for a name for himself. He overheard another cat saying the word "zephyr," and the word completely intrigued him, so he chose this as his own name. Throughout his next few moons, Zephyr began to wander further and further from the barn he was raised in, and after awhile he became independent of his border collie family.
One thing Zephyr has learned about first appearances is that many cats assume he is blind. He has no idea why, but figures it has something to do with his eye color. The second thing he has learned is that, once they realized he doesn't speak well, cats seem to label him as stupid and unable to understand simple things when, in fact, he is much more observant than the average cat. This really irks him, but he tries not to let it show, since he is so starved of cat companionship and needs to learn new words.
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