TGB - - - [ Orange - Void ] ~ Merlin *

{ Statistics }

[ Out of 5 ]
　Strength // 4
　Attack // 3
　Mercy // 2
　Endurance // 3
　Speed // 5
　Tactics // 3

　Activity // 4
　Playfulness // 2.5
　Need for Affection // 2
　Affection // 2
　Need to Vocalize // 3
　Docility // 2
　Intelligence // 4
　Independence // 4
　Compatibility with other animals/cats // 2

{ Personality }

[ Blithe | Clever | Protective | Family-oriented | Proud | Difficult | Fanciful ]

{ } || Blithe – happy and without worry;; Merlin isn’t really one to worry about the future. In fact, he’s rather confident that things will work out quite well for him. He is completely convinced that he was born to follow in his father’s footsteps, and do even better in life than Farox ever did. When other cats seem hesitant about what the future holds, he is likely to attempt to convince them that fate knows what it’s doing, and they will deserve whatever they get. His view on it is that fretting about it won’t get you anywhere, anyway. ‘If you’re really that concerned, start doing what you can to be ready for it.’

{ } || Clever – quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent;; Merlin has the potential to advance further and faster than many of his den-mates. He’s a clever young tom, certainly. He is rather gifted in terms of speech, especially considering his age. It won’t be long before he starts to pick up on intelligence about tribe-life, even without his parents’ teachings. Hunting will come to him early, as well. It’s quite likely that he’ll turn out to be a bit rebellious, believing that he does indeed know best and can handle himself just fine.

{ } || Protective – having or showing a strong wish to keep someone or something safe from harm;; It’s not every day that you come across a young feline so quick to step up to the plate to fend off an antagonist. If someone’s messing with his siblings and Merlin catches wind of it, he’ll drop everything and rush to their side. If someone’s badmouthing his tribe or his friends, he’s very likely to stand up for them. In some cases, he might even take personal offense. However, it is unlikely that he will incite a physical skirmish, or take part in one, unless another cat strikes first. After that, though, he won’t be afraid to do what has to be done.

{ } || Family-oriented – believing that family comes first;; While he may not seem like it at first glance, Merlin really is rather family-oriented. This is part of why he is so (over)protective of his family and close friends. Even family friends count. Sometimes he might not seem too affectionate towards his family at all, but he truly does care. In fact, his happiness is partially linked to their own happiness – if one of his siblings or parents is upset, he’ll likely sense that and begin to feel upset as well. But, so long as one or more of them is happy, Merlin is sure to be at least somewhat happy too.

{ } || Proud – feeling pleasurable satisfaction over an act, possession, quality, or relationship by which one measures one's stature or self-worth;; Merlin is very proud of his heritage and his appearance. It isn’t hard to tell that he takes after his father, appearance-wise, and he wants to grow to be like him, too. That’s right: he aspires to be an Air-Triber, primary if possible, but rather than become a bone-crafter, he’d like to become a warrior. Warriors are the most important part of a tribe, to him, so of course he wishes to be one. In this way, he’s sure he’ll be ‘better’ than Farox, no matter what.

{ } || Difficult – characterized by or causing hardships or problems; not easy to please or satisfy;; Merlin’s mentality often clashes with those of other felines. He’s not particularly invested in the bad parts of life, nor is he interested in getting involved with them. He tries to remain comfortably distanced from family members, and detach himself from them emotionally, in case anything ever does happen to them. While he doubts things will go awry for them, he wants to make sure he’ll be fine if he turns out to be wrong about how bright his future is. He’s also rather fussy over his things, and what he gets in relation to what he deserves, so it’s not too uncommon for him to try and ‘reason’ with other cats over things.

{ } || Fanciful – overimaginative and unrealistic; exotically ornamental rather than practical;; Considering Merlin’s over-optimistic attitude about life, it shouldn’t be that surprising that he focuses on more trivial aspects of it than most cats do. He’s not exactly idealistic, but you could say he just doesn’t care to think about it, since he’s positive he’ll make it through regardless of what he is faced with. He often daydreams and thinks about what good things may come to him in life, rather than the bad. When it comes to skills, he’s very interested in learning about them and how to use them. Not enough to become a crafter, but enough to want to become renowned for them. He wants to develop a unique fighting style, perhaps based more on beauty than lethality. He’s also wants to own a lot of accessories – enough to switch them out every now and then for a change in style.

{ Backstory }

Merlin was born an Earth-Triber. The firstborn kit in the second litter of Orange-Earth Shasta and Green-Air Farox, he was named Junco at the time, and had three littermates: Sparrow, Kite, and Wren. He soon came to learn that he had four other siblings in addition to those: Pink/Orange-Earth Sylvani, Pink/Orange-Water Cadia, Blue/Green-Light Jace, and Black-Shadow Idek.

{ Family }

Grandparents || Emyr and Chou

Mother || Shasta. Deceased, Orange-Earth.

Father || Farox. Alive, Primary-Air.

Aunt (Paternal) || Zarya. Deceased, Orange-Light.

Littermates || Anastasia. Alive, Primary-Light. | Nikita. Deceased, kitten. | Naeli. Alive, Secondary-Water.

Siblings || Sylvani. Alive, Primary-Earth. | Cadia. Alive, Secondary-Water. | Jace. Alive, Primary-Light.

Half-Sibling || Idek. Alive, Black-Shadow.

Cousins (Maternal) || Tuari. Deceased, Silver-Water. | (Toren kits)

{ Skills }

[ Future: Whisper of the wind | Spark 1 | Spark 2 | Breeze ]

{ } || Whisper of the wind | You have a high awareness of the wind's movements, scent, the sounds it is carrying, giving you an advantage when it comes to the awareness of your surroundings.

{ } || Spark 1 | A little spark emerges from your fur. It doesn't hurt much and requires quite a bit of energy to cast. It would be enough to start a fire in dry wood or similar things though.

{ } || Spark 2 | You can now cast a stronger spark that actually hurts a bit with less effort.

{ } || Breeze | You are able to call forth a little breeze of wind, which requires a lot of energy in calling it forth and controlling. Be careful what you call forth, even if the breeze is not very strong.* Joined when Air-Tribe was level 2

{ Fun Facts }

Merlin was the firstborn kitten in Shasta’s second litter.

I wanted a secondary, dammit.

He’s very proud of his appearance, since he resembles his father quite closely.

You guessed it: He’s a daddy’s boy.

He wants to excel in life. Like, really excel.

Do he got a booty

He dooooo

These are mostly filler things by the way. LMFAO.

{ Roleplay Sample }

He'd been wandering around for what seemed like ages. Who knew hunting was so hard right now! Hardly any prey was up and about - it was so frustrating! He just wanted to get a good meal for Eileen and her new kittens . . . but all he'd managed to catch was a pigeon. It wasn't scrawny, but it wasn't plump either - it would never be enough. With an airy sigh, the young Air-Triber turned back in the direction of where Eileen was staying and started walking again.

No sooner had he entered the camp than did he see one of the little fur-balls stumbling just outside the nursery. He sure looked like his father. . . . "Hey there, kiddo!" Merlin called cheerfully, quickly closing the gap between them. Gently patting the kit's head, he purred,"I'll be riiight back." He ducked his head inside, dropping the pigeon in front of a slumbering Eileen. He watched her for a few moments, but decided not to wake her, and instead went back out. "So, what's your name? And, d'ya wanna play a game or something?"