Post by Viola on Sept 28, 2008 9:28:58 GMT -6
Elf Name, and Position in tribe
Elf Tribe Character Sheet
Character Name/Cub Name: Longdusk / Shadow (because of his dark hair and eyes)
Soul Name: Finn
Sex: Male
Race: Elf
Origin: Wolfrider
Age: 387
Soulsiblings/Recognized: Skylight (recognized, deceased)
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Lifemate(s): Skylight (deceased)
Lovemate(s): None
Children: Fleetfoot (daughter, deceased)
Parents: Tracker (father), Lightgaze (mother)
Siblings: None
Bondbeast: Flea
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Hair: Very thick, dark brown, jumpy, untamed, falling in his neck. He has a few locks of hair dancing over his forehead and keeps it short because it would be unmanageable when it gets longer.
Eyes: Dark grey of color, narrow.
Skin tone: Pale.
Height: 4’2”
Build: Slender build, when well-fed rather graceful but he’s too skinny at this point. Long limbs.
Appearance: Straight nose, thin lips and an ovally shaped face with a sharp chin. Prominent cheekbones.
Clothes
Summer: Tight dark pants tucked in boots reaching to his knees. Open vest, kept together with laces, colored brown and dark green.
Winter: Same pants and boots, but now a long-sleeved brown and green tunic above it. If it’s really cold, he’ll wear a dark cape with hat.
Jewelry: A long necklace with a bright, oval stone, which his lifemate used to wear.
Weapons
For the hunt: Bow and Arrow, knife
For war: Short spear
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Talent: Wolf-bonding, Sending
Skills: Climbing, Agility, Jumping, Perception, Stealth, Sharp Sight, Wood Carving
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Likes: Peace and quiet, new surroundings, a good story, working with wood, listening, giving advice.
Dislikes: Remembering, loud tribesmates,
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Personality/History: Longdusk is a very pragmatic elf and has a very dry sense of humor, which often borders on sarcasm. Snarky short replies are his trademark. It depends on the situation if he’s serious or not, and sometimes it’s hard to find out what he is at that moment. He isn’t the most outspoken elf of the tribe, and usually refrains from talking in large gatherings. It’s not that he is shy, but he figures there are already enough people doing the talking. He will add something if he thinks it adds another point of view in a conversation.
If he is needed, though, he will stand up and help, whether in council, or if someone needs his tutoring skills. Longdusk is very patient and therefore a good teacher, but only if his pupil shows the will to learn. If not, he’ll tell him to go somewhere else and stop wasting his time.
Because he tends to rationalize almost everything, passionate love is a very hard thing to grasp for him. He knows feelings, of course, but this kind of love is strange to him. Of course, he knows love for his family and for his tribe, but regards it more like a deep affection. He lifemated Skylight because of Fleetfoot and though he knew her soul and felt respect, deep affection and attachment, and understanding, it was never love. Emotional outbursts because of love (like hate, grief over a broken lovemating) he finds irrational.
He has learned that life is short, the hard way. His lifemate Skylight died a long while ago in a hunting accident, leaving him and their almost grown up cub behind. Fleetfoot, their daughter who looked a lot like him in behaviour and appearance, which caused them to clash often, drowned only a couple of turns ago at the age of 79.
Longdusk, though quiet in his expression, has a very busy head with lots of thoughts. He finds it calming to grab a knife and a piece of wood, and make something out of nothing.
[0-15] Being born to Tracker and Lightgaze, a pair who adored each other already way before their Recognition, Shadow gained his name from his darkbrown tuft of hair and his remarkable darkgrey eyes. From his early childhood, Shadow was asking a lot of questions how things worked, almost figuratively despairing his parents and his tribesmates with all the “why’s”. Especially his mother was very patient with him and tried to answer as well as she could. His father always was the more distant type, though Shadow tried very much to please him.
[16-175] Shadow found his soulname easily at the age of 16. He found it while he was making plans to make a soulsearch and was delighted and disappointed at the same time, because he had wanted to make this trip. He went anyway, hiding the fact that he had already found his true self, just to experience what a trip like this would be. Finding it a dull journey, he returned swiftly, telling his parents he knew who he was.
The boy grew up to be an excellent archer, and took up some scouting abilities along the way. His keen sight helped greatly, and he was proud of it, feeling useful. The choice for scouting might also have had something to do with his father, who seemed to keep an emotional distance, and Shadow wanted nothing more to earn his respect. He picked up wood carving at this point, as well, but tried to hide it from his father because he feared he wouldn’t approve.
Later on, the bond between them grew closer, but was never that of a loving father and son.
[176-298] When Tracker died in a mudslide, Shadow felt sadness, but he kept himself together to support his mother Lightgaze, who at first appeared to go insane of grief. He became more quiet, pulling back in himself, and tried to rationalize the situation for both himself and his mother. Bit by bit Lightgaze found the will to live again and though she never fully recovered from the loss of her beloved lifemate, she was able to take her place in the tribe again. Shadow never understood the intensity of her pain and loss, and she named him Longdusk for it, telling him that if he was never to experience that kind of love, he would stay in the dark forever.
[299-379] When Longdusk recognized his long-time friend and occasional furmate Skylight during a tumble in the furs, it came to him as a shock. When he at first tried to lay out a plan for what was about to come, Skylight convinced him to take it by the day, not being able to endure his constant watching over her and constant helping her for two years, she said. Before the Recognition, he had always felt a deep respect and affection for her, and remembering his mother’s words, he thought he had found the love he had missed before.
But though the bond of souls was there, and his affections grew, it never seemed to match the devotional love his parents used to experience, and the same counted for Skylight. Still, they agreed that lifemating on the basis of mutual respect, affection and appreciation counted for something, so Skylight moved into Longdusk’s den a season before their cub was born.
Their daughter, called Moth at first because of her resemblance to her father and Fleetfoot later on, because her swift and silent way of moving around, turned out to be exactly like him in character. At times, Longdusk found it hard to communicate with her but kept on trying even if she didn’t want to. He simply didn’t want their relation to be as difficult as the one he had had with his own father.
Skylight died when Fleetfoot was barely 15 turns of age, when a deer hit her on her temple with his last death kick. She died instantly, and Longdusk felt grief for the loss of his dearest friend and felt like part of his soul had passed away with Skylight. He cried for her, but didn’t collapse like Lightgaze had done centuries before. He grew more protective of his daughter, realizing that she was all that was left of Skylight. Eventually, Fleetfoot fought herself free from his narrow surveillance, and moved to her own den.
[380-387] Fleetfoot drowned at the age of 79 and why, remains unclear, because she was a good swimmer. Longdusk felt this loss more than any other losses he had experienced before, also grieving again for Skylight in the process. He started to linger in the past, seeing bad memories everywhere, and started to wander in the holt territory, sometimes not coming back to sleep. He would always return within a day or two, but never felt at ease around the holt anymore. He had lost another part of himself, and with it, the Now of the Wolf.
When Stormfire announced that she would lead a part of the tribe to unknown lands, he was one of the first to tell her he would come with her, abandoning his wanderings. The idea of leaving his former life behind and being able to assist young Stormfire appealed to him, knowing that she could use his skills. He can’t wait to leave, hoping he can balance his wolf and elfblood again like it once was.
Outlook on Life: Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience
Thing to Remember: Though it might appear that Longdusk is sulky, whiney and annoyed easily, he’s none of the sorts. He’s just the silent type that won’t express his feelings.
Sees Self As:
Elf Tribe Character Sheet
Character Name/Cub Name: Longdusk / Shadow (because of his dark hair and eyes)
Soul Name: Finn
Sex: Male
Race: Elf
Origin: Wolfrider
Age: 387
Soulsiblings/Recognized: Skylight (recognized, deceased)
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Lifemate(s): Skylight (deceased)
Lovemate(s): None
Children: Fleetfoot (daughter, deceased)
Parents: Tracker (father), Lightgaze (mother)
Siblings: None
Bondbeast: Flea
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Hair: Very thick, dark brown, jumpy, untamed, falling in his neck. He has a few locks of hair dancing over his forehead and keeps it short because it would be unmanageable when it gets longer.
Eyes: Dark grey of color, narrow.
Skin tone: Pale.
Height: 4’2”
Build: Slender build, when well-fed rather graceful but he’s too skinny at this point. Long limbs.
Appearance: Straight nose, thin lips and an ovally shaped face with a sharp chin. Prominent cheekbones.
Clothes
Summer: Tight dark pants tucked in boots reaching to his knees. Open vest, kept together with laces, colored brown and dark green.
Winter: Same pants and boots, but now a long-sleeved brown and green tunic above it. If it’s really cold, he’ll wear a dark cape with hat.
Jewelry: A long necklace with a bright, oval stone, which his lifemate used to wear.
Weapons
For the hunt: Bow and Arrow, knife
For war: Short spear
# # # #
Talent: Wolf-bonding, Sending
Skills: Climbing, Agility, Jumping, Perception, Stealth, Sharp Sight, Wood Carving
# # # #
Likes: Peace and quiet, new surroundings, a good story, working with wood, listening, giving advice.
Dislikes: Remembering, loud tribesmates,
# # # #
Personality/History: Longdusk is a very pragmatic elf and has a very dry sense of humor, which often borders on sarcasm. Snarky short replies are his trademark. It depends on the situation if he’s serious or not, and sometimes it’s hard to find out what he is at that moment. He isn’t the most outspoken elf of the tribe, and usually refrains from talking in large gatherings. It’s not that he is shy, but he figures there are already enough people doing the talking. He will add something if he thinks it adds another point of view in a conversation.
If he is needed, though, he will stand up and help, whether in council, or if someone needs his tutoring skills. Longdusk is very patient and therefore a good teacher, but only if his pupil shows the will to learn. If not, he’ll tell him to go somewhere else and stop wasting his time.
Because he tends to rationalize almost everything, passionate love is a very hard thing to grasp for him. He knows feelings, of course, but this kind of love is strange to him. Of course, he knows love for his family and for his tribe, but regards it more like a deep affection. He lifemated Skylight because of Fleetfoot and though he knew her soul and felt respect, deep affection and attachment, and understanding, it was never love. Emotional outbursts because of love (like hate, grief over a broken lovemating) he finds irrational.
He has learned that life is short, the hard way. His lifemate Skylight died a long while ago in a hunting accident, leaving him and their almost grown up cub behind. Fleetfoot, their daughter who looked a lot like him in behaviour and appearance, which caused them to clash often, drowned only a couple of turns ago at the age of 79.
Longdusk, though quiet in his expression, has a very busy head with lots of thoughts. He finds it calming to grab a knife and a piece of wood, and make something out of nothing.
[0-15] Being born to Tracker and Lightgaze, a pair who adored each other already way before their Recognition, Shadow gained his name from his darkbrown tuft of hair and his remarkable darkgrey eyes. From his early childhood, Shadow was asking a lot of questions how things worked, almost figuratively despairing his parents and his tribesmates with all the “why’s”. Especially his mother was very patient with him and tried to answer as well as she could. His father always was the more distant type, though Shadow tried very much to please him.
[16-175] Shadow found his soulname easily at the age of 16. He found it while he was making plans to make a soulsearch and was delighted and disappointed at the same time, because he had wanted to make this trip. He went anyway, hiding the fact that he had already found his true self, just to experience what a trip like this would be. Finding it a dull journey, he returned swiftly, telling his parents he knew who he was.
The boy grew up to be an excellent archer, and took up some scouting abilities along the way. His keen sight helped greatly, and he was proud of it, feeling useful. The choice for scouting might also have had something to do with his father, who seemed to keep an emotional distance, and Shadow wanted nothing more to earn his respect. He picked up wood carving at this point, as well, but tried to hide it from his father because he feared he wouldn’t approve.
Later on, the bond between them grew closer, but was never that of a loving father and son.
[176-298] When Tracker died in a mudslide, Shadow felt sadness, but he kept himself together to support his mother Lightgaze, who at first appeared to go insane of grief. He became more quiet, pulling back in himself, and tried to rationalize the situation for both himself and his mother. Bit by bit Lightgaze found the will to live again and though she never fully recovered from the loss of her beloved lifemate, she was able to take her place in the tribe again. Shadow never understood the intensity of her pain and loss, and she named him Longdusk for it, telling him that if he was never to experience that kind of love, he would stay in the dark forever.
[299-379] When Longdusk recognized his long-time friend and occasional furmate Skylight during a tumble in the furs, it came to him as a shock. When he at first tried to lay out a plan for what was about to come, Skylight convinced him to take it by the day, not being able to endure his constant watching over her and constant helping her for two years, she said. Before the Recognition, he had always felt a deep respect and affection for her, and remembering his mother’s words, he thought he had found the love he had missed before.
But though the bond of souls was there, and his affections grew, it never seemed to match the devotional love his parents used to experience, and the same counted for Skylight. Still, they agreed that lifemating on the basis of mutual respect, affection and appreciation counted for something, so Skylight moved into Longdusk’s den a season before their cub was born.
Their daughter, called Moth at first because of her resemblance to her father and Fleetfoot later on, because her swift and silent way of moving around, turned out to be exactly like him in character. At times, Longdusk found it hard to communicate with her but kept on trying even if she didn’t want to. He simply didn’t want their relation to be as difficult as the one he had had with his own father.
Skylight died when Fleetfoot was barely 15 turns of age, when a deer hit her on her temple with his last death kick. She died instantly, and Longdusk felt grief for the loss of his dearest friend and felt like part of his soul had passed away with Skylight. He cried for her, but didn’t collapse like Lightgaze had done centuries before. He grew more protective of his daughter, realizing that she was all that was left of Skylight. Eventually, Fleetfoot fought herself free from his narrow surveillance, and moved to her own den.
[380-387] Fleetfoot drowned at the age of 79 and why, remains unclear, because she was a good swimmer. Longdusk felt this loss more than any other losses he had experienced before, also grieving again for Skylight in the process. He started to linger in the past, seeing bad memories everywhere, and started to wander in the holt territory, sometimes not coming back to sleep. He would always return within a day or two, but never felt at ease around the holt anymore. He had lost another part of himself, and with it, the Now of the Wolf.
When Stormfire announced that she would lead a part of the tribe to unknown lands, he was one of the first to tell her he would come with her, abandoning his wanderings. The idea of leaving his former life behind and being able to assist young Stormfire appealed to him, knowing that she could use his skills. He can’t wait to leave, hoping he can balance his wolf and elfblood again like it once was.
Outlook on Life: Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience
Thing to Remember: Though it might appear that Longdusk is sulky, whiney and annoyed easily, he’s none of the sorts. He’s just the silent type that won’t express his feelings.
Sees Self As:
I'll flesh out his history and the open spots as soon as I can. 
