Firecat - Fisher

[Viola]

Elf Name, and Position in tribe
Elf Tribe Character Sheet


Character Name/Cub Name: Firecat / Goldeye
Soul Name: Lyss
Sex: Female
Race: Wolfrider
Origin:
Age: 109
Soulsiblings/Recognized: None

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Lifemate(s): None.
Lovemate(s): Several different elves, but nothing major serious.
Children: None
Parents: Woodsong (missing), mother: Moonglow (deceased)
Siblings: Evenstar (sister, alive)
Bondbeast: Frostbite (mid rank)

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Hair: Bright golden-blond, usually kept out of her face by tying a few bangs to the back of her head, decorated with beads and feathers. She wears most of it loose, just below the shoulders, a few bangs framing her face wrapped up in thin leathers.
Eyes: Slightly slanted, usually half closed, bright amber in color, thick dark lashes.
Skin tone: Slightly tanned, because she sometimes likes to feel the sun.
Height: 4’0”
Build: Slender and curved, well-proportioned.
Appearance: Heart-shaped face, full rosy lips and a small, straight nose.

Clothes
Summer: A brown top, wrapped around her breasts. Wavy, short sleeves which are tied with green straps. Darkgreen and brown pants .Her boots reach till over her knees and have some decorations in various colors of brown.
Winter: More or less the same tunic with belt, now with long sleeves that run wide and are tattered around her wrists, woollen tight violet pants to cover her legs and knee-high boots lined with fur.
Jewelry: Golden earrings, hair decorations (feathers, wooden beads). Necklace of wooden beads with a cat-face shaped medallion.

Weapons
For the hunt: Long spear, fishing spear.
For war: Javelin, dagger

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Talent: Sending (average), wolf bonding (average)
Skills: Communication, Dreamberry Resistance, Spear-Fishing, Swimming.

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Likes: Dreamberries, a good laugh, friendly pranks, tumble in the furs, singing, dancing, flirting.
Dislikes: Too much seriousness, the idea of Recognition and having to raise another cub, being stuck in a relationship.

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Personality/History: Firecat might look shallow in a first conversation, but there’s more to her than that. She indeed has a flirty, flighty character who likes to dart from one furmate to another. She loves a good tumble in her furs with both males and females alike, but refrains from having a closer relationship with them. She is impulsive and has an adventurous strike, doing things first and think about them later.

Firecat loves being around others and enjoys being the center of the attention. She loves the tribe and does her part to keep it going, but she also has a selfish part which wants to look out for herself, first of all. This may be a result from her having to raise her sister when their parents fell away, despite the help she got. She does have a sense of responsibility.

Not that she regrets it – she loves her bond with Evenstar and considers her not only as a sister, but also as a very good friend. In fact, part of the reason Firecat decided to follow Stormfire is to look out for her sister. She will never admit it, though, maybe she doesn’t even realize it herself.

But because of it, she knows how hard it is to raise a cub from near infant to an adult, and though she’s had much help from the tribe, she felt kind of relieved when Evenstar was old enough to live on her own. Since then, she enjoys her freedom and loves to live life to the fullest. She doesn’t want Recognition or a tight relationship, rather giving her love while feeling free to do whatever she likes.

Another part of her decision to go away was a lovemate who came too close. Stormfire’s announcement came at a right moment, more or less enabling Firecat to flee from deeper feelings before it was too late.

History:

[0-41] Goldeye was born to Woodsong and Moonglow, being the first child of very old parents who hadn’t expected to have cubs anymore at their age. Therefore, Goldeye was enormously spoiled. She wasn’t particularly outstanding in anything when she grew up to be a pretty adolescent, but soon realized how she could persuade people to do things for her. Her shiny, golden hair plus the way she would look at someone with shimmering eyes, was enough to make many potential furmates run for her.

Loving her youth, she lived in the Now, well-balanced in her wolf and elf blood. Her soulname was found after a short journey away, in which she lost her first wolf friend who protected her while she was meditating. A boar killed the young wolf and though it hurt and she cried, she got over it fairly quickly.

When her parents announced she would have a sibling at age 40, Goldeye felt overjoyed and a bit jealous in the process, not being her parents only child anymore. Still, she looked forward to have a baby brother or sister.

[41-85]With little Thicket born, Goldeye’s jealousy was swiftly forgotten because she adored the tiny she-cub from the first moment she saw her. Unfortunately, Moonglow died shortly after Thicket was born, and not long after Woodsong disappeared. Without thinking clearly about it, Goldeye took in her young sister, nurturing her into adulthood.

She didn’t want to admit it, but raising a cub was much harder than she had ever imagined, and even though she got help, she felt it took too much of her free time. This period caused her to dislike Recognition and tight bonds with furmates, because High Ones know, she could have another cub shortly. She wanted to have some time for herself, too. Still, she continued taking care of Evenstar, until the girl decided to move out and live on her own. Goldeye, now Firecat (named by one of her furmates) kept a close watch until she was confident Evenstar could look after herself.

[86-109] With Evenstar on her own, Firecat was able to pick up the life she had before, but things had severely changed. She had lovemated before because the fun of it, but now she didn’t want to let anyone come closer than regular furmates. Over time, it went slightly too far. She would push them away when either they or she started to develop some deeper feelings. She’s not really happy with this development, but for now, she can’t help it.

When Evenstar wanted to go with Stormfire, it was a good excuse for Firecat to break off another one of her almost-lovematings. She came close to love a male named Hazel, and persuaded him not to come along when he said he would. This way, she could keep an eye on her little sister and bolt from her own changing feelings.



Outlook on Life: I don't care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
Thing to Remember: She’s not as shallow as she looks, but hides it well.
Sees Self As: One embracing life to the fullest.

[Viola]

Firecat's also not entirely finished, and I'd like you to look at her skills. I'd love to have her being able to "read" people... her knowing to handle others

Also, since brewing is originally a troll-thing, I didn't know if you wanted to include it. If not, I'll make her dreamberry-keeper, because she'll probably want to keep those close

[peachbug]

I would just make her taller, though I agree with the dreamberry keeper (make storyteller?) at least 4 feet, because Evenstar is quite tall, and though I'd prefer her to be the one to stand out for it, Firecat is shorter than young Softling (who I might shorten by an inch)! Unless being short is part of her personae.

[Viola]

I'll make her taller, then! I don't understand a thing about English measurements, so it was just guessing for me

[peachbug]

That's perfect! And yea, I agree with the dreamberry keeper. I think brewing requires a whole new set of skills, but I may be wrong.

[Viola]

And there's the history for Firecat!

[Anna]

I really like this character. I can tell she's going to be great fun!

On one hand, I'd agree she'd been good for a the dreamberry keeper, who historically acts as the tribe's history-keeper. But, with her intentional presentation of herself as flighty and selfish, I can't see her accepting such a position of responsibility - and she's a bit young for it anyway. For now, I'd recommend just letting her be young and carefree.

On her skills, it looks like you've broken down a lot of things that are actually just one. Communication involves talking, listening, and interpreting body language. I suggest condensing her skills to this:

Skills: Swimming, spearfishing, communication

The seduction skills needs to be deleted. Amongst elves, there's no need for seduction. Seduction is used when you want to persuade or convince someone to do something they are initially resistant to. No Wolfrider is resistant to joinings. The part in her history where she uses her looks to lure in lovemates should also be deleted - elves don't care much about physical appearance. It's the spirit that attracts them. Remember how confused and puzzled Tyleet was over the human reaction to Little Patches birthmark? She didn't see it as ugly, but as part of what made him unique.

I'm also uncomfortable with the 'stuck in a relationship' references. Remember, as telepaths, elves know what each other is feeling. Any lovemate that picked up the vibe that she was uncomfortable with how close they were getting would back off.

I see several references to furmates. I've never seen this term before. I think the only terms I've seen are lovemates for those very casual joinings that are simply for shared pleasure as the whim takes them, and lifemates for those relationships that are more committed. But no relationship among elves is strictly monogamous.

And one last question: why does she feel like she 'had to' raise her sister? The tribe wouldn't have expected it of her. They would all have raised her sister, just as they did Skywise.

[Viola]

Okay, let's tackle this. Skills: Okay, I'll wrap it up.

Seduction: No wolfrider is resistant to joinings, but that doesn't mean they wouldn't know how to seduce. I remember a Cutter/Leetah scene in the Forbidden Grove in which Leetah was obviously seducing her own mate. Seduction doesn't mean pushing the other to do something they don't want to do (that would be icky), but seducing is way more than saying "hey, let's join".

Maybe the "stuck in a relationship" should be rephrased. But I think the feeling can be absolutely there, in my opinion. Firecat has the "furring is fun, but nothing more" feeling, like Skywise had but probably for other reasons. And I figure Firecat is not one to let an uncomfortable relationship linger -- she'll probably say something of it way before that point.

Furmates is a fairly common term in fandom for elves who are not lovemates, but like each other's company a bit better than others. Two elves seek each other out a bit more regularly then very casually, basically. If you don't want to use the term in the holt, I'll have to work around it.

About the raising her sister: There's a big difference in what the tribe expects of her and what she feels herself. She probably knows the tribe would as easily have stepped in whenever she'd said she didn't want the responsibility, but ... well, call it a voice deep down inside her pushed her towards the job. She was her sister, her blood, and she wanted to keep her, for that matter. It just wasn't what she expected.

[Viola]

Thought of something, here: Can I instead of seduction use the world of flirting?

[Kris]

Flirting's good, but I'd put it in her personality description. Other than that, she looks good to go!