Orchid

[Blackie]

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n ame ✦ Orchid [Sometimes called Stumpy, Ripper (Her ear), Snaggle-tooth, and Splat)
g ender ✦ Feminine
a ge ✦2
b irthday ✦ November 7th
p ack ✦Cepheus
r ank ✦ Warrior

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e yes ✦ A bright, interested shade of yellow-gold.
f ur ✦ Orchid looks rather like the night-time sky vomited all over her fur. A confusing mish-mash of purples, blacks and dark blue, covers her body. She'd like to think the purple on her skull looks a little like a skull if you squint, but then again, it could be nothing. Her fur is very short like most Cepheus wolves.
a ppearance ✦ As previously stated, Orchid's pelt is a splotchy mess of purples, dark blue and black.Her body is built to thrive in the desert, with long legs, large ears and fur between her paw-pads to keep them from burning on the hot sands. The one thing not built for the desert, however, is her pelt-color. Because her fur is so dark, the most common expression you'll see her with during the hot days is a panting smile.

Her life in Cepheus has given her quite a few scars - and she's proud of them (really, she'll show you. Here's this one on her leg that was from a snake, and here's another... loner... battle!... psycho...) Part of her right ear was torn off during some rather vigorous rough-housing with her pack mates. She also lost most of her tail during a brawl with a loner. When not fighting, her gait is a little awkward because of this. She's bulky, with the build of a wolf more than happy to engage in a little violence.

Her canines are unusually long. No one's sure exactly why, but it gives her a nice, intimidating appearance to anyone outside Cepheus - those in the pack just tease her about her big teeth.
p ower ✦ Ever have vertigo? It's a horrible feeling, isn't it? Orchid knows this, seeing as its her little power. With effort, she can cause a temporary inflammation of the inner ear. This causes a mild to severe case of vertigo, symptomized by nausea (which may lead to vomiting, depending on the severity), lack/loss of balance, trouble walking, headache, and of course: dizziness. The ground is up and the sky is down, everything's spinning and you've got little ol' Orchid bearing down with those fangs of hers.

Of course, there are problems. Think of her causing the vertigo as if she's reaching out with an invisible hand to tap the inner ear of her enemy. Naturally, the farther the 'hand' stretches, the weaker the tap. If she stretches too far, or she doesn't get a good, solid smack in, that long line of taffy-pulled energy is going to recoil like a rubber-band and smack her in the face. This means whenever her power fails or she doesn't get it right? Yeah, she's the one who ends up with vertigo.

Cepheus honor dictates she not use this in things like duels or brawls with her pack. Not only that, but the energy she uses to cause vertigo dissipates once she's 'tapped' someone. Orchid will need to sleep and just wait in general for the power to grow back. It can take a day or two. The enemy's vertigo can last from 30 seconds to an hour depending on the proximity and their own sense of balance. Laying down helps.

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p ros ✦ Excellent fighter; cheerful disposition; stumpy tail means there's nothing to grab; excellent at following the orders of her superiors; can still think for herself when required
c ons ✦ Can be clumsy; fairly violent; quick temper; dark fur means extra heat in the desert; stump-tail means she can be clumsy when she's not fighting
q uirks ✦ I don't know if you've ever seen something with long canines try to eat a piece of meat. There's a lot of shredding first with her claws and it just gets everywhere... It's not pretty.
p ersonality ✦ Orchid is hardly what you'd call a delicate flower, and her personality fits the scars on her skin. She's full of what one might call 'cheerful violence': she enjoys it and she's never happier than when she's ripping into a foe or rolling around with her pack mates - violence also puts her in a very good mood. With her pack mates, she adheres to the Cepheus code of honor, bowing before their Admiral, and never leaving a wolf behind. She's always open for some fun.

Loners or wolves from other packs, however, will find her a merciless and unsympathetic bitch. If there are catcalls or mocking words thrown as the Cepheus watch a prisoner or an execution, some of it probably came from her. However, she holds to honor. She does not attack pups under one year of age, and the very old are also off limits. Everyone else is fair game.

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r elations ✦ Orchid has no mate, though she's got her eyes open for a handsome, strong Cepheus warrior. Her parents earned their medals in death, and she's not sure if she has any siblings - she was raised with the other wolves her age and those are her brothers and sisters, as far as she's concerned.
h istory ✦ Orchid's mother had a sense of humour, naming her daughter. Orchid's parents indeed would have some fun joking about 'their little flower', with her fangs and scars and, eventually, her torn ear and missing tail. Her parents believed, though, that the long fangs of their daughter was a sign of a true warrior spirit. She took to life in the pack quickly, as was only fit.

But her 'warrior spirit', as her parents kept saying, is the reason for her torn ear and missing tail. Rough-housing can get pretty gritty in Cepheus, and when one wolf's jaws snapped shut too hard on Orchid's ear, off it came. She showed up proudly at the healer's den, grinning and covered in blood. That's when Ripper was added to her list of nicknames.

Her tail was lost when the pack brought in a loner. Orchid was given the task of amusing the pack with a nice, healthy brawl with the outsider. She was younger than the other wolf, so it was believed it would be a fair fight (her with her training, he with his age). But she did not count on the wolf's desperation, and in one brief flash, she was yelping as the other wolf docked her tail. It sent her into a blood rage, and she savagely tore him apart, but there was no saving her tail. She's learned to fight without it, but going about normal activities is another matter.
o ther ✦ Forget roses. This girl's looking for another kind of red altogether, should you wish to win her heart..

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y our name ✦ Blackie
o ther characters ✦ Sior
n otes ✦ If you want to win this girl's heart, kill something for her.

when you w i s h upon a s t a r
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