
Goennec Pen #: 3
Name: Káge {Meaning shadow}
How would you use him/her: In the Goennec RP, and the story I am writing with all my other Goennecs. Also on the website I am creating.
Define your Goennec: Káge's best friend is, oddly enough, younger than him by a bit. Roshan was in a herd with Káge once, before they managed to escape their cruel Prime. Káge doesn't like to admit it, but he's thankful Roshan helped him to escape.
Personality:
Káge is sometimes pictured as cold-hearted. He loves the night and embraces the shadows, quick to move on, and finds it sometimes hard to commit to something. Don't get it wrong, though. Once Káge's mind is set, hardly anyone can change it. Only a few people can convince him not to do something, including Roshan. He isn't one to submit easily, and in his and Roshan's old herd, he was the Prince, second-in-command to only Kaysih, a malicious Prime. He is one who will outrightly challenge something, not drop hints about it. Though he can be rebellious, Káge has deep respect, and once gained, trust. He has never found someone he can truely love and share everything with, but he wishes to find someone who can help him step out of the shadows once in a while.
History:
A slender and sleek form, jet black fur over taut muscle, slipped silently along the narrow path. A gentle mountain breeze blew the doe's scent downwind, filling Káge's nostrils. The scent was that of a prairie Goennec mingled with the scent of a freshwater stream. He briefly wondered what the doe was doing so far from her herd when he shook his head. He was here because Kaysih had sent him to gather information on any intruders, and by his book, this Goennec definitely counted. Every Goennec within ten miles of the mountains knew that this was where Kaysih had moved her herd, and nobody wanted to mess with the most ferocious, battle ready herd there was.
Silent as the shadow he was, Káge moved quickly across the open space by a trail leading off from the main path. The black doe turned for a second, sensing something behind her. Fuschia eyes glinted in the soft moonlight as Káge held his breath, fearing he might've blown his mission. Seeing nothing but more shadows, the doe continued to pick her way up the trail, heading for the camp. Crap, he thought. I've got to be more careful. If I want to become the Prince, I have to do everything perfectly. Considering briefly the fact that the doe might be crazy, heading straight towards the camp as she was, Káge shook off any stray thoughts, reminding himself to focus on the mission at hand. Or hoof, he thought, smirking. As Káge followed the doe, his senses became more finely tuned to the night, his favorite part of the day. He could hear everything, see much better, and smell things he didn't in daytime. For some reason, it seemed even his main senses wanted him to be part of the night.
The doe caught Káge's attention as she slipped off the main path, heading into the mountainy terrain to the right. What is this Goennec doing? Following her small black form, Káge moved out of view once more, quickly jumping behind a big boulder as the bright fuschia eyes turned to where he had been standing, before quickly gazing off to the right as if she had heard something there. Ears straining as Káge slipped after the female Goennec once more, he heard nothing. He lost sight of the doe around a large boulder in the middle of the craggy side-path, and had to skirt it's edges before sniffing for the doe's scent. Káge's head flipped up to the top of the rock, realizing his mistake a minute too late.
From the top of the boulder, the black doe lept onto Káge's shoulders, pushing him hard onto the ground. She was smart, and fast, able to dodge his flying hooves as she zipped in and out, delivering nips to sensitive parts of Káge's body. He managed to jump back up, and righted himself on all four hooves before lashing out, catching the doe square in the side as she ran to his rear. She fell over, a hmmph escaping her lips as she hit the rocky ground. But before Káge knew, the quick doe had returned to her paws and hooves, and was at him again, nipping into his rear legs, just above the hooves, then darting around to his other side and slipping beneath him, causing him to stumble over her. This was a fighting style Káge wasn't used to, made for slender and quick Goennecs, and he knew he would have to learn it one day, he himself being slimmer than most and very quick.
A plan began forming in Káge's mind as he dodged and delt blows, and he began to play it out, realizing that if it didn't work, he'd be in big trouble. As the doe circled him, Káge feinted weariness and took the next blow she threw a bit hard, crashing to the ground. He pretended to have expended all his energy, and heard the doe laugh above him. "Stupid rams, always tire out so easily. Best be getting you back to camp now," she murmered more to herself than him. He closed his eyes and sensed another, more muscular Goennec come from the left, and felt the two lift him up and begin carrying him to some unkown place. At one point, they realized Káge was awake, and the ram hit him over the head with a hoof, knocking him unconsious.
Bleary-eyed, Káge blinked to clear the fogginess from his mind and sight. He woke to daylight, finding himself in a small pasture-like area, but surrounded on four sides by tree-trunks. He could easily jump over them, and for a moment, Káge wondered why the Goennec who had captured him would put him in such a highly un-garded area. Then he realized it was because they assumed him no competition, and they could easily take him on if he were to try and escape. Káge laughed at the idea, a familiar smirk appearing on his face. Standing slowly, he winced slightly at the pain in his side from where he had hit the sharp gravel when the ewe had lept onto him. He noticed someone had cleaned the wounds of gravel, though, and that they had already begun to scab over. They're nothing, the voice in his head said, urging him to keep moving. Káge wished for the shadows that so easily slid over his dark form, but none where to be found in this broad span of daylight. Stepping over the idiotic logs, Káge moved slowly and surely, with confidence. Locating the main camp easily- it was milling with Goennecs- he kept up his prideful mask and stepped into chaos.
Crap, how could you forget the siv? The annoying voice in the back of his head goaded him into the throng of does and rams trying to win each other's hearts. As he slipped between a male who found a particularly unattractive doe gushing over him, Káge was stopped abruptly by a wisp of a Goennec. Her coat was short and smooth, light brown, with black whorls along her spine and tail. Her eyes where a pale-green, rimmed in black also. She was quite attractive, but very small, delicate almost. Káge tried to move around her, but she stepped into his path once more. "Err, excuse me," he grunted, and the doe batted her eyes at him. Káge felt odd, standing there, the doe's eyes following his light-brown main and tail, tracing his intricate and exquisite patterns across his back, above his soft, dark brown fur, at his four white hooves, up to his curling horns, polished like ivory, and to his deep, knowing blue eyes.
"I'm Elliane. I haven't seen you before, but you do look most... interesting." The doe put a slightly intimate twist on the word interesting, and Káge tried not to flinch. "We could find ourselves a nice little shelter for the day, and perhaps the night too, if you wish it," Elliane added, her voice like a young Goennec.
Káge thought she couldn't be more than a young Soldier, though he didn't say anything. She must've just found out about the siv, and found it quite an interesting subject, especially with her beauty. Káge sighed, shamed that she was trying to get him to come with her. "I'm no one of your concern, though if you wish it, my name's Káge. I don't live here, just stopping by," he started nonchalantly. "I suggest a pretty little thing such as yourself find a ram who will treat you nicely, and not just consider you a plaything. If you'll excuse me, I must be going now." He managed to excuse himself without a word of protest, and he thanked the instinct that had told him to try.