Username: Sunlitsecrets
Kennel Number: 37
Use: Recently I've created a world for my characters to live in - Silvarum - and in this world there are three kingdoms - Starheart, Sunglow, and Moorise, and I've been trying to find characters to be the leaders of the three kingdoms. I saw this character and instantly thought they'd make an amazing Sunglow leader. If I win this guy, he'll play a pretty big part in my character world, and he'll definitely be getting a lot of art and love.
Name: Helios
Name meaning: sun
Nicknames? none
Gender: male
Species and/or specific breed: melanistic jaguar gryphon
Age: equivalent of a 64-year-old human
Birthday: June 21
Personality: Just how has this eccentric gryphon managed to become the leader of the Sunglow kingdom? If you're going to ask anyone, probably don't ask Helios. He has no idea how this kind of thing is done, and he didn't really plan on being a leader in the first place, but, well - now that it's happened he's determined to try and make Silvarum a better place, as much as he possibly can. Helios' idea of a better place involves flowers everywhere and people telling great jokes, though, so maybe he'll have to start thinking of bigger things now that he's a king.
There's always - well, a lot of things to do as a leader, and Helios would probably be pretty good at it if he wasn't so forgetful. I'm quite serious here, this guy forgets a ton of stuff, like important meetings or things he has to write or people he has to help. Luckily, the gryphon's devised a brilliant way to remember it all - he keeps a ribbon tied to his tail and writes down any important things on there/ That works... until he forgets about the ribbon, too. In that case, it's really just his council that keeps things running, and they can be extremely patient, willing to remind him four times about something just so he'll actually go and do it.
Helios would love to consider himself a natural writer - in the very least, it's true he loves making up stories and poems about great adventures and impossible heroes. Maybe one day he'll be famous for being a writer as well as a leader... that is, if his writings were actually any good. To tell the truth, they're absolutely horrible, considering the fact that his mind tends to wander and he just writes whatever comes to mind. No one is willing to actually tell him this to his face, unfortunately, so he keeps at his writing. He likes using feather pens and often has one or two tucked behind his ear. Feather pens are, however... very messy, and Helios can almost always be seen with ink-stains on his gold-tinted talons. Not that he minds - he loves it! To him, it's the mark of a good writer.
Okay, so he may not have been the best choice for leader (he almost definitely wasn't) and maybe he forgets about 20 things a day, but Helios tries to be the best king he can be... and I think that's probably the point.
History/Background:Helios grew up in Sunglow's capital city, the Stronghold. It was a very lively and exciting place, and the young gryphon quickly fell in love with the tall, colorful buildings and the random but quite incredible graffiti in hidden places that the rulers never managed to stop completely. However, as fond as he was of the place, he would not be living there forever. When he was about 10 years old, his family traveled down the river to Weeja's domain, where they stayed for the next 10 years.
Of course, having been so very used to the Stronghold's loud, chaotic, colorful world, it was a major change to the quiet, laid back world of the beach. He wasn't sure what he thought at first other than the fact that it was very strange. But then he met Weeja, probably the kindest person he'd ever met up to that point, and he realized all the colors of the sky and the ocean that he'd never seen in his old home. And he made some new friends.
However, realizing that one change of pace had been good for him in the long run, Helios started dreaming of more adventures as a teenager. He was always the one to rocket around the forest by the beach with his friends and dream of being pirates or ninjas or explorers. So, once the opportunity arose, he set of on an expedition to see all that was in Silvarum. As he went, he recorded notes, and slowly put together what would be the best map ever made.
When he finally came back to see Sunglow, many years later, he was offered the chance to rule - the old leader had just died and Helios seemed like the perfect candidate. A brave young gryphon with a knack for writing who’d lived in the city previously? Glorious. Or that’s what the stories say. In reality... he may have pretended to be royalty using some magic he’d picked up on his journeys, and convinced everyone that he should be king, just so he could more easily work towards his writing endeavors.
fun facts:- Helios really enjoys watching the sun rise. And making everyone else watch it, too. He often drags his council out of bed before dawn so they can all go see it together.
- His favorite feather pen is orange, with a blue ink-stain on one end.
- Once he climbed a tree and then forgot to climb down. His council was seriously worried. Little did they know it was actually a prank.
Art![Image](http://i.imgur.com/eKtTJJj.png)
more coming soon ~
andwellallfloatonokaySunglow leader, very serious and confident. (on first glance)
Tries not to let anyone know but he's very forgetful and keeps forgetting important things he has to do. He's remedied this by having a list of things he needs to do tied to his tail. This works... until he forgets about the list.
says he's a poet but incredibly bad at it, writes epic tales involving himself saving the world
really if it wasn't for his council he'd never get anything done.
often has ink-stains on his talons
likes making his advisors wake up before dawn so they can all go out with him to watch the sun rise
history -
grew up in the community of animals near Weeja's cave. Didn't really have too many problems, as it's a brilliant place there
eventually decided to go on an adventure of his own - he traveled across the three kingdoms and kept records of his adventures
also made the most recent and updated map of Silvarum