by Almond Bark » Mon Oct 08, 2018 10:15 am
username: Almond Bark
name: Starling
gender: Female
rank: Alpha Female
Personality: Starling is intuitive, unfathomable and intrepid. She holds her position as honorably as she does grimly, letting any Kien face her ire, dare they step out of line. Although she maybe be seen as aggressive and merciless, she's capable of being affectionate with close pack-mates, this including her mate. Despite this, she hasn't opened up to any Kien but her closest pack-mate, which surprisingly, isn't her mate. She doesn't have a dreadful past to open up about, but only betrayal from those who she might have expressed as her closest. Her mother is her role-model for her life she leads, and Starling mimics her almost precisely, which influenced her secretive and fearless ways of surviving. By instinct, she follows the 'primal' ways of life which her ancestors followed, to give her a more traditional feeling from when she was younger.
Favorite Activity: Traveling! Although Starling does feel caged up on camp territory, she always manages to make time for traveling outside of the camp territories and into other [unclaimed] territories. Since there's three other alphas, one less alpha in the pack never hurts right? It's only ever for a few days, since Starling wouldn't want to worry the pack.
Traveling is exceptionally fun and easy on Starling. She was clearly made to be running for several miles at a time, considering how her family was always traveling like a herd of bison. Beyond pack territory, there's so much untouched land to be exploring--yet almost no Kien has touched it, to her surprise! She one day hopes to introduce this activity to the entire pack, but for now it's a solitary alone time activity.
Likes: Starling is fond of her pack, as well as her pack-friends especially. She'll always put her pack before her, because their lives all depend on her, in a way. As long as they care about her, she'll care for them all back, except a bit 'tougher.' Her pack needs an alpha like her, someone who's ready to lead a bunch of strong, skilled and unique Kiens.
Aside from her pack, Starling enjoys hunting in general. She controls all the hunting patrols for morning through noon, and rarely even night hunting patrols, when necessary. Creating groups based on skill is always a little challenging, but fun in her eyes. While hunting, her mind is consistently set on the fact that she's providing for her pack; assisting their survival.
Collecting rocks and stones, being in the water, as well as seeing springs flowers are all things Starling likes.
Although her rock collection is very small due to her not having the time to go out in her free-time, she values the little amount of rocks she does have.
Swimming is something she's always found to be comforting, generally because it appeases her entire body and temporarily rids of any aches or pains she may have. Often she'll suggest it to the eldest, since their bones are old and aching for some relief.
Lastly, flowers are something Starling has always had an interest in since she was a youngster. There's endless possibilities for colors, shapes, and types of flowers. As much as she would love to take them all back to camp, there's always an angry bee or bug of sorts there to poke her in the snout by surprise.
Dislikes: Rocky terrain, overbearing heat, and getting excessively dirty. All things that are going to drive this Kien crazy.
Of all the time Starling has ever traveled, rocks catching between her paws were her worst enemy. Who would create a land so rocky and stressful, which could drive any Kien to exhaustion and the brink of insanity so easily? Anyone's paws would so easily be exhausted from hiking over and through the uneven and uncomfortable terrain. Not to mention, the amount of rocks you'll be picking from your paws after just an hour of walking. One was simply unfit to travel through these areas, but sometimes there was no other way.
Mix excessive heat and rocks caught between one's paws, and you got the recipe for a Kien who's surely going to be dramatic over the conditions, especially one who is used to cold climates. Heat has always driven Starling to the edge. How could one simply stand such temperatures? To an extent, yes, she can take it. But for several days at a time? Nope, she may as will live under the sea to satisfy herself.
Being dirty to a point where you can't even see Starlings coat, will kill her, mentally. Keeping clean, at least to an extent, is a priority for Starling. Getting her paws dirty? Yeah that's alright too. But looking like a mud-monster? No thanks. Being covered in dirt and grime makes Starling cringe, and she'll do just about anything to get into some water and clean herself until her coat shines once more.
Quirk: Starling has an uncontrolled habit of sneezing when she's nervous or anxious. It's something that came along naturally, and she can't stop it. Other Kiens are seeming to notice, and some take advantage of it. To Starling, it's a weakness she'll never be able to overcome, which is a dread to her. Holding back her sneezes may work sometimes, but she'll definitely have on a funny face when she's trying to hold a big one back.
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Almond Bark on Tue Oct 23, 2018 11:37 am, edited 4 times in total.