Tough as Nails Adoption (Closed for renovations!)

[Xanre]

I would like to adopt!
Number: 7
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Name: Lanturi
Species: Jackal/Living Statue
Personality: The spirit that occupies Lanturi's "body" is still quite young, therefore Lanturi is curious about the world, roaming from place to place with no true home. Lanturi has no gender, but refers to herself as female on a regular basis. She tends to be shy around other animals, but strives to be accepted as a normal living being. She is new to the concept of 'friendship', but she does know how it feels to care for another, and will become aggressive towards anything that threatens someone or something she loves. She is very wise and knows a great deal about the Spirit World, having spent so much time there.
Likes: Lanturi feels a special connection to the temple where she was "born". She visits the temple several times every year, unable to simply forsake it and move on. The temple, which was abandoned long ago, is now Lanturi's sacred place.
Lanturi loves the night, as it was the night goddess who first gave her the name "Lanturi", and therefore gave her a place in the world. Night is the time when she is strongest, and on nights with a full moon, Lanturi is able to heal her companions and, very rarely, bring someone back to life.
Lanturi is an avid traveler. She traverses the world to learn more about the magnificent creatures that inhabit it. She is very curious, often getting herself into sticky situations that would have brought about the severe injury or demise of another creature.
Lanturi is constantly trying new things, wanting to experience her life to the fullest. Her favorite things are constantly changing due to her experiences.
Dislikes: Lanturi does not hate malicious spirits and living beings; she fears them. She knows a stronger spirit can take possession of her new body and drive her out or even put an end to her existence. Evil creatures made of flesh and blood can not do as much damage to her, but she can sense their ferocity and it frightens her.
Lanturi also dislikes bright sunlight, as it hurts her eyes. Lanturi's eyes are more suited for the night, and are extremely sensitive to changes in the brightness of the sky. If the moon passes behind a cloud for even a second, Lanturi can detect the slight change. If they are exposed to harsh, bright sunlight for too long, their sensitivity will be worn down until her eyes function about the same as any other diurnal creature.
Background: Lanturi is, in truth, a statue possessed by a spirit. This spirit, for some reason, never received a name or a body, and lingered in the spirit world for what seemed an eternity. The spirit constantly visited the Earth, but longed to be able to make contact with the wonderful creatures that roamed there.

One day, the young spirit visited a long-abandoned temple at the heart of a huge jungle. This temple was home to thousands of beautiful, lifelike carvings of various animals. Twin jackal statues sat guard at the circular, tunnel-like entrance to the temple. The beauty and grace of these jackals made the young spirit almost sick with despair that it had never received a beautiful body.

Then, suddenly, an idea struck the spirit. It twined itself around one of the jackals' legs and snaked up its lithe body. It took possession of the statue via its mouth, forcing its way into the hard, cold stone. A spark of light appeared in the jackal's black, gaping eye sockets. Glowing marks appeared all over the jackal's head, limbs, back and tail, signifying the spirit's presence. The ribbons which were tied around the statue's hind legs and tail remained. The ribbons had been bound to the statue long ago by ancient worshippers during the Festival of the Jackal, and signified godliness, wisdom, and long life. The jackal, an animal frequently celebrated by the ancients, had a status close to that of a deity. Jackals were thought to have a close bond to the spirit world, sometimes acting as messengers between spirits and humans.

The living statue rose, shook itself, and looked around. Somehow, seeing the world through the eyes of something 'living' was different than viewing it as a disembodied spirit. The jackal was overjoyed. Finally, she could touch and smell the world around her! She bounded around the temple's courtyard, grateful to at last have a body, but after a while, she began to grow weary. What..is this? thought the spirit. Never before has this happened! Why am I suddenly so weak? Then it dawned on her: as a living being, she must experience fatigue, the pangs of hunger, thirst, and sickness. But it was a small price to pay for the wonderful sensation of being alive. She walked slowly back to the temple to rest. As she wandered back to the entrance of the temple, she noticed a patch of moonlight illuminating a small circle of ancient script that surrounded the base of the other jackal statue.

"Lanturi?" she breathed. A sudden gust of wind shook her. "Lanturi, Lanturi," the breeze whispered. "You shall take this ancient word as a name." The wind died down, and Lanturi was left gazing silently at the moon, as if thanking the night goddess for her new name.



Still under construction, hope it sounds good so far.

[Theophilus]

I would like to adopt!
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Name: Enko
Species: some form of canid. that is all we know for sure.
Personality: Enko. Say the name aloud, for it best describes the mysterious creature.

"En." A soft sound, just a whisper, that could describe the graceful polite mannerism, the charming air of the large tattooed canine. If a single syllable could describe a gentleman, it would be that. Enko will smile and smirk, dipping his head when it cannot be held high with arrogance. He's the flirt w ho would be kissing the hand of a girl, opening doors for her and winning her with a proud, all-knowing smile. He is arrogant, yes, but he pulls the trait off so perfectly, hiding it behind a cloud of sophistication, that an insult would be impossible.

"Ko." Sharp and cutting, cold and fast. Swift and mischievous, cunning but almost vicious in his ignorance of most morales. Enko has no sympathy for most, no empathy, nothing but a pride in himself.

Enko is short-tempered and impatient, although he tries to control himself when control is needed. He'll get angry easily, angry at others, angry at the world, angry at himself.

But behind the self-centered, reckless image is a deeper soul, one that has been reborn into hundreds of bodies time after time. He practices a form of canid kung-fu religiously, like in his previous lives. He is stubborn, with a strong sense of rebellion when he's on the bottom of things. However, he's hypocritical in that way - when he's not the leader, he thinks that it's unfair. When he is, it's perfectly fine that he's a dictator. A paradox, no?

His morales...? be daring. Be reckless. Don't be afraid cuz cowards, wimps, and losers die out, it's a dog eat dog world, but Enko? He's a wolf.

Enko is a holder of deep grudges, although it may not be right or thoughtful to do so - he'll hate the nice, considerate wolf who regrets that he accidentally pushed the Wolf of Shiny Runes over that one day.

He lives in the moment for the most part, not looking ahead. Who cares about consequences? It's enjoyable now, and that's all that matters, isn't it?
Likes:
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Background For thousands of years, the spirit of the Wolf of Shiny Runes has been passed on, for the world needs it to survive - the Rune Wolf is civilization, is humanity. We depend on him subconsciously, and without his prescense our society would collapse beneath us. We would lose our morales, our thoughts, everything that makes us human.

At the second that the physical shell of the Wolf of Shiny Runes dies, his spirit is passed into a newborn wolf pup. The pup is born with it's eyes wide open, and glowing tattoos engraved into his pelt. The Rune Wolf learns to talk and walk within days of his birth, and within a month leaves his parents.

Enko was no different than his ancestors. He was born to a wolf couple. His "parents" had heard the stories of the Wolf of Shiny Runes, and although the shining tattoos could not lie, they refused to believe that their firstborn son was that legendary creature. They hoped it was a mistake, a coincidence, begged the sky gods to take the spirit from their child.

But within ten days of his coming into the world, Enko, "the one who lives alone" was the size of a two-month old pup. He left his parents and came upon a tribe of Native people - the wolves were wolves of an island, a small subspecies not much studied by humans. He was raised by them, and worshipped, treated like a god, a king. They knew the stories of the Rune Wolf, knew of his greatness, his prowess. They pampered him and he was just milking it, enjoying the attention.

But then a day of blood, fire, and fast-running wolves came along, and his perfect world was ripped apart.

Fire. One of Enko's only fears, from a certain painful incident in the few days he spent wandering before finding his tribe. The flames were everywhere, consuming the grass, the sky, the very air he breathed. And they were pushing him - trying to push him into the flames - and the fire was on his fur, lighting nup, reflecting on the fear in his eyes and the glow of his runes - and that's when the Wolf of Shiny Runes did what none had done before:

He ran.

Ran from his fears, ran from his weakness, and just ran where his past incarnations had bowed to their fate. He found that he liked this, this life of traveling, of flirting with pretty females and hunting when he was hungry, although it was his teeth that killed the elk and deer and rabbits, not those of his servants.

Very much WIP, just posting so I'll remember to work on it.

[Missy]

Holy frik.
There is no chance I'm getting the rune wolf - your application is amazing, chooky. I'm still working on mine.

Trust me, yours will probably make a load more sense than mine >.<;

[Spotty]

You know something fun Capri?
Enko, if put like this "En ko", it means "A cow" in swedish
That is just luffly <3

[Veggievampire]

Meh I have major block and I dunno if I'll get Lunaria D8 *prods my form*

[Xanre]

Enko, if put like this "En ko", it means "A cow" in swedish

XD That's amazing! A cow. Hehe.

[Theophilus]

You know something fun Capri?
Enko, if put like this "En ko", it means "A cow" in swedish
That is just luffly <3

XD That is so random.

[Missy]

Intresting O.e

[Ebonpyre]

I'm pretty satisfied with my form, mostly since I think I'm the only one asking for that character. Still a tad nervous about my background

[Xanre]

I'm pretty nervous, too. I see a whole bunch of other applications for "Lanturi".