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[.kestral]

I have thought of a brilliant name for number 8, she is called Dingo 9If i get her)

[wibeke]

I was trying to think of a name so I went to google translate to find spear in every language i could think of. One of the things that came up was Pikenerare. I thought that sounded cool, though a weird name for a character. does that really mean spear?

[Ebonpyre]

I was trying to think of a name so I went to google translate to find spear in every language i could think of. One of the things that came up was Pikenerare. I thought that sounded cool, though a weird name for a character. does that really mean spear?

Sorta. It means 'Infantry soldiers armed with pikes' in swedish, and a pike is a type of spear.

[Spotty]

Well, "pikenerare" is the person handling the spear, more like... Um... A spearman?
Spear in sweadish would be "Spjut". I bet that sounds funny in english.

[wibeke]

cool!
Spjut came up too, but I gave up on trying to pronounce it. xD

Somehow I think that fits something in the story. Swedish is such a fun language.

[Spotty]

Yes, it's a hilarious language. It's supposed to be nearly impossible to learn as well.
It's pronounsed something like this "Sp'you-t"

[wibeke]

I can almost see how you'd pronounce that.
It has some pretty words though. I'm part Swedish so it's fun looking up random words even though i have no chance of understanding the language.

[Atwood]

A few male names that mean 'spear' or some variation thereof:

Garrick, Oscar, Cain, Jerry, Beranger, Roger, Corrin, Barry, Algar, Fumo, Gatimu, Laighean, Gerwin, Kaihe, Bercan, Torger, Geir.

For a list of different spear types, look near the bottom of this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spear

[wibeke]

thanks Atwood. ^-^
And i just got an idea!

[.kestral]

I would like to adopt!
Number: 8
Picture:

Name: Dingo (I may change this, but it kinda works for what I want her for)
Species: Dingo
Personality:
Dingo...well what can I say.
Dingo is a polite kind young dog(I am doing to use the term dog for her so you don't get confused between her name and species). She has temper problems as well though. Sometimes she just loses it and snaps, especially around emus. Emus creep her out, she hates them and the way they walk irritates her. If her eyes are narrowed or her teeth are showing generally she is in a bad mood.
Since she was taken in by Cassie, a human girl she has calmed down a lot, but emus still drive her mad.
Dingo has an odd obsessions with fire, unlike most other animals she stays as long as she can before running from the flames, she cannot explain why she is fascinated by fire but Skill has a theory that the fire that destroys everything in its path is the exact opposite of what Dingo wants to be. Dingo would never admit it to Skill but every time she looks at a flame she See's Cassie's face.
Dingo also wears a small wristband on her front left leg, it is something given to her by the human girl and she hasn't taken it off. It is a small string wristband made out of different coloured wool.
Likes:
Dingo likes few things, the list of things she dislikes would probably reach to the sun and back. But if she likes something then it defiantly means soemthing to her. She loves Cassie mainly because the young girl treated her with such kindness and kept her alive even when Cassie's father wanted her dead, Dingo will never forget her. As much as she would hate to admit it Dingo gets on very well with Skill, Skill is a young mustang who is about the same age as Dingo but he relys on her, she keeps him afloat. Secretly Dingo loves Skill, she thinks he is the best friend she could ever have, sometimes she even wishes he was a dog . As mentioned before Dingo is fascinated by fire, when other run she stares, the only time she leaves is when the heat starts to make her to warm because then she knows that the fire is getting closer. Freedom, Dingos greated love is being free, she loved living with humans and even then she was free, the young girl let her out whenever possible.
Dislikes:
Emu's.....Dingo's biggest hate, an exact quote from her is "They are just so annoying, they think they know everything, and there bobbing heads. ARGH". After that she stormed off and refused to talk about them any longer. Dingo has a hatred of enclsoed spaces, at some point Cassie's father put her in a kennel and it drove her mad. She tore it to pieces. The rest, well Dingo hates almost everything else as well, including rain, especially rain.
Background:
Dingo was born to a normal female dog in the wild, it was only her, one brother and her parents. Her young life flew by in her opinion and she can remember little of it. One vague memory involves her father coming back to the den one day smelling strange, it was a smell she would later know to be called smoke. Another flicker of memory is of her mum once calling her Serenity.
At the age of 9 months Dingo walked out of the den alone, her father was out hunting and her mother was teaching her brother. The young pup was bored and wanted to explore without her parents restrictions. As she travelled further and further away rain began to fall, it was a light rain but she was only small and was soon soaked. A light in the growing darkness made her look up and she headed towards it.
A small girl was sat under the cover outside her house staring into the rain as Dingo approached. The girl took one look at Dingo and ran over to her. By this time Dingo was to weak and tired to do anything but fall into the girls arms and snuggle against her.
The girls father hated Dingo at first sight but he mum loved her and helped look after the young pup. It took Dingo 3 weeks to recover fully and she is very wary of staying out in the rain to long.
Dingo lived with the family for almost 2 years, she grew close to a young mustang that grazed near the house and learned that his name was Skill. When Dingo was almost 2 years old disaster struck, a bush fire tore through the bush destroying the house. Dingo had been hunting and when she got back only ash remained, she doesn't know if the girl and her family got out. Now her and Skill travel together, neither of them have anywhere else to go.
Maybe there story will have a happy ending...who knows?

((If I get her then this story will be written in full and finished))
Might get edited.