((I hope it's not too late to join this!))

Oh my, what a t e m p e r this one has. She is like a t i m e b o m b ready to e x p l o d e. But this b o m b carries an i n t e l l i g e n c e that is truly i n t i m i d a t i n g . . .
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"Survival of the fittest isn't just a law. It's a fact of life. The weaklings die, bringing down those stupid enough to help them. Can you hear me, strong ones? We are better than that. We CAN survive, and we WILL live!"
~ Kisa
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Now, let's get down to business here. This strong cheetah is called Kisa, a Swahili name that means 'story'. It was a name her mother picked out for her, partly because of the meaning and partly because of the similarity to Kasi, the name of Kisa's beloved sister. Kisa is female, and it is quite easy to tell because of her feminine shape. She is three years old, in the beginning of her prime. In a nutshell, she was hard to get along with in the beginning, but with the death of the only feline she had an ounce of love for, she hardened and became this arrogant yet stoic cat we know today.
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In a nutshell wrote:Typical appearance:
Lean, lanky, feminine with some scars
Defining traits:
Stubborn, arrogant, prideful, cunning
Flaws:
All of the above
History:
Normal until her capture and sister's death
Crush/Lover:
She's tough to impress
Family:
A mother named Malkia and a sister named Kasi
⟶ Kisa looks like your average female cheetah. She is about the size of a German Shepherd Dog, though much lighter and lankier. Very thin and very skinny, her body is about as feminine as it can get (though this is normal for a cheetah). With her long legs, it looks like she is walking on stilts. Everything about her is built for speed. Her head is small in proportion to body size, her chest is huge, her waist is thin, and her tail is very long to provide balance. With this frame, she looks better equipped for flight than fight. However, being of a fighting nature, Kisa hates thinking of herself as delicate. The battle scars on her muzzle, flank, and ears prove this, and also distort the feminine image slightly. Her claws aren't retractable, so she takes extra effort to keep them sharp. Meanwhile, her base color is golden-brown, like the color of savannah grass. It starts as lightish brown on top of her head and her back, and eventually fades to cream when you get to her chin, chest, underbelly, and underside of her tail. Speaking of which, her long tail consists of black rings wrapping around the circumference, and a splash of white around the tip. All around her body, blackish-brown spots dapple her pelage, converging mostly in the darker areas of golden brown and growing smaller in number, size, and concentration around her underside and her face. On her face, however, are two black tear lines streaking from the inner corner of her eyes to the corner of her mouth. Her eyes are amber--a mixture of orange and brown. Sometimes, when they're hit by the right amount of light, they can look like pits of fire dancing in her eye sockets, primed and ready for battle.
As a cheetah, one of her strengths comes as a given: speed. She can run for seventy miles an hour after prey (or another cat). She is also intelligent and skilled. While she isn't the strongest cat on the savannah, she certainly knows which prey she can take on effortlessly, trying to guarantee herself a victory as easily as possible. However, one of her biggest weaknesses is hotheadedness and a thirst for fighting. She doesn't always know when to back down from a fight. This can get her into trouble sometimes. In addition, she is poor at climbing trees and she hates swimming.
⟶ Feisty and fiery, Kisa is a spitfire cheetah with a temper and what seems like a thirst for trouble. She is arrogant and very opinionated, with her sense of wit and her sharp tongue just as effective as any swipe of her paw. She is witty, cunning, and intelligent, always able to think of strategies...and plans for revenge. That being said, Kisa holds onto her grudges for a long time and is easily angered. This hot temper of hers makes her seem very rash and the type that leaps into a fight without thinking. This is only half true; sometimes she does, and sometimes she just stops and thinks. In this sense, Kisa is extremely unpredictable and very hard to understand. Cunning yet rash, arrogant yet intelligent. In addition, she is very prideful and is actually quite dignified. Hurt her ego and you'll be...well...toast. She's not afraid to kill somebody else, whether it is a human or a fellow feline.
⟶ There was once a time when Kisa felt love. Not love as in romantic love, mind you, but love as in sibling love. She loved both her mother and her sister. Her mother Malkia was very good to her, but it was her younger sister Kasi that really made Kisa protective of her family. Being the bigger of the duo, Kisa always watched out for her and protected her from harm. When the humans captured Kasi, Kisa got herself captured as well so the siblings could stay together. But when both of them turned on their captors, they shot and killed Kasi. Because of this, Kisa killed the human who did it (thus labeling her a red flag) and never felt any connection with anyone else ever again. It would take someone very special to get past her.
((I'll probably make a male later))