[.Eclipse.]

[Note; He doesn't actually have any magical powers]

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a shadow in a sunny place.

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introduction .

"Different isn't even a word to describe the mess I am. I'm strange. I don't enjoy the things you do. I don't love like you do. I just can't function like you do. I am a practitioner of the dark arts, or also known as a Shaman. I don't want to delve into my personal business though. Basically, I can cast spells and curse people- form potions and stuff, so don't get on my bad side. I am an adult male at the age of approximately 2,401. I am straight, if that even matters; I am never going to love someone again. But, on another note... I like to carry small bottles of spell E-104, or fireflies genetically mutated to never stop glowing-I carry it for uhm.. personal reasons. But yeah thats really it. Now get out of my space I'm busy."

valid information .
name;; Tanooki
nickname;; Tanoo
gender;; Male
sexuality;; Straight
age;; 20-25
nationality;;German with subtle German accent
occupation;; N/A
mental illness;;Paranoid Personality Disorder{Severe}
piercings;; Septum, but sometimes its not in

personality .

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Tanooki is a very special Kiamara. He doesn't get involved into the drama, which is one of the few positives about this odd little guy. Other than that, he is a grump who acts like an old man that hates life- sometimes you could believe he is. His head hangs low, ignoring all of the people around him all of the time. Hes pretty much mute, only using the subtle shoulder shrug and eye-rolls in his standard 'vocabulary'. He shares nothing with no one, he is just about the biggest introvert you'll ever meet. If you cross over on his bad side, oh he'll talk to you. His whole demeanor will turn south. His posture will change, eyes will darken and his voice will grow deeper . Tanoo will not deal with any nonsense, and if he has to he will take it to extremes and it will not be pretty, so just do not make him angry. Besides him just being angry, he can be sarcastic, and it could end up being funny to other people in the room, but not to him. It will actually annoy him if others laugh, but that's out of his control.

witch craft .

Lets get into this witch craft stuff a bit. Tanooki is a member of the dark magic side of Kiamaras. He explores dark arts and abilities such as potions,spells and voodoo dolls. He enjoys potion making and brewing the most, seeing this is the most enjoyable thing.Inside of his lair, there's a large shelf neatly stacked with different potions and brewing ingredients. He does have voodoo dolls of other Kiamaras, but I'll keep who it is on the hush because putting who it is out there would not result in god things, but I am just letting you know they do exist. So basically what his potions do is, he cast someone with something, then spikes there drink with the potion, hopefully getting the wanted result. The one thing he has used his 'powers' on for good, is to make some fireflies that never stop glowing; we will get into that.

pro's .

• Swimming is one of his favorite activities. He is one, if not the best swimming Kiamara I've ever seen. His swimming started at a young age, about 6 when he began to show interest is bodies of water. On his own, he slowly started to pedal around the lake in the afternoon and he ended up being able to do advance moves by the age of 10. This is one of his hobbies not many people would guess he has, and not many know anyway.
• He is an excellent hair stylist and surprisingly he did his own mo-hawk. With no guidance and a mirror, he took a pair of buzzers to his hair and did it all on his own. He doesn't have a lot of friends to practice on, but his one friend Zinnia is willing to let him and he always ends up doing a fine job.
• Tanooki has an amazing ability to be very nimble. What he lacks in strength, he makes up for in agility. Walking on narrow beams is where he first discovered he had this talent and it went on from there. He began to slick through passageways and even climb trees to test how far he could push and it was pretty far.

con's .

• Drawing and painting is not Tanooki's strong point. In the past, he has tried to paint and increase his skill, but it never works. It actually frustrates him that he has absolutely zero percent skill. He just has come to the conclusion that he will never be able to paint nor draw.
• Tanooki is a very weak kiamara. He is a flimsy noodle when it comes to fighting or carrying stuff. He just takes advantage of his nimble figure instead of focusing on his weakness.

fears .

• The most embarrassing thing about Tanooki is his immense fear of the dark. Yes, this grown adult is scared of the dark. As a kid, Tanooki would always have to be in before night fall, and to insure that he came in, His parents used to tell him scary stories about the dark. Since then, he has never been able to go out and face the dark. This is why he carries fireflies.
• Oceans
• Sharks
• Falling in love

likes .

• Being alone
• Crafting
• Styling Hair
• Being grumpy
• Having space

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❝Like your favourite team losing the world cup final... Although, perhaps that is not all that trivial when I think about it.❞

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TessyTheWolf

Onyx

Female ♀

✓ Determined
✓ Hard working
✓ Supportive
✓ Independent
✓ Loyal

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Personality in depth:
Onyx is a very active kiamara. She needs to have something to do as not to become restless. That something is usually sports, but even in between activities, her mind is always working. She rarely says anything without it being well thought-out. Due to this, she comes off to others as mature. But do not jump to conclusions, she had a rebellious side as well. She will not tolerate anyone treating her or anyone else badly. Onyx is an excellent listener with a big heart, and will gladly hear you out on your worries and try to help you. She is a very loyal friend.

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❝Things that define me❞

As told by Onyx

♡ Football
zzzFootball must be the best sport out there, seriously. I have tried many sports, but this one is the only to have really stuck with me. You can play it absolutely anywhere; all you need is a ball and a few team members. When I play, I can let go of my worries and problems, if only for as long as I am on the field (I usually play as midfield, so I am always on the move and have to remain concentrated on the game, and not on anything else). I have figured that football creates connections between kiamaras in a way that no one man sport can do. In that way, it is more than just a sport. I am proud to call myself a football player, because in a way that is like saying I am a team player.

♡ Rock music
zzzJust music in general is something I love, and I can listen to almost anything in the right place, at the right time. But the only genre that I never grow tired of is rock. Of course, rock is a wide category with lots of subcategories and practitioners, and naturally I am not into all of them. But I still feel like nothing can speak clearer to me than a pulsing drum beat and a set of electric guitars and bass guitars. When I have been down, rock has in many cases been my salvation - it has a way of making my heart beat faster and motivate me to do something, anything, really. And sometimes that is just what you need.

♡ Feminism
zzzDespite what media will have you believe sometimes, feminism is simply the belief of gender equality. To me, this is a given - that you should not be discriminated due to your gender, just as you should not be discriminated due to sexual orientation, looks or anything of the sort. So, yes, I am one hundred percent feminist. This is also the reason to why I chose to start a mixed gender football team - there really is no reason to divide teams up, when football is more about speed, stamina and skill than about size and physical strength, which I see as the only real difference between males and females when it comes to sport. I hope to set an example for the sports community by doing this. So far, I have recieved predominantly positive feedback on this. Our team has yet to be accepted at offical tournaments, though I have seen few teams with such enthusiastic and skillful members.

In detail

Full name: Olesia "Onyx" Marlin Corey
Name origin: Olesia is a polish name meaning "defender of mankind" - her mother insisted on giving her a polish first name. The name Marlin, in turn, was given to her in loving memory of her father´s aunt. The surname Corey was recieved from her father.
Usually goes by: Onyx
Nickname origin: Her family was the first to start calling her Onyx, as in the gem. They used it as a way to remind her of how precious she was.
Nationality: English/(Polish)
Sex: Female
Gender: Female
Age: 2 years, 9 months (Approximately 24 human years)
Birthday: 10th August
Zodiac: Leo
Sexuality: Bisexual
Relationship status: Single
Lives in: Dover, County Kent, South East England
Accent: Kent accent (example 1, 2), however her polish roots show through when she is tired or upset, making her "mispronounce" words.
Languages spoken: English and Polish fluently, as well as a bit of self-taught spanish
Occupation: She is the captain of the first professional mixed gender football team for young adult kiamaras in the county
Accessories:
Feathers - as all adult kiamaras, Onyx wears feathers, and does so with pride. She would never consider taking them off for any other reason but to clean them.
Sweatband (see picture to the right) - she got it as a gift from her parents when she first started taking part in football tournaments. Even though she uses it at all matches, and at many of the training sessions as well, it is in a surprisingly good condition still, undoubtedly because she takes good care of it. Lucky for her, it is strechable, otherwise she might have grown out of it by now.

History

❝Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.❞
- Confucius, chinese philosopher

Childhood
zzzOlesia Corey was born to Roksana Corey and Alvin Corey in the city of Gdańsk (also known as Danzig), by the coast of Poland. Growing up, she showed the characteristics of being both intelligent and a fast learner. Even so she was brought up into being modest about it, and to taking the advice of other kiamaras to continuously improve herself. Both Onyx and her family belonged to a rather small social circle, which mainly consisted of relatives on her mother´s side. And so her interactions with other kias her own age was limited to cousins and second cousins, since she did not have any siblings. Of course, these interactions consisted mostly of play, as with all young kiamaras. She and her relatives would meet every week or so, sometimes much more frequently, and the youngsters would be left to themselves in the big garden at Onyx´s place (her family always had been relatively wealthy), or more rarely in corresponding gardens belonging to some other polish relative. There they would have to entertain themselves before, after and in between meals, and the adults would be too caught up in their own to involve themselves further than checking on the kids every now and then.

zzzShyness towards each other quickly evaporated among the young kias, as it is hard to maintain an attitude like that when you meet so often, for such long periods of time. Besides, they were always at least four youngsters at a time, and everything feels less awkward when in a group. During these "family hours", as the adults called them, there was always one issue that lingered amongst the group: what do we do next? Despite being wealthy, neither her parents nor any of the other adults had seemingly invested in toys for these occasions, and most of the ones the youngsters did own where off-limit for family hours ("this is a time for family, not toys!"). They still had the garden toys, though, since no adult would dream of banning objects that was to be used outside, and that promoted exercise and social interactions. And so it came that Onyx was first introduced to team sports, and most importantly - football. They could spend hours on end playing football; playing in teams, playing one-on-one, shooting goals on improvised targets, rating each other´s football tricks - anything you might think of. As long as they were playing, the group got along really well, despite all their individual differences. These play sessions soon came to be some of Onyx´s happiest and most treasured memories.

zzzWhen Onyx turned 9 months old (approx. 8 human years), the family moved to Dover, in South East England, where her father grew up. This came along rather hastily and was (to Onyx as least) unexpected. When she grew older, it would come to her knowledge that it was due to a family feud between her mother and her mother´s sister, who unfortunately too lived in Gdańsk. But at the time, the whole thing remained unexplained. In contrast to how it had been in Poland, Onyx could now only meet with her old playmates a few times a year, and was so forced to widen her social circle to comprise new kias, some of which were initially complete strangers to her. It turned out that there were entire worlds out there, where things worked differently and people thought differently, that she had never crossed paths with before. It was both fascinating and terrifying at the same time. If she had been asked if she wanted to move back to her birth home, her most definite answer for the first few weeks would have been "yes!". However, no one asked her, and eventually she accepted the situation and grew fond of their new house and home town.

zzzBut the thing that finally won her over was the local kiamara football club. The closest neighbour´s daughter, who was also the first kia whom Onyx managed to befriend in her new country, was part of the junior team over there, and when she found out that Onyx too liked football she persisted that she join. What happened next can best be explained in Onyx´s own words:

zzz"I loved it. That was the first time I had played football since I moved to Dover, and I had not realized that I missed it so much before I was at it again. It was just like old times in the garden at home, at my home in Gdańsk, that is. For the first time in weeks, I felt relaxed. But at the same time, it was a completely different experience. The players here held a different standard, they offered skill and determination to the game that our garden matches lacked. That´s when I decided; this is what I want to do."


Teenage period
zzzThings started to change for Onyx when adolescence kicked in. It was like her whole world was changing once again, only this time it came gradually and though her environment was pretty much the same as before. But suddenly she was seeing things that she had never noticed or thought about before. Confusing, to say the least. And it became even more confusing when she got her first crush on another kia - a female kia. She never told anyone about it, not her parents, not even her closest friends. Instead she stayed quiet and observed the world around her, taking everything in, trying to fit in with all the rules of society that she had not known existed until now.

zzzAround the same time, her football team split up into two teams - females in one and males in one. In doing so, they also had to accept new members into each team. Several of the females from their original team dropped out around that time - Onyx´s team ended up consisting of only four "old" players, herself included, and the rest were all new. Her neighbour and closest friend quit at this point, though they still stayed friends. Training started to get serious for real. Their new coach was an performance-oriented one, who claimed that it was up to everyone to set goals, both personal ones and as a team, and to achieve these by hard practice. Onyx, being raised to always do her best, no matter what, put a lot of pressure on herself, sometimes too much due to a skewed self image that she had started to develop. This led to her improving her skills dramatically, but also did nothing to improve her self-esteem since she could not always live up to her own expectations.

zzz"You kind of look like a boy. Must be the hair."
zzzThe first time she was told this was when she was introduced to her neighbour´s new group of friends, whom she later ended up hanging out with. Onyx´s hair stood up even back then, but it was longer, and a lot bushier. At the moment, she did not think much of the comment, but when new kias kept saying the same thing, she began to think about it. And soon, whenever anybody made a comment about it, a hard clump formed in her stomach. She did not want to be different, didn´t want to see the quiet look of surprise on the faces of strangers when she opened her mouth. She tried desperately to restrain her hair by combing it or using various hair products, but it did not want to be constrained. It would remain obedient for a few minutes, an hour at most, and then it would protrude again. Cutting it was not the solution to the problem either. Although, the sensible part of her told her that the hair was not really the problem.

zzzAll of this contributed to Onyx developing an insecurity and bad self-esteem that sometimes threatened to swallow her. She cried a lot during those months, but did not let anyone know (" 'Introvert' was my middle name at the time"). The turning point came when she had a nervous breakdown at the age of 1 year and 8 months. It finally dawned opon her parents and her friends just how bad she felt, and to Onyx´s relief they did not judge her for it, but rather wanted to help her. Shortly after that, Onyx switched to another football team, one where they were not quite so performance-oriented, and where she could start anew. Once again was she reminded of how much fun it was to play just for the sake of it. "The things that kept me going was of course the undying support of my friends and family, but also the football and the music. When I was on the field, I felt like myself, like the kiamara I was supposed to be, not the nervous wreck I saw myself as everywhere else. It gave me strength and belief in myself, in a way that no words could do. Rock has worked in a similar way for me, as a wake up call whenever I felt like giving up."

zzzSo when she turned 2 years old, an adult, she decided to let this mark the beginning of a new life. That is what her feathers represents to her - hope and willpower, and the ability to control your own destiny. And somewhere along the way, she got her self-esteem back. "The real problem was never me. It was that I assumed the world around me must be correct, at all times. With time, the truth finally dawned on me: that I do not have to fit in to belong. Only experience can give that kind of knowledge, I think. That´s when I went and got a new haircut - no more anguish over being called a boy, because after all, what is wrong with that? Why would it matter what anybody else thinks of me? To remind myself, and everybody else, of this, I went for something even more 'masculine'. You should have seen my parents´ faces when I came home with a mohawk!"

All text and art belongs to me, TessyTheWolf, unless otherwise stated.

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Gaaawd is he ever gorgeous *o*
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