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username;;
kaworu nagisa
name;;
Arkady
-from the word Arcadia, a type of pastoral (farmer's land, fields) paradise.
gender;;
Male
eye color;;
Heterochromia
hair style, length;;
long hair, two braids. There are white streaks in his hair well, due to a illness he has. His tailfur is short though, he cuts it often so he doesn't pick up too much dust or knock something down.
long hair on a kia looks absolutely fabulous, if i may say so myself. the long hair just adds to the design and allows some freedom. theres a lot more you can do with long hair than you can do with short
feather placement and color;;
Two feathers braided into the mane, a feather earring, and one clipped/tied into the neck fur. The feather clipped into his fur is a peacock feather, the ones braided into his mane are woodpecker feathers, and the earring is a single white dove feather. He does not usually wear the earring and the neck feather together.
-meaning of woodpecker: determination, protection, awareness. he keeps these feathers to make sure his patients are protected and to remind him to be aware of new ailments.
-meaning of peacock: guidance, and some are used in medicine for their alleged healing properties. Ark keeps one for luck.
-meaning of dove: promise, sacrifice, and peace. he keeps one of these to show he promises to help his clients, and he will sacrifice himself for the good of others. Arkady is a peaceful kiamara, he never physically fights, since it would be hypocritical for a healer to do so.
horns;;
He shaves them off, and keeps them short and dull. He does this due to his pacifistic nature as a healer.
other accessories;;
A round bone gauge in his ear which shows he is not wasteful, as in native american culture, natives always used every part of their catch, and a thick braided twine bracelet, to show infinity because he will help others as long as he can.
personality;; (limit 400 words)
Arkady is respectful, considerate of elders and older kias. He never says anything to offend a more important kia, since he knows his place. It isn't that he's a low ranked kia, or a high rank, but actually quite in the middle. He offers his help as a healer, an interpreter. He uses his knowledge to help the confused or the afraid to understand their dreams or to help with securing their future. Arkady's healing powers aren't exactly powers, but intelligence. He understands the anatomy and body of kiamaras, and can quickly pinpoint a problem in a kia with his sharp eyes. His love for medicine and determination to his work can be attributed to his fear of failure. This fear is so great, that he's plagued with nightmares of botched surgeries, or plagues with no cures, and his abilities to be worth nothing. This fear stems from when he was an apprentice who was assigned a small child with a bad case of pnuemonia, and due to his lack of experience, he had given her the wrong medicine and couldn't save her.
Many think the reason he can see problems and identify them is because they think it's his eyes. His eyes are specially colored, one mostly green and the other brown. He knows this is not the truth, but he humors the younger kias with this idea and joke around like he is "special" but he doesn't mean those words. Ark is kind to younger kias as well, since he quite enjoys their company. Their usually whimsical ideas about how things work makes him laugh, and it restores his faith in kiamarakind.
Arkady is a very calm kiamara, who rarely panics. If he panics, it comes off as looking very stressed and frustrated. When this happens, he usually asks for time alone, to think things through. His voice never really raises and he speaks evenly, without much emotion shining through. If you talk to him about an interesting topic, (mostly for him they're rare conditions and ailments) he beomes engrossed in the topic and will talk endlessly. He isn't interested much in a mate, since be thinks his talking too much or too little isn't quite a trait searched for in mates. He searches for one passively, thinking it would be nice otherwise.
Ark likes to relax, and usually, you'll find him in his garden of herbs, picking those that are ready, or just making sure they are healthy. He enjoys solitude, since it gives him time to study and improve on his medical skills. He knows there's always room for improvement, and he intends to make full use of that room. Arkady resides in a mossy cave, where notches carved and knocked out hold herbs. Books lie in stacks on the floor. To him, this room is his haven, where he lives and thrives, helping others.
crap i ran out of room :((((
notes about his design
has a genetic mutation which causes white streaks and patches in his mane and a black tongue. not fatal
his fur is very silky and shimmery, almost sparkles like water
