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Name Defiant Wish of the Silent Billows Kin
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Gender Female
Species Kaleïko
Ethnicity Kaleïko
Height 6’4”
Occupation Medic
Residence The Loveless
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Physical Description
Kaleïkos earned the species nickname Katkin for their similarities in initial appearance to anthropomorphized cats. They are however not at all related to cats despite the similarities. Their entire bodies are lightly furred with longer fur growth around the jawline and elbows. Subtle fur patterns are sex-specific. They have large, tufted cat ears and very strong, sleek, prehensile tails. Both hands and feet have a nasty set of retractable claws. Their legs are digitigrade, making them incredibly fast but also easier to topple over if they lose their balance. Their hands however are more human-like although with slightly elongated digits.
One of their most striking differences is their jaw. Kaleïkos possess independently moving upper and lower jaws. Like a shark they are therefore able to extend their jaws outward from their face in order to latch onto prey and drag it back into their mouth. This is aided by a row of incredibly sharp teeth with the ability to be regularly replaced over time.
Defiant Wish has the classic lithe form and broad, flat, barrel chest of her people, even though she is rather short for a female. Her coloring is a rich tawny brown with very subtle darker brown banding best visible in the right lighting. She has deep blue eyes capable of night vision (and in fact glow red when a light is shone on them in the dark) and a long thin nose that has a slight upturn at the tip. Defiant Wish also has a soft, medium, brown bob haircut she is working on growing out longer.
Her tail is like those of the males of her species in that they are not shaggy but the fur does hide a very formative natural weapon. The tip beneath the fur has a lethal barbed, bony point. The shape of this barb is unique to each Kaleïko Kin. Defiant Wish’s particular one is corkscrew shaped with serrated edges so that it may be used both to bludgeon as well as to stab.
Personality
- Hellcat: She has had to fight for everything to survive in life from the moment she was born. Defiant Wish is fiercely protective of what is hers or what she feels should/can be hers. She does not back down to a challenge she feels she can win and she is far stronger than she looks. When it comes to a fight, Defiant Wish is not stopping until one of you is dead and she is not ready for her brand new freedom to end so soon.
- Curiosity Killed the Cat: Defiant Wish is incredibly interested in learning new things and exploring the world around her. Everything is a new and confusing adventure and experience to be explored to its fullest. This sometimes has unfortunate consequences for her, but then the burnt hand teaches best.
- Scaredy-Cat: She is easily spooked by things she doesn’t expect. Despite her excellent hearing and sense of smell, not everything behaves accordingly. Getting the jump on her definitely results in an interesting reaction followed by deep agitation and embarrassment. Probably best to pretend you didn’t notice.
- Copycat: While not readily well-versed in human culture and society, Defiant Wish is a quick study and is known to imitate those around her until she figures out what is and isn’t acceptable in order to fit in. Sometimes this does get her into trouble though as either it is viewed as mocking someone or someone else has given her wrong information as a joke.
Things
- Seemingly innocently uses cat puns. It is hard to say whether this is intentional or a result of her struggles with human pronunciations. Just give her a meowment, she’ll get there eventually.
- Despite it being a culturally inappropriate and highly frowned upon thing to do, Defiant Wish possesses the ability to purr, bark-meow, and scream-meow much like the sounds heard by Earth’s mountain lions. It is possible to spook her into making one of these sounds or severely agitate her to the point where she purrs. Both are highly unrecommended for the safety and wellbeing of the offender.
- Favorite food: kidneys and raw heart. She will not disclose of what animal.
- HATES being touched without even being asked her permission. Hates how people just want to grab her tail, or pet her fur, or touch her ears. Has been known to bite the hand that does the touching on occasion.
- The number of humans she has consumed is low….but not none.
- Finds real cats actually quite disturbing and is not a fan.
Magic/Abilities
Telepath: All Kaleïko regardless of gender possess the ability to communicate telepathically. They, as a people, believe that verbal vocalizations are primal and beneath them. Those who resort to vocalizations over civilized communication are looked down upon with varying degrees of disgust and as inferior species. Communication predominantly is expressed via complex imagery and conceptualization over strings of sentences and words. Kaleïko feel only children resort to such basic communication.
Warrior: Incredibly unheard of and downright rare for female Kaleïkos, Defiant Wish is a consummate warrior and huntress. She learned all the skills of her male counterparts when it comes to the more primal tasks of the lesser gender. She is an excellent tracker, hunter, and fighter, capable of ambushing and taking down prey three times her size.
Healer: More common for those of her gender, Defiant Wish was educated in the ways of medicine. Her methods, while likely strange to humans, are well researched and documented among her people and the execution is at least somewhat applicable to these odd furless beings. She’s still getting the hang of it but, it turns out not everything is a 1:1 comparison. At last no one’s died because of her yet? Maybe?
Relationships
Disowned by family
History
Kicked off her home planet station, Defiant Wish doesn’t really like talking about her past much. When asked, she does her best to avoid answering much of anything but will become anxious and then agitated if questioning persists. Some secrets are better off left untold.
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