Post by Shinobu on Feb 17, 2008 15:26:59 GMT -5
-Basics-
Birth Name: Natalie
Alias: Shinobu
Meaning: Japanese for "endure"
Nicknames: Shino
Species: "Natural" (Timber Wolf)
Height: 3'
Weight: Varies depending on how much food she's able to get, but its normal range is 75-90 pounds. Currently she's about 65 pounds.
Age: 2 years
-Family-
Mother:
Father:
Siblings:
Mate: none
Children: none
Pack: Seeking acceptance in Tlaloc
Rank: none
-Physical-
:Fur and Eyes:
Shinobu's fur consists of two main colors: gray and nearly black. Gray is the main color, with the near black covering from the lower part of her muzzle to the tip of her tail as well as her paws. The front right leg is near black about halfway up, while the front left is near black about a quarter of the way and her back paws are near black. The inside of her ears are a lighter shade of gray than the rest of her body. Her eyes are navy blue and she has a mop of black hair over her left one.Her fur is of medium thickness and incredibly soft.
:Scars:
Shinobu has quite a few scars. Her rear right leg has three on the front that give her ever so slight a limp. There is a long one going a cross her back, and another one on her left side intersects it. Her front left leg also has a scar just below the elbow. Her right cheek has three, and there is one across her muzzle as well. The most damaging scar is an X shaped one that prevents her left eye from opening at all. She makes a point of keeping her bangs over this particular injury.
:Body:
She has long legs and when she's a healthy weight her figure is feminine and attractive. However, lately her lack of one eye has made hunting difficult, so she's a bit skinny. Who am I kidding? She's a lot skinny. She's still very cute, though.
:Health:
Shinobu's never been the healthiest wolf around, and being underweight certainly doesn't help that. She is prone to getting sick and this coupled with her skinniness makes her unsteady on her feet. Her lungs are especially vulnerable due to complications when she was born, and she gets out of breath easily. Another issue, though not directly related to her health, is her tendency to push herself harder than she should. This just adds to her problems, as over-exertion can make her pass out.
-Personality-
Shinobu is a quiet little thing, and very shy. This is most likely because of the traumatic experiences she has had to endure her whole life. However, if one manages to coax her out of her shell, they would find her to be sweet and gentle. Some begin to hate the world for dealing them such a lousy set of cards, but she bears no grudge for what she's had to go through. She believes that everything that happens has a reason for happening, even if that reason isn't obvious at first or ever.
Despite being gentle, she is quite stubborn. Not the kind of stubborn that means she'll go to any lengths to get what she wants, but rather the type that forces her to go beyond her limits. She refused to let her poor health make her a total invalid, and her feelings are hurt when someone tells her she's not "strong enough" to do something. The bottom line is she wants to help in any way she can, and in some ways she is physically unable to. She can't fight at all, mainly because she'd likely pass out if she tried.
Being in such poor health has prompted Shinobu to seek out the curative aspects of every plant she comes across. This has given her vast knowledge in the subject of healing. Sometimes she gets lucky and finds a plant that relieves some of her symptoms, but their effects are always temporary. She also knows which plants are dangerous.
-History-
:Non-RP:
- Was born, excess fluid in her lungs caused damage
- Grew up normally, if you don't include the constant illnesses that further worsened her health, for the first year of her life.
- Her father went mad and killed Annie and Jack. Karen and Shinobu, then named Natalie, were badly hurt.
- Karen's injuries became badly infected and she died a couple weeks after Othello's episode.
- Othello hated himself for what he had done and killed himself.
- Natalie changed her name to Shinobu in a futile attempt to forget what happened.
- Left the place where she had grown up and began researching the plants she came across, trying to find the one that might have caused her father's temporary madness.
:RP:
-Pictures-
:By Me:
Main Reference, template by punish-the-system
:By Others:
Thanks Ringo!
-Relationships-
Family
Love
Crush
Respect
Best Friend
Friend
Acquaintance/Neutral
Nusiance
Hate
Enemy
Karen: Mother...it's not fair that your injuries became infected and killed you when I'm always the one getting sick! If only I'd had the knowledge of plants I am now obtaining...maybe I'd have been able to save you.
Othello: Dad...what happened to you? You were so loving, and you killed your children and mate! I'm convinced that you ate a plant that affected your judgement. I will find the culprit nad make sure no other I meet falls victim to the same fate. Please know that I bear no grudge against you...I love you so much, Dad. I still can't get over what happened to you.
Jack: I miss you, Jack. You were the one that laid beside me when I was feeling under the weather, even if it meant missing a hunting lesson. You were perfectly keeping your sick baby sister company, and I won't easily forget that.
Annie: You were a total brat, Annie, but your passing has made me realise just how important you were to me. Your teasing me about how I was always sick and never strongest even when I wasn't made me fight against my frailty and helped me realise how much I really was capable of. Kinda ironic, really...you were trying to tear me down, and you built me up. I don't miss you as a bully, but as a sister I do a lot. If I hadn't been born this way, maybe we would have been friends.
Ringo: You seem like a nice fellow, and I'd like to know you better.
-RPs-
:Active:
Sanctuary (acceptance)
:Completed/Dead: