Name:	Akebi
Gender:	Female
Age:	47 (Level 2)
Species:	Plains Kaasht
Height:	6'
Length:	5'
Base Colour:	Red
Colour Ability:	Hot Foot
Species Ability:	Speed of the Falcon
Other Abilities:	Fire Blade, God Voice, Hare Leap, Hiding Crouch, Incinerate, Fire, Speak, Healing Touch, Shield, Shocking Grasp, Silent Step, Attention Slip
Appearance:	Akebi's farely average in build...perhaps a little on the skinnier side. So far she's managed to stay out of any battles nasty enough to leave scars like many Plains wear, and despite her love of shiny things doesn't wear jewelry...yet. As far as colors and markings go, she's a bright, firey, crimson sort of red that highlights yellow-orange in the sunlight, with black markings with a darker red tinge to them, kind of like embers. They're similar in pattern to those of a cheetah or leopard...or spotted tabby, perhaps: stripes on the face and tail, breaking up into spots...first solid, then circular somewhat rosette-shaped ones, larger on her body. The insides of her ears have yellowy fur, and the ear tufts are black, as is her glare stripe. Her eyes are a bright medium turquoise or cerulean sort of blue.
History:	Akebi was born in a smaller Plains clan near the mountains...while perhaps a bit more tolerant of other species and a bit less traditional than some members would have liked, kits were still expected to learn how to hunt and to fight, and to do so well. Akebi had little problem with the hunting half, having several abilities that came in handy and being quite clever. The fighting thing posed a bit of a problem. Mainly, that she hated it. Well, not fighting, exactly. More of the idea of being trapped in one with no way out but your teeth and claws, and such. Her parents, especially her mother, worried where this would lead. Akebi, however, proved to have a temper suited to a Plains kaasht...she just expressed it a bit oddly :p. Be it more of a debate, or an insult-slinging shouting match, she loved a good argument. Her parents, glad that she at least showed some fighting spirit, kept up their attempts to improve the other end of her abilities. Akebi lost most of her fear of an actual fight upon learning and perfecting a good Shocking Grasp...if someone got too close and fire wasn't enough to discourage them...ZAP! It was enough, at least, to get her from fear to dislike. She'd still much prefer to outsmart a challenger and run away...another thing she got good at, as she had a habit of making bigger and stronger kaasht angry at her. Some might consider that cowardly, but she'd probably argue that the better fighter would be the one that runs away and lives to plot a stratedgy that *works* the next time. She's now something of a wanderer in the areas nearer her clan, often leaving for months and then returning home, if only to see what's going on. It probably stems from her being quite curious and finding meeting other kaasht (including ones from different species) interesting...although her motives for collecting knowledge are probably more selfish than, say, a Cave or Plateau kaasht's. Akebi's also a bit...well...quite...obsessed with shiny things, especially fire, and has a habit of staring at them, or playing with them, if they're something she can swat around with a paw. Something of a pyromaniac at times, but not terribly obsessive over it. Usually. Maybe. She certainly doesn't look down on gold Kaasht like many Plains...because they're shiny, of course! She'd be likely to follow one (or any other shiny kaasht) around and bat at or rub against its fur and freak it out...no, I'm not stalking you. Honest. I'm just following you because of your fur...look, shinyyyy! Currently, she's wandering around in some of the nearby mountain-y areas. So far, she's only met a Mountain kaasht or two, who proved to be good at debating things, although far too boring about it. If only that pretty shiny Sky she's seen a couple times would stop screaming and running away...
Created and Played by Tilly.
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