This is the character page for the role play idea I introduced earlier. Here is the link to the information, and you might want to reread it since it has most of the storyline and background:
https://www.theguardianherd.com/messageboard/herd-chat/shapeshifters-rp
Other Information:
To make things more simple, our characters are going to be in three generations. Generation one is our characters at Featherstone, and younger kids not going to the academy yet. All students at Featherstone that we will act out are all in their first year at the school, so they are freshmen. (Featherstone Academy is a high school, so that is grades 9-12. Our characters will be in 9th grade.) Featherstone students would be 14-15 years old. Generation two is most adults, and the parents of our students. Generation three is all of the older adults.
We can act out some classes at the school, so being a teacher is an option. I will be the teacher for the Transformation class, to make things easier, but other subjects are open.
The scientific name spot on the form is very important, because it will help us make sure that each animal is unique in its generation. There can be multiple families of foxes, for example, but only one red fox family.
With most families, the parents are of different species. The children will take after one of their parents, but if an animal is not passed on, it becomes extinct. Extra children are frowned upon because that means that more than one species is in the same generation, something they see a crime.
The technology of the island is of the early 2000s. So there is email, computers, and TV, but no phones.
The position of the grandson of the Lion dictator, the leader of the Oustcasts, is open. Please ask if you would like that position. The same applies to the council. The Twelve Councilors are only made up of animals who are special in some way. Maybe they are top predators on the food chain, or maybe they are the fastest, the largest, or the strongest. Please ask if you want your animal to be on the council!
Feel free to make teachers! Just please ask about the subject you had in mind.
Also, remember that we are going by animal breeds, not just by the animal itself!
And one last thing! Our students do not know their animal forms yet!
Clans:
Animalians:
The Twelve Councilors:
- Nakoda Moonshade (Gray Wolf) (Head Councilor)
- Eathan Birdly (Bald Eagle)
- Harper (Black Bear)
- Shred Piece (Great White Shark)
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Adults: Elvi (Spotted Hyena), Regala Thonwin (Golden eagle)
Teachers: Tazlin Talaie (Red-Tailed Hawk) (Transformation), Cepry Fahdlan (Egyptian Dung Beetle) (Science), Delphine Hash (Dolphin) (Defense), Artilli Skiffen (Appaloosa Horse) (The Study of Predators and Prey)
Students of Featherstone Academy: Adriane Moonshade (Gray Wolf), Alexei Puck (Flame Robin), Mica Segred (Little Brown Bat), Kora (Red Fox), Nova (Ball Python), Frost (Horse), Cyzarine Violetnight (Red Panda), Calore Crowley (Crow), Starlynn Trask (Starling), Whitney Deerly (White-Tailed Deer), Allison Matona (Dama Gazelle), Linh (? Panda), Lora Nathair (Boa Constrictor), Bristle (Striped Hyena), Anshara Doraset (Otter), Rose (Swan), Alaina (African Wild Dog), Ace Rander (Monarch Butterfly), Yael Panpoulis (Wild Goat), Kara Nightfall (Unknown)
Younger Kids:
Outcasts:
Leader: (Ask permission)
Advisor: Sholem Phylem (Bobcat)
(More positions can be made, but please ask first!)
Adults: Max (Jaguar)
Teens: Zanaiah Mihloh (Peregrine Falcon), Leona Panthura (African Leopard), Blaze Dashner (Australian Shepherd), Alex (Pit Bull), Case (Panther), Kesari (Lion), Damfu (Tiger), Cree (Cat), Anna Fawn (European Wildcat), Bennet Katch (Burrowing Owl), Travis (Albino Cheetah)
Younger Kids:
Character Form:
Name:
Gender:
Generation/Age:
Clan:
Position:
Personality:
Crush:
Family Members:
Human Description:
Animal:
Scientific Name:
Animal Description:
Backstory:
@Morningmist if the students animals are aquatic like a fish or a whale how do they transform without dyeing
Name: Siku Asiavik
Gender: Female
Generation/Age: 3 (84)
Clan: Animalian
Position: Councilor
Personality: abstract, philosophical, distant, incomprehensibly wise
Crush: Her Spouse
Family Members: Daughter, Son Chulyin, Granddaughter Kanu, Grandson Atigun
Human Description: Very old, with two braids of gray hair. She has wrinkled skin and faded blue tattoos on her arms.
Animal: Bowheaded Whale
Scientific Name: Balaena mysticetus
Animal Description: Dark gray-blue whale with a crescent shaped white patch around her face. She also has white base around her fins and the base of her tail.
Backstory: She worked toward the overthrow of the lion, and was awarded a counselorship. Though she is of advanced age these days, she remains in office, despite the retirement of some of her contemporaries. There is some pressure from the outside for her to retire, but many people are fond of her and want her to work as long as she can.
Name: Kanu Yuccassava
Gender: Female
Generation/Age: 1 (14)
Clan: Animalian
Position: Featherstone Student
Personality: Shy, kind, never felt quite right in her own skin. She knows it is something deeper than just teenage angst, but most people brush it off.
Crush: none
Family Members: Grandma Siku, parents, Uncle Chulyin, Cousin Atigun
Human Description: Short, with pale skin and a round face. She has brown eyes and two medium sized black braids. Often wears hoodies.
Animal: Arctic Fox
Scientific Name: Vulpes lagopus
Animal Description: Small, white, and fluffy, with a small black nose and black eyes. Plumelike tail. Very quick and agile.
Backstory: Kanu grew up as the granddaughter of a councilor. This didn’t affect her life very much as no one in her nuclear family took the whale form, most of the drama relegated to her grandmother’s other son who took whale form.
Kanu is based on Nuna and Fox from the video game Kisima Innitchuna, or Never Alone!
Name: Atigun Asiavik Gender: Male Generation/Age: 1 (14) Clan: Animalian Position: Featherstone Student Personality: Forcedly shy. He used to be quite extroverted, but these days his face and political significance make him afraid to speak. Crush: none Family Members: Grandma Siku, Cousin Kanu, Father Chulyin, Mother Human Description: His face is heavily scarred and disfigured, with his features twisted around his destroyed nose. He is slightly shorter than average, and has black hair. Animal: Bowheaded Whale Scientific Name: Balaena mysticetus Animal Description: A large dark blue/gray whale, mostly solid colored. Backstory: When Atigun was 8, he went camping with his family. He wandered off to pee and went missing for 5 days. Search and rescue eventually found him floating in a creek near outcast territory, face badly mauled by a feline's claws. Atigun has no memory of what happened to him while he was gone. Ever since then, his father has used him as poster child for the outcasts' cruelty. He and his father both inherited Siku's whale form.
(Atigun is based off of Myron Horowitz from the book Immortal Lycanthropes)
Name: Chulyin Asiavik
Gender: 2 (44)
Clan: Animalian
Position: Civil servant and aspiring politician
Personality: sly, ambitious, proud, nationalistic
Crush: Wife
Family: Wife, Son Atigun, Mother Siku, Niece Kanu
Human: He has light skin with brown undertones, brown eyes, and black hair.
Animal: Bowheaded Whale Scientific Name: Balaena mysticetus
Animal Description: Black whale with a white mottled underside.
Backstory: Chulyin Asiavik has always dreamed of being a council member. His mother shows no sign of retiring so he can take her place, however. Sometimes he feels that he will never obtain power without drastic action. He hates the Outcasts, and even more so after his son was hurt.
Name: Kara Nightfall
Gender: Female
Generation/Age: Generation 1, 14
Clan: Animalian
Position: Student at Featherstone Academy
Personality: loner, secretive, often gets lost in her own thoughts
Crush: OPEN
Family Members: OPEN
Human Description: Fair skin, long black hair, grey-green eyes, wears dark clothes, wears a gold chain around wrist
Animal: Snow leopard
Scientific Name: Panthera uncia
Animal Description: Snow leopard with grey-green eyes
Backstory: When Kara was five, she was found lying in the forest, abandoned. The family took her in. She can’t remember anything about her parents or what happened. She always wears the same gold chain she was wearing when they found her. Her adoptive family loves her, but she’s always felt distant from them.
Name: Yael Panpoulis
Gender: Male
Generation/Age: 1 (16)
Clan: Animalian
Position: Student, Student Teacher
Personality: Mischievous, caring, and daring. He has a wild side, and is comfortable in his bodies.
Crush: people with long hair
Family Members: mother, father
Human Description: He has brown skin, curly dark brown hair, and eyes that are the shade in between. His teeth are big and he has the patchy beginnings of an adolescent beard. His nose hooked but not pointy.
Animal: wild goat
Scientific Name: Capra aegagrus
Animal Description: White fur with black and silver specks, yellow eyes with rectangular pupils, and sharp, curvy horns.
Backstory: There are many rumors about whether Yael stole an artifact from Featherstone. He was absent from school the last two weeks of the previous school year, and not seen much over the summer. The artifact is said to have been recovered. Yael will not confirm or deny these rumors.
Name: Travis
Gender: Male
Generation/Age: 14
Clan: Outcast...?
Position: IDK
Personality: Strong, independent
Crush: None
Family Members: Dead
Human Description: Blonde hair, green eyes
Animal: Albino Cheetah
Scientific Name: Acinonyx (And the species says A. Jubatus)
Animal Description: Albino Cheetah
Backstory: He got separated from his family during a flood. They were announced dead and he's now alone
Name: Bennet Katch
Gender: Male
Generation/Age: 15
Clan: Outcasts
Position: Orphan
Personality: Quiet and kind of mysterious.
Crush: TBD
Family Members: Both parents dead
Human Description:
Animal: burrowing owl(Might change the type of owl)
Scientific Name:Athene cunicularia
Animal Description:
Backstory:
When he was little, his parents died in a hunting accident...(Do more later)
Name: Ace Rander
Gender: Male
Generation/Age: First generation, 15 years old
Clan: Animalian
Position: Freshman student at Featherstone
Personality: Kind of average, has a good sense of humor, not popular nor hated, easy-going
Crush: None
Family Members: TBD
Human Description: Tall boy with short, messy black hair, pale skin, unusual orange eyes
Animal: Monarch butterfly
Scientific Name: Danaus plexippus
Animal Description:
Backstory:
Name: Regala Thonwin
Gender: Female
Generation/Age: Generation two, 38 years old
Clan: Animalian
Position: School nurse at Featherstone
Personality: Pleasant, kind
Crush: None
Family Members: TBD
Human Description: Tall with long brown hair usually in a messy bun, and gray-green eyes, round silver glasses
Animal: Golden eagle
Scientific Name: Aquila chrysaetos
Animal Description:
Backstory:
Name: Alaina
Gender: Girl
Generation/Age: 14
Clan: Main clan
Position: IDK
Personality: Strong, loyal, caring, kind
Crush: TBD
Family Members: None
Human Description: Orange hair and hazel eyes, freckles
Animal: African Wild Dog
Scientific Name: Wild Dog..?
Animal Description:
Backstory: Parents died in fire. Has no family or anyone. No friends. Usually uses her wild dog form more than human
Name: Rose Gender: Female Generation/Age: first Clan: Animalia Position: students Personality: Romantic, match maker, bubbly Crush: Any cute boy… Family Members: her parents left her… Human Description: whiteish blonde, sky blue eyes, useshally weres a airy white tank top with light pink skirt Animal: Swan Scientific Name:Cygnus Animal Description: pure white swan a bit small bright blue eyes Backstory: She try’s to be happy and funny because deep down she hates her self because she thot that she was why her parents died. And sadly her brother died a long time ago by a family of wild Lions….. But maybe if she finds love for other people she mite feel better.
Name: Anna Fawn Gender: Female Generation/Age: Generation 1, 15 Clan: Outcast Position: Teen Personality: Fierce, determined, not afraid to speak her mind, stubborn, strong-willed Crush: OPEN Family Members: OPEN Human Description: Lightly tanned skin, freckles, medium length light to medium brown hair, golden eyes, wears a belt usually holding a dagger
Animal: European Wildcat Scientific Name: Felis silvestris silvestris Animal Description: Brown tabby wildcat with golden eyes
Backstory: None yet
Name: Elvi
Gender: Male
Generation/Age: 21
Clan: Main clan
Position: IDK
Personality: Mean
Crush: None
Family Members: None
Human Description: Black hair, brown eyes.
Animal: Spotted Hyena
Scientific Name: IDK...?
Animal Description: Spotted Hyena
Backstory: Guardian of Bristle. Mean to her.
Name: Cree
Gender: Male
Generation/Age: First generation, 15 years old
Clan: Outcast
Position: ...
Personality: Kinda slick and sly, likes to tease but can go too far
Crush: None
Family Members: TBD
Human Description: Dark brown hair, blue eyes, wears jeans and a dark shirt most of the time.
Animal: Cat
Scientific Name: Felis catus
Animal Description: Black, white, and brown tortoiseshell cat
Backstory:
Name: Damfu
Gender: male
Generation/Age: 1st generation, 17
Clan: Outcasts
Position: Outcast
Personality: bitter. He wants everyone to pay for destroying how things were before.
Crush: will be Shara
Family Members: unknown
Human Description: slightly stocky boy with red hair and gray eyes.
Animal: Tiger
Scientific Name: Panthera Tigris
Animal Description: large tiger with gray eyes.
Backstory: his parents, who he doesn't know, were thrown out and he grew up with the outcasts.
So I'm assuming Shifters in animal form can talk to each other?
Name: Anshara (Shara) Doraset
Gender: female
Generation/Age: 1st generation, 14
Clan: Animalian
Position: Featherstone student
Personality: Brave, bold, sassy. She completely loves water, and has a penchant for bright blue and green shirts. She also breaks the rules a lot.
Crush: none at moment
Family Members: TBD
Human Description: petite girl with long silky black hair dyed green at the ends, bright green eyes, and faint freckles.
Animal: Otter
Scientific Name: Lontra canadensis
Animal Description: silky gray otter with unusual green eyes.
Backstory: Is actually a third child but likes to hide it. No one except her parents know because her older sister died soon after she was born and then, next year, Shara came.
I released part one!
Ready?
Name: Bristle
Gender: Girl
Generation/Age: 13 (Human age)
Clan: TBD
Position: IDK
Personality: Loyal, caring, kind, fierce (Willing to fight anyone)
Crush: TBD
Family Members: None
Human Description: Dark brown hair with blue eyes. Freckles.
Animal: Striped Hyena
Scientific Name: IDK
Animal Description:
Backstory: TBD
I’m planning to start in about an hour and a half, or maybe in two hours.