Yasen ♂
Character info:
Behind-the-Name: YASEN m Bulgarian
Means both "ash tree" and "clear, serene" in Bulgarian.
Gender: Male
Species: Ke'kahla (Jungle Shifter breed)
Age: 211
Height: 6' 7"
Weight: 190 lbs
Personality: Loyal, light-hearted, and protective. He enjoys helping others and is often found in dangerous predicaments.
Gender Preference: Bisexual (Switch)
Mate: None
Likes: Flying up and resting atop a canopy in the sunlight. Hanging from his tail. Meeting new species or creatures.
Dislikes: Needless destruction of the environment, pollution, poaching, cooked foods.
Class: Nature Mage
Abilities: Venomous bite (acid green), Faerie fire (purple flames for illuminating, green for healing, orange for attacking), Summon Deep Will O' The Wisp (Deep wisps are made of antimatter and deep magic and are an embodiment of their master's will. Their bodies and magic tend to shatter objects or entities into particles and can effect spirits). Shadow meld (can blend into the surrounding forest / jungle foliage and only peripheral flickers can be seen. This does not work if not near plants.)
Behind-the-Name: YASEN m Bulgarian
Means both "ash tree" and "clear, serene" in Bulgarian.
Gender: Male
Species: Ke'kahla (Jungle Shifter breed)
Age: 211
Height: 6' 7"
Weight: 190 lbs
Personality: Loyal, light-hearted, and protective. He enjoys helping others and is often found in dangerous predicaments.
Gender Preference: Bisexual (Switch)
Mate: None
Likes: Flying up and resting atop a canopy in the sunlight. Hanging from his tail. Meeting new species or creatures.
Dislikes: Needless destruction of the environment, pollution, poaching, cooked foods.
Class: Nature Mage
Abilities: Venomous bite (acid green), Faerie fire (purple flames for illuminating, green for healing, orange for attacking), Summon Deep Will O' The Wisp (Deep wisps are made of antimatter and deep magic and are an embodiment of their master's will. Their bodies and magic tend to shatter objects or entities into particles and can effect spirits). Shadow meld (can blend into the surrounding forest / jungle foliage and only peripheral flickers can be seen. This does not work if not near plants.)
Species Info: (Click picture for link)
-~*~- Details -~*~-
Female Shifter example: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/14284826/
Male Shifter example: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/15357031/
Their species' full-spectrum name is Ke'kahla (pronounced Keh - kaah - laa).
This name covers ALL variety of shifters:
-~*~- Breeds: -~*~-
Forest Shifters are the standard. They eat fruits, nuts, berries, and sometimes flowers (they prefer to eat things that are a product of nature, and not harm and eat the nature itself.
Jungle Shifters are the same as their forest brethren, but are typically more exotic in appearance, and are mischievous, quick to anger, and often venomous or more deadly by nature. They may also eat animals on occassion.
Desert Shifters survive solely on cactus, beetles, and the energy from the sun - are also typically the more aggressive of the shifters.
Sky Shifters tend to be more carnivorous, and will eat fowl, their eggs, fish, and berries - they are more seclusive but not inherently mean.
Sea Shifters eat fish, kelp, various clams and other sea plants. They are very skittish, and a little mean-spirited.
Arctic Shifters are omnivorous and eat whatever they can get their hands on. They are typically rather friendly, if not a tad shy.
-~*~- Anatomy: -~*~-
They can have...
* Wings
* Tails
* Horns
* Feet paws
* Dragon feet
* Multiple eyes or ears
* Fur, Scales, or Skin
-~*~- Biography: -~*~-
They are indigenous to no one location, and are peppered throughout the world. a very rare elusive species that is all but hunted to extinction. They will sometimes congregate in family groups, and other times will be lone. they have no real established "society" and live in harmony with nature. So no buildings, no jobs, no houses. They live just as much in harmony with the land as the common animal. They are fully intelligent and are fast learners, made for adapting.
-~*~- Social Behavior: -~*~-
They are very social with one another and rely heavily on touch for interpersonal interactions. hugs, patting, tail wrapping, hand holding, cheek kissing. These are very casual exchange methods as they become quickly familiar to people they like. Not to be confused with romantic approach, there are some things that are reserved for romantic partners such as nuzzling, rubbing, licking, nose rubbing; essentially prolonged contact. A brief hug or pat would be for a friend or family member, but you would lay and rub your face into the neck of your lover, or lick their ear. Rubbing essentially leaves a heavier scent, and its comparable to "claiming". They will take territories and often pick one location as a nesting spot, often developing a sentimental value to one tree, or cave ect. this is now theirs and they wont share with just anyone.
-~*~- Sleep Cycle: -~*~-
They dont sleep every night. will often go a week or two in between, but if they are around too many sad people it has a draining effect on them and they may sleep more often
-~*~- Shifters & Dryads: -~*~-
Often they will find Dryad protectors. Dryads protect certain forest areas and being people of nature, they benefit from a very symbiotic relationship. The dryad protects a large perimeter of wilderness, and the shifters will maintain, nurture and flourish said place. They see dryads as spiritual leaders and guidance and have an immense respect for them, often bringing them gifts.
Together they protect one another and ensure the forest is not molested.
-~*~- Family & Mates: -~*~-
They mate for life as well as not. Some males will elect to maintain a family, while others may elect to breed and leave, but will stay around to ensure mother and child survive. They don't typically wear clothes, as usually they just merge with nature as cover. They MAY make outfits out of nature, just not really going to see them wearing shirts or pants or anything of that sort.
-~*~- Heartstones: -~*~-
As a species, they are very unique and individual, but there are a few things that EVERY Ke'kahla have:
their Heartstone. This is on them at all times as it is their most valuable possession, and is either carried, imbedded in their body, or maintains a hover over a part of the body. The heartstone has many purposes: it serves as a internal compass, so that no matter where they go, they can find home; take it from them and they would become lost. It retains their shifting power and lets them take many forms; take it and they cannot shift. If they are IN shift, the stone merges to them, and will not separate until they revert to their original form. The stone also provides rapid healing, to themselves and anyone in their close, immediate space. For that reason, very wealthy folk will purchase them from rare hunters as sleeping companions. Their aura is relaxing and revitalizing. Their stone also serves to interact with other shifters. When two shifters meet, they can "feel" one another. This can be an exchange of many things, such as mate compatibility, a sensation of their personality, a sense of mood, and feel for one another's health.
-~*~- Clothing & Nature: -~*~-
Another thing they all do is dress their bodies in material from their immediate surroundings to hide in whatever place they live. They will take things from the ground and put on their bodies, and their bodies will merge with these and become ingrained and apart of them. Things such as flowers, moss, ivy, poisonous things, bark, branches, coral, shells, rocks, precious stones; absolutely anything they feel will help them hide better. Their body will not just merge with it, but will support it. A shifter can imbed flowers, and her body will now grow that flower; it will not die. It will also hurt if ripped out improperly. They do this for safety as much as personal preference. They may just like how something looks or may try to be attracting a potential partner. Some shifters can look very "cluttered" and desire to add or remove things.
-~*~- Colors & Markings: -~*~-
They all have LARGE color palettes. Another reason they are so hunted is that they make very exotic looking pets, bed partners, clothes, jewelry, skins and house slaves. 5 colors is a modest minimum, often going WAY higher.