Saphira * Hybrid * F

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OOC Name: Moonrose

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General

Name: Saphira Gemstone

Alias: Mostly just Saphira, because she only allows close friends to call her Saph or Gem.

Species: Cael/Yagi Hybrid

Gender: Female

Age: 5 years

Pack: Loner

Rank: n/a

Physical

Height: 47 inches

Weight: 200 lbs

Appearance: Tall for a female, she is a well built creatures with many features that could leave anyone guessing as to the species she really is. She can easily be mistaken for a creature of the sea or even a monster that would hide away in a cave, threatening to feed on any curious pup that should wander too near. However, let us begin with her body. Four slim legs help her to stand and her body is very long, as well as her tail. Her tail is the longest feature of her body, stretching a little longer than her own body length. At the end of this tail, a fish-like appendage makes an appearance. There is a mighty fin there, fanning out like a palm tree's leaf and waving about whenever she takes a step. Small tendrils of the webbing hang from the ends of the bone-like spines that create the separate sections of this tail.

Along the length of her spine, extending from the top of her head and all the way to the base of the fan-like fin, are thin spikes. They are truly an ivory color, but seem to inherit a silvery sheen. They make fantastic weapons alongside the horns she gained from her father. They are the horns of an African Kudu and stretch at least two and a half feet from her head. Truly, they are not that heavy, but can be rather awkward to carry around from time to time, for she often forgets they are there. They seem to carry she same silvery sheen as the spikes along her spine do. She does not know where the coloration comes from, but she assumes that it is from her Cael mother, which she adores. She loves her coloration and wouldn't trade it for the world. The awkward-to-carry-around horns on the other hand...

Her muzzle is slender and very feminine, a nice feature to her rather...battle-appearing body. She has saber-like teeth as her father did, though only two inches long. Her nose is a shade of silver and glimmers alongside the fin of her tail, almost sparkling. If we trail up her muzzle, we come to her eyes. Her eyes are rather odd things, and her body couldn't seem to decide whether to have her mother's eyes or her father's eyes. Instead, she received a kind mixture of both. The main color of her eyes is silver and doesn't seem to have any variations of shading throughout them. It's just one straight color, but it is interrupted by streaks of ruby, something gained from her father. They give her an intense and threatening glare, especially with the thick lining of her eyelashes. They are a good size and rest evenly upon her face. They are proportionate with everything else. The only other important bodily feature is her webbed toes, making her an excellent swimmer.

Now, for the fun part: color.

Saphira could be any plethora of colors because of her beautifully colored lineage. The base of her half-scale and half-fur coat is a deep shade of blue, glittering the hue of the stone her name suggests. However, it is a drab color and could not be compared to a Cael's scales. Onto the silver. Her fish-like fin is all silver, including the tendrils that hang from the bone-like dividers. The silver also tinges her chest, belly, and the undersides of her legs. Silver dances around her eyes lightly and seems to drip from each of her spikes like a small amount of rain. Then, there is green. This is a very light, pale green that seems to be a rather boring color. The green tips the outsides of her ears as well as the webs in between her toes. From the corners of both eyes, the green slides down her cheeks in upside down triangles.

Now, onto her voice. While here one Wonderwhy, we do not have defined countries or other continents, but we can say they come from a place that does not belong to this place. Her parents come from another place, but she was born here in the coldest areas. She adorns a British accent wherever she goes, making her sound naturally intelligent and charming, even when she intends not to be. It is smooth and highly calming to some, but can even come off as annoying or peppy when she is happy and her tone goes up an octave. Like her mother, she is a skilled singer, but cannot match the absolute beauty of the Cael species itself. While she would love to get to such a skill level, she knows it is impossible and instead takes pride in that she can sing well. She does not sing for any particular purpose, but she does it so that she may entertain herself and others. She just loves to sing.

Other: Not that I can think of currently.

Mental

Strengths:

• PROUD -- She is proud to be a hybrid, no matter what anyone else says. She won't allow any words about her half-breed body to hurt her in any way. It makes her strong.
  
  
• LEADER -- She seems to carry a natural air about herself that allows her to take control of a situation and lead it carefully on the path she thinks would be right or even safest.
  
  
• INTELLIGENT -- She is quite observant and takes in everything around her. This helps her to learn things she normally couldn't. Of course, her knowledge is mostly on the tactics of silent killing and being a diplomat.
  
  
• STRONG -- In mind and in body, she is difficult to break down. She is an excellent fighter, especially with her choice of weaponry, as well as between land and water. She isn't shy with either, but her emotions are also rock-solid. This is a result of training.
  
  
• ADAMANT -- This is just another word for stubborn. She believes in her convictions and thoughts and often times refuses to let anyone else think any different than her. Very few are able to change her mind, and even then it can be hard.
  
  
• FAIR -- She doesn't choose one creature over another. She makes things fair and plays fair. By playing fair, she will play dirty only if an opponent started it. She treats everyone she meets with equal kindness and respect.
  
  
• FRIENDLY -- She is a kind-hearted female and generally does come to love everyone, even those with flaws that are harmful. She offers a smile each time and will only bare her fangs if someone bares them first, but generally tries to diffuse tense situations calmly.
  
  
• DIFFERENT -- Being different has many different advantages. She has advantages on land and in water, as well as with fighting. Not to mention with diversity. One day, she plans on starting her own pack where hybrids are free to come, where she welcomes them openly. She wishes to be a symbol for those that are hated.
  

Weaknesses:

• TRUST ISSUES -- She has been through a tough ordeal where she has been betrayed time and time again, which leads her to take the time to learn to trust someone. It doesn't come right away, ever, so she tries to learn more about someone before coming to trust them with anything.
  
  
• STRICT -- At times, she can be very strict, as well as a tad demanding. With wanting to start a pack, this can be a good trait, but it can also push people away from her. They could find her too demanding for a leader. This is one of her own traits that she is trying push down.
  
  
• BULK -- Physically, this can be an issue. When fighting someone smaller than her, this is a huge disadvantage, for it opens up her physical weak points to be struck at.
  
  
• PAST -- She cannot talk about this. In some sense, she hides it from others so she will not be judged of her character. This is one thing that scares her the most. She does not want to be seen as a killer.
  
  
• SPEED -- She lacks this greatly. Because of her size, it's hard for her to move around on land. In water, it's much the same. She's heavy and her tail isn't quite large enough to push her at enough speed. She couldn't beat a Cael.
  
  
• SPECIES -- Discrimination is a major factor to this. Most wolves, specifically the species she is made up of, tend to hate her. Also, she is a sucker for them and loves them more than purebred wolves. This is only because she is a half-breed herself.
  
  
• PUPS -- She adores pups. She can't help herself around them. She has to coo and play and snuggle with them, only if the mother allows. She's quite good at handling them, too. She's been told she'd make a nice mother, but she'd never believe it.
  
  
• CLUMSY -- Physically, she is a major klutz. She trips over her own feet and tends not to pay attention to where she's going. Running into things just because she's looking elsewhere seems to have become a habit over the years.
  

Personality:

• LEADER -- She is a good leader and calls attention to herself well, acting with an authority that isn't too demanding and isn't too childish. She can be taken seriously quite well and it's a trait of hers that is one of her favorite.
  
  
• FRIENDLY -- Outwardly, she is a happy wolf who seems to be friendly in general. She doesn't seem to make enemies so easily, though she could if she truly tried. People just tend to like her. With a smile on her face often and a calm demeanor, it's difficult to not like her.
  
  
• ACCEPTING -- To her, she doesn't care about your species or your gender or even your sexual preferences. She is accepting of all creatures. She wants to create a pack like this, where every creature in WonderWhy can be welcomed and live with every different kind of wolf.
  
  
• MISTRUSTING -- Even though she does love other people and is outwardly friendly, she has a hard time trusting others. Her betrayals by loved ones in the past have hurt her often and she finds it very hard to just immediately trust someone. She has to know them first. Once her trust is gained, she is a forever loyal friend.
  
  
• INSECURE -- She cannot talk about certain things and is scared to be seen as a killer for the things she was made to do. She won't share her past for this reason. There isn't a single wolf alive, that she knows of, who knows of her past. She intends to keep it that way.
  
  
• PROUD -- It's hard to tear her down when it comes to her species. She is proud of the fact that she is a hybrid and nothing nor anyone could take that away from her. She knows her advantages and disadvantages, but she struts with her head held high.
  
  
• STRONG -- She is a beast. Physically, there is little that can tackle her to the ground. Mentally, she is a stone. She won't let anyone into her mind and keeps a mask of strength upon her face. She won't allow anyone to see her weak, even if it were to be good for her every now and then. She does need to learn these things, but has a hard time doing so.
  

History:

P U P . H O O D

She was created as a weapon. She does not know her parents because she was taken from them early. The breeding was not forced, but her parents had been in love and had intended to have pups. However, their leader had a different idea and had taken Saphira from them as a baby. She was nursed until she was old enough to fight. She started learning to defend herself at a very young age, which made it difficult for her to grow as she should have. She was deprived of social love and she often wondered who her parents were, though she was never even told or shown to them.

Her parents watched her grow up from afar, watching her learn to fight and use her different natural weapons to kill. As she approached the first birthday of her life, she had already learned to take down large game with considerable skill, though she had not managed to get through that without scratches. As she would come to grow older and much larger than she already had --she was quite big even at this point-- she would learn to become an assassin and an escort for important wolves. Basically, she was a weapon of mass destruction in training.

A D O L E S C E N C E

This is beginning in year one and a half of her life, though she already appeared as a fully grown wolf. She was only about halfway done growing at this point. Her mother had been on the smaller size, but she had gotten most of her bulk from her father. This aided her in fights against the other wolves, which were all purebred, that trained with her. This made her stronger and she would grow to her full size. She could easily be mistaken as a male, if not for her eyelashes and slimmer figure. As a hybrid, she was rather beautiful, despite drab colors and her mass of natural weaponry. She was a talented wolf in a group of young soldiers.

Many times, she was asked to escort an important wolf from one territory to another, fending off anyone that would cause harm to that wolf. She was used as a bodyguard for a long while, but was being trained as an assassin. She was capable of taking care of a troublesome creature, as much as she didn't like it. Any enemy her pack wanted dead would more than likely be killed with ease. She was, and is, skillful with her herbs, knowing which is poisonous and which is not. She used this method rather than leaving any marks, which she knew would cause trouble for her in the end. Sometimes, she would be found out and would kill a wolf with no issue. She was protected by her pack, given fake alibis when accused of such crimes.

A D U L T H O O D

Saphira was not fond of the things that she was doing. Through time, she had been betrayed by her pack. Her leader told her she was nothing more than a weapon for them to use, a pawn for him to play. This angered her greatly, for she had been teased about her lineage, told she was a freak and hated by every wolf in the pack. No one loved her and her heart was broken. She trusted no one, but stayed in the pack just because she was attached to it. It was her home, as much as it hurt to remain there. Time and time again, she was attacked or hit by a pack member just because they thought it would be funny. The secret was out, so there was no reason to play nice and pretend to like her anymore.

She had gained a friend in the midst, though. He was a Yagi, a handsome creature that didn't believe she was a freak of nature. He liked her for being a hybrid, because he admired her strength and her different abilities. For a long time, she had never believed he had meant those words, but found that he was true with his words. She confided in him and trusted him, lent her heart to him. He cared for her in so many ways. His name was Syran, and it is a name she will remember for the rest of her life, even if he isn't there now. She loved him for a time, though pushed these feelings aside just to make sure that she wasn't making a mistake that would break her heart.

The leader wasn't fond of this relationship and challenged Saphira to a fight. If she lost, then she would have to leave the pack. If she won, then he would step down and allow her to take over, since she seemed to be far more capable at four years old to handle a pack. However, the leader never did play nice with anyone, and that included her. Having forced Syran to attend the fight between them, which she had accepted whole-heartedly, the leader pushed her aside. He told her that if she did win, whether it was on purpose or not, then Syran would be killed no matter what she tried. She feared this and cared deeply for her friend, so she lost. She allowed the leader to maul her, then leave her for dead.

Strong, she pushed herself up that night and forced herself to leave the pack lands before they returned to finish the job. She found a secluded place and tended to her wounds. She came to WonderWhy eventually, and began to wander aimlessly. She has done so for the last year, getting to know the herbs and the packs and the lands abroad. She intends to start her own pack where everyone can be accepted, no matter who or what they are. Her emotional distress can be on high most of the time, but she wishes to be an example for others. She never backs down for any creatures who brings her hybrid lineage into question. She doesn't think anyone else should either.

Other: If anyone wants to make me a picture, I would love you forever <3