Post by abalancedbreakfast on Jun 5, 2016 13:46:01 GMT
Name: Marat
Nicknames: Bane of Despots, Liberator
Species: Lion
Age: Young Adult (21)
Gender: Male
Description:
Marat is a lion with a fairly decent sized brown mane that flows backwards from his forehead to his shoulders. He has a lighter shade of brown for his pelt colors, and an even lighter shade for his underbelly. He is a rather ruggedly built, barrel chested lion. He has green eyes.
Behaviour:
Marat is a liberator. He spends his time moving from pride to pride, scouring out the benevolent kings from the dictatorial ones, and when he comes across a harshly and unfairly ruled kingdom, he stops and does his best to liberate that kingdom. His plans are usually very well thought out. He stalks the pride he's planning on liberating for one or two weeks before ever making his presence known, learning their habits, culture, patrol times, anything that can be useful. Then, with the help of his Drongo friend, Talisman, he starts to carefully craft alliances, lining up new, more benevolent leaders well in advance to take the throne and avoid a power vacuum. He trains the local lionesses in secret in the ways of fighting, and if the time comes for a violent confrontation, he's on the front lines, fighting for the oppressed.
History:
Marat was born to a rogue mother and father. It is important to note that the father who raised him was not his biological father. His mother was under the regime of an oppressive king when she got pregnant, and Marat's father liberated her pride, and fell in love with the then pregnant mother in the process. He has one brother who is the biological son of his father, who decided to settle down and start a pride of his own with a lioness he'd met in one of his travels with the family. The family had traveled around for most of their lives, as Marat's father was a Liberator, and in fact, trained Marat in all his ways. When he was 17 years old, Marat liberated his first pride. At the start of "Game of Spies", he has liberated four prides so far (he attempted to liberate 5, but one of them, a pride in the desert, was a job that ended up very bad, that he sometimes still has nightmares of). Due to his role, Marat has strong ties to these four prides, and often uses them as places to lay his hat. The new kings he puts in place often regard him as an equal, and welcome him into their territory with open arms.
Eating Habits:
When he's stalking or doing work liberating a pride, he often has to eat less meat and more bugs so that the hunting parties of the land don't notice that there are one or two less prey animals about in the herds. When he is off on his own however, he loves to eat any sort of meat he can get his hands on.
Special Ability:
Marat has the ability to Hypnotize some people. However, this is rooted in real life stage hypnosis, not magic. Only 1/3 of the lions he comes across are susceptible to hypnosis, and if he suggests something to a hypnotized person that they don't truly want to do in their subconscious, they will wake up. Because it is such a risky ability to use, he tends to use it very sparingly. He learned his hypnosis techniques from a mandrill shaman who wanted to make sure he wasn't an outlaw before healing him after the desert incident. The mandrill used hypnosis to make sure that Marat was telling the truth about why he was injured, and when it was found he was telling the truth, the mandrill let him keep his memory of the hypnosis, and Marat asked for some intermediate training. The Mandrill he learned from had a 100% success rate, making him a master hypnotizer. Marat, on the other hand, still needs practice before he can start to be able to crack less susceptible people.
Nicknames: Bane of Despots, Liberator
Species: Lion
Age: Young Adult (21)
Gender: Male
Description:
Marat is a lion with a fairly decent sized brown mane that flows backwards from his forehead to his shoulders. He has a lighter shade of brown for his pelt colors, and an even lighter shade for his underbelly. He is a rather ruggedly built, barrel chested lion. He has green eyes.
Behaviour:
Marat is a liberator. He spends his time moving from pride to pride, scouring out the benevolent kings from the dictatorial ones, and when he comes across a harshly and unfairly ruled kingdom, he stops and does his best to liberate that kingdom. His plans are usually very well thought out. He stalks the pride he's planning on liberating for one or two weeks before ever making his presence known, learning their habits, culture, patrol times, anything that can be useful. Then, with the help of his Drongo friend, Talisman, he starts to carefully craft alliances, lining up new, more benevolent leaders well in advance to take the throne and avoid a power vacuum. He trains the local lionesses in secret in the ways of fighting, and if the time comes for a violent confrontation, he's on the front lines, fighting for the oppressed.
History:
Marat was born to a rogue mother and father. It is important to note that the father who raised him was not his biological father. His mother was under the regime of an oppressive king when she got pregnant, and Marat's father liberated her pride, and fell in love with the then pregnant mother in the process. He has one brother who is the biological son of his father, who decided to settle down and start a pride of his own with a lioness he'd met in one of his travels with the family. The family had traveled around for most of their lives, as Marat's father was a Liberator, and in fact, trained Marat in all his ways. When he was 17 years old, Marat liberated his first pride. At the start of "Game of Spies", he has liberated four prides so far (he attempted to liberate 5, but one of them, a pride in the desert, was a job that ended up very bad, that he sometimes still has nightmares of). Due to his role, Marat has strong ties to these four prides, and often uses them as places to lay his hat. The new kings he puts in place often regard him as an equal, and welcome him into their territory with open arms.
Eating Habits:
When he's stalking or doing work liberating a pride, he often has to eat less meat and more bugs so that the hunting parties of the land don't notice that there are one or two less prey animals about in the herds. When he is off on his own however, he loves to eat any sort of meat he can get his hands on.
Special Ability:
Marat has the ability to Hypnotize some people. However, this is rooted in real life stage hypnosis, not magic. Only 1/3 of the lions he comes across are susceptible to hypnosis, and if he suggests something to a hypnotized person that they don't truly want to do in their subconscious, they will wake up. Because it is such a risky ability to use, he tends to use it very sparingly. He learned his hypnosis techniques from a mandrill shaman who wanted to make sure he wasn't an outlaw before healing him after the desert incident. The mandrill used hypnosis to make sure that Marat was telling the truth about why he was injured, and when it was found he was telling the truth, the mandrill let him keep his memory of the hypnosis, and Marat asked for some intermediate training. The Mandrill he learned from had a 100% success rate, making him a master hypnotizer. Marat, on the other hand, still needs practice before he can start to be able to crack less susceptible people.
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