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|| FELMARK ||

|| General Information ||


[Name] : Tess - (( t - EH - s ))

[Age] :  2 years old

[Season of Birth] :  Early Winter

[Gender] : Female ♀ 

[Physical Appearance] :  Tomboyish ; at sight, the cat resembles a young tomcat with feminine traits.



|| Appearance ||



[Description] :
 
Tess is an odd Felmark. She is quite small compared the others and hold a strange resemblance with the Singapura cat despite her not being a cat. Both of her parents were born and raised in Summer Court, her father being a dark brown (Burmese) Felmark with a few stripes on his body, and her mother was a beautiful white splotched Felmark with brown/grey tabby markings. Tess inherited her parents' horns and shared both of their genes. Her petite stature and lean body came from her mother, and her short hair from her father. But in all honesty, Tess shares more similarities with her mother than with her father. After confronting a Griffin, Tess was left with only one horn and a big scar to remind her of her mistake. Her ears were also damaged during the attack; one of them having the tip bent, broken, while the other is simply slightly deformed. She has a short tail and funny enough, only half of her body is tabby and coloured. The other half is pure white, except for the markings on her head and face. Her eyes appear green, but they are truly turquoise.  


[Breed appearance] : Singapura ( 50%) White tabby ( 45%) x Burmese ( 5%)

[Fur colouration] : White, grey/brown.

[Size] : She is quite small, but not by much.

[Fur length/texture] :  Very short hair, typical from a Summer Court Felmark. Soft, but slightly rough to the touch.

[Structure] :  Lean, sleek.

[Injuries/Scars] :  Damaged ears; one bent at the tip. A big scar on the left side of her head where a horn once stood. 

[Scent] :  She doesn't hold a very distinctive smell, other than the flowers she carries on her head.

[Unusual Traits] :  Half white, half tabby. One horn. Bent ear.


|| Personality ||



Bullet; Green || Attentive || Maturity caused the she-cat to become less playful during tasks and more attentive, serious when receiving an order or duty to follow. She will do her best to stay alert and keep her mind focus on the task given. If anyone tries to distract her, she'll easily get annoyed or be a little stern with the troublemaker.

Bullet; Green|| Enthusiastic || Because of the low esteem of herself, Tess has developed an odd behavior where she'll happily boast about other Felmarks exploits or her own, even if the exploit itself was really nothing that great. Thus, making her appear overly enthusiastic at times.   

Bullet; Green || Adventurous || After being promoted her new rank, Tess has grown more bold and a little more adventurous. She'll dare go to places she's never been before in order to discover new items or things to use as artifacts. She is also curious as to how simple objects can shape to become the perfect artifact for another Felmark. This is leading her to be a little more reckless, but not stupid. She'll know how far to push her curiosity.

Bullet; RedBullet; Green || Extremely humble || Even if she was given her new title as Summer Court's new Time-keeper, Tess really doesn't see herself 'more' important than she has been before. Because of that, she tends to keep her new rank secret from other Courts' members, even her friends. She's scared of their reaction to her new position and REALLY doesn't want anyone to feel uncomfortable around her. She reacts really oddly to 'respectful gestures' on her regard. She's still as shy and intimidated of other high ranks (Nobles, Delegates), even though she's considered as important as a Noble now.


Bullet; Red|| Easily Offended || Tess does have a good sense of humour, but she tends to be easily offended too, depending on the subject and the way it was told. Since she's very self-conscious, it's easy to offend her when pointing out something concerning her physical appearance or other subjects related to appearances in general. Normally when it happens, Tess will surrender to the other Felmark's or Familiar's ideas and opinions just to avoid any kind of confrontation or conflicts.

Bullet; Red|| Naive || Not the bravest, and not the smartest. Tess can easily fall victim to pranks and lies because of her very poor judgement. She's extremely gullible and her carefree nature is mainly the source to blame for her naivety. Some would blame the loss of her second horn for having affected her judgement capacity.

Bullet; Red|| Coward || It can't be hidden, this little Felmark is really a coward. She gets easily spooked and as a counter, she snickers and tries to convince herself that it was just another one of those pranks on her or a joke. When proven wrong, Tess is the first to run for her life--if she's not frozen with fright by then.

Bullet; Red|| Reserved || When something bad occurs, Tess chooses to close herself up. Her low esteem makes it hard for her to be criticized or lectured. So she tries to avoid it completely. How? By avoiding bad situations or keeping to herself any bad thing that happens to her; bullying, taunts, witness of any wrong, etc. The more she closes up, the bigger the headache. 



|| Extras ||

- It's no mystery that Tess has lost one of her horns. The scarred area on her head is still quite sensitive. She is prone to major headaches and gets them every 4/7 days.
- The Time-keeper told her she was to become Spiritual. It's unfortunate that she had to lose a horn, using her powers does causes her major headaches. 
- When she meets a new cat, it is difficult for her to make eye contact. In a way, she shows to be submissive to anyone.
- She is terrified of Griffons.
- She has the tendency to stutter when she's scared or shy.
- Tess likes to joke about her pelt coloration and design. She often claims to have been stuck, butt first, in the mud when she was a kit for several days. Thus why she is half tabby and half white. Sometimes, she claims that when she was still a kit, she must have drank too much milk. Thus why she is half white and half tabby.
- It's hard to compliment her, because she doesn't really see herself as pretty. She'll politely accept the compliment, but silently disagree with it.
- Extremely clumsy too.. She finds a way to get stuck in a bush with ONE single horn. 
- Her horn has reached its final stage. It won't be growing anymore.
- Despite being terrified of Griffons, Tess is really attached to her artifact. She'll be terribly sad if she comes to lose it.
- Tess decided to keep her artifact around, even after being granted natural powers. She's too attached to her beak to let it go and keeps it as an accessory instead.
- She no longer posesses an artifact, seeing as she doesn't need one anyway. 
- She tends to give in to her Familiar's demand. Jewel truly is the one wearing the pants in this 'relationship'.



|| Sexuality ||



[Sexual Orientation] : Strictly Straight ; Uninterested by the same gender. At all.

[Romantic Orientation] : Demiromantic


| Preferences | Tess highly dislikes stereotypes. She loves uniqueness in a Felmark and will mostlikely be interested in them if they are different. There isn't much else. Tess is really not picky when it comes to appearances. If she had to choose though, she would rather have someone taller than her. Much taller. Other than that, Tess is pretty open for anything.

| Eye candy | 

- Tall cats
- Antlers (Autumn Court horns)
- Cute and colourful Familiars

| Pet Peeves | 

- Know-it-all
- Arrogance
- Players

[Looking For] : 

( - ) Short term relationship
( - ) Long term relationship
( x ) Open relationship
( x ) Quick fling
() Uncertain


[Goals in Love] : 

( x ) Be asked out in a date
( x ) Have a mate
( x ) Have kittens

*Tess is pretty indecisive when it comes to romance. She's not the most romantic she-cat and doesn't really see herself in a relationship. She is very awkward about the subject and even though she wishes to have a family of her own, she still is ver unsure of when, how and with who she wants that future to be. Thus why her Goals in Love are so limited. 


[Current Status] : Single

[Crush//Attracted to] |
Westly (Major crush), Donovan (Slight crush)

[Boyfriend] : NOne

[Mate] : NOne

[Kit(s)] : ...

[Fertility] : Normal; Can only have up to 4 kittens per litters.



|| Family Tree ||



[Father] : 

Timotheus ♂ // Summer // Deceased

[Mother] : 

Ephy ♀ // Summer // Deceased


[Siblings] : 

Owen ♂ // Summer // Deceased

Mathys ♂ // Summer // Deceased


[Extended Family]
 



[Uncles & Aunts] :

Bo ♂ // Summer // Rogue

Elly ♀ // Summer // Deceased

Leya ♀ // Summer // Rogue

Matthews ♂ // Summer // Deceased


|| Backstory ||

Bullet; Black = CLOSED
Bullet; Green = ONGOING

Bullet; Black | Prologue |

In brief..
- Born in a litter of three
- Mother died due to blood loss after the birth
- Ephy's sister took over and fed the kits while the father disapproved of her actions
- Elly had to name the kits herself
- The father takes no responsibilities over the kits, his grief too strong


Bullet; Black | Kitten |

In brief..
- Tess is constantly being picked on and pushed around by her two brothers
- She shows a big admiration towards the world and living things around her
- Elly tells the kits of who their father is and the truth about their mother
- The two brothers shows little concern about their passed mother while Tess seems struck by the revelation
- Tess isn't really thrilled by the idea of meeting her father
- The father is shocked to see how much Tess reminds him of Ephy, looks and personality
- He tries to find ways to interact and get closer to Tess while she does her best to avoid him


Bullet; Black | A Bond |

In brief..
- Tess seems uncertain about the different breeds of birds flying around the forest. She spends extra time just to find the right one
- She stumbles on a broken nest with tiny broken eggs in it
- She finds out that her brothers have stumped the nest in their search of the perfect bird
- She meets Jewel, a small Hummingbird
- Jewel tells her that two large Felmark destroyed her nest and killed her unborn babies
- Tess threatens her brother to tell the Noble if they don't apologize to Jewel
- The brothers both denies the accident and leave Jewel to her problems
- For the days to come, Tess will spend her time trying to cheer the Hummingbird up
- Her efforts pays off when Jewel ask Tess to take her as her familiar


Bullet; Black | Griffon |

In brief..
- Elly is killed while she was out hunting. The killer was a Griffon
- The two brothers plots an attack on the Griffon that killed Elly
- Tess overhears them and tell them that it might not be a smart thing to do
- Because she overheard their conversation, the brother forces Tess to join in the plot so to make sure she doesn't tell on them, which she does without much of a choice
- They leave during a calm night to track the Griffon
- They are suddenly ambushed by a Griffon and attacked!
- Luckily, the father isn't too far and comes to their aid, though sadly, he is too late to save the two brothers
- The battle taking place attracts other Felmark to the position, forcing the Griffon to retreat after a brutal fight with the father
- With the help of the other Felmarks, the father and Tess are taken back to the Court, the two in really bad condition
- The father refuses to get treated until he is certain that his daughter is going to survive
- It's the first time that the father acknowledge the kit to be his daughter  


Bullet; Black | Blink |

In brief..
- Tess awakens two days after the carnage with mild amnesia
- She is told of what happened, the death of her brothers and the death of her father, who succumbed to his injuries a day before she awoke
- She also discovers the scar that she will have to bare for the rest of her life; her missing horn
- Tess is forced to remain at camp until her injury fully heals
- During that time, Tess isolates herself from the rest of the Court and only opens up to her Familiar
- Jewel reveals that her father had stayed the entire day with her before he was found dead. Oddly enough, he was clinging on a broken beak the entire time
- Tess successfully finds that weird broken beak her father was holding on to when he died. She decides to keep it, convinced that somehow, it'll keep her close to her father
- She fully recovers two months later
- Tess realizes how stranger the court is to her, now that she's allowed to tread around
- She also realizes with a big pang that she is now alone.. without a family to rely on
- It's the first time that she is given the chance to act and speak by herself, without a brother to tell her what to do
- She's unsure of how to handle this change..


Bullet; Black | A New Fate |

In brief..
- A few months after the tragedy, Tess has come to meet other Felmarks from her court and others
- She's made a few friends, and a few foes too
- Meeting new faces didn't really help the she-mark with her confidence. She's still as shy as ever when approached to 
- After a terrible thunderstorm, Summer Court's Time-keeper went missing. She was never heard or seen after the storm despite the Court's desperate attempt to find her
- During that same night, Tess fell in a very deep slumber where she dreamed to be touched by unidentified and powerful forces
- The next day, Tess awoke with an unexplainable feeling of grief. Almost as though she was aware that someone close to her was gone.. when really, there was no one closer to her than the actual Felmarks she knew about
- She eventually figured out, with the help of her Familiar, that she was probably aware of something far deeper than she thought. She was probably aware of the death of an important cat
- After informing the Noble of her new found feelings and other strange phenomenon happening to her, she was then informed of the possibility that she may have become Summer Court's new Time-keeper
- Due to the Court not having any new off-springs, the powers of the former Time-keeper, after her death, might have found a way to be passed down on Tess herself
- Without any other lead or explanation to her new powers, the Court has come to accept the fact that they might have lost their Time-keeper to the storm, and that Tess was now Summer Court's new Time-Keeper
- Tess is still slightly in denial of all this, unable to really see herself fitting to that new role. But despite that, she cannot hide her new powers nor can she explain them. And after hours of trying to understand, Tess has come to accept that fate and is now slowly accepting that she is not 'insignificant' to the Court any more. But her fears of disappointing them is something that she can longer control


Bullet; Black | Adjustments |

In brief.. 
- During a small raid, Tess was ordered to keep an eye on the collected artifacts in her den. She tried her best to keep all of them safe, but at the sight of an apprentice Felmark getting their own stolen by a Drake, the Timekeeper felt the sudden urge to chase after the burglar.
- In her dismay, the Drake had not only got away, but also guided her into a trap. She was ambushed by three other Drakes.
- When everything seemed lost for the young Timekeeper, an Autumn Felmark by the name of Donovan had arrived at the scene just in time to help the she-mark.
- After the last Drake had fled, Tess carefully led the tom into a more secured area and healed his wounds. She also asked her Familiar to seek for aid, and once help was on the way, Tess left the tom to carry on with her search. This artifact had to be retrieved no matter what..
- After seeing how little progress she was making, Tess decided to turn towards her court for guidance. She approached a tom named Rowan, who had beend assigned to be the lead of a patrol earlier that morning. She pleaded for his help and so he helped her.
- They infiltrated the deserted nest of a Drake and were able to retrive the stolen Artifact, but at the cost of another. 
- They were ambushed by an adult Drake and chased out of the den. 
- Once out, Tess rejoiced after successfully retrieving the stolen Artifact, but is immediately struck at the sight of her own Artifact. The beak she used to carry all the time was now broken.
- After returning home, they part ways and Tess returns the stolen Artifact to their rightful owner.
- Later that night, she goes to visit her father's grave and buries her broken Artifact in soil next to his grave. She is now free from her father's burden. She vows never to look back and go forth in her life.
- She pays her respect to her father, and then returns home.



Bullet; Green | Brand new Start |
The following will update regularly~

In brief.. 
- ...



|| Trivia ||



| Voice Actor | 
 Dana Gaier

| Theme | Daughter - Youth


| Likes |
- Flowers
- Clouds
- Hummingbird
- Canary
- Small birds
- Antlers
- Artifacts

| Dislike |
- Drakes
- Griffons
- Moles


|Secret|
- ???


|Dream|
- To meet all of the TimeKeepers
- To have a close friend

|Fears|
-
Fail as a Timekeeper
- Lose Jewel
- To be called ugly because of her scar
- Lose her other horn


|| FAMILIAR ||



|| General Information ||


[Name] :
 Jewel - (( joo-uh l ))

[Age] :  2 years old

[Gender] : Female ♀ 

| Voice Actor |  Awkward Marina

| Theme | The world is MINE - SweetPoffin Ver.


|| Appearance ||



[Description] :
 
Jewel is a very flamboyant bird close to the size of a big grape. Tiny as she is, she makes out with her strong personality. She is quite colourful with three dominant colours on her tiny figure. Her feathers are rough to the touch and quite compact. She's not really fluffy, the bit of fur and feather she has is sleek against her skin, making it easier for her to fly and maintain a good speed qithout much effort. The feature that stand out mostly on her is her long thin beak. 


[Bird specie] : Hummingbird 

[Colouration] : Green, red, yellow, very pale yellow.

[Size] : Tiny compared to Felmarks, but one of the tallest among the otehr Hummingbirds.

[Injuries/Scars] :  None.

[Scent] :  She smells like flowers.


|| Personality ||



Bullet; Green|| Courageous || She might be small, but that little birdie is full of spunk. She isn't scared to speak out her mind and also the first one to butt in if trouble starts... unless she's the one causing it. 

Bullet; Green|| Optimistic || Despite how bad things turns out, Jewel always keeps an optimistic outlook for everything. 

Bullet; Red|| Hot-tempered || She takes offence quite easily. And when she gets angry, she can easily lose her cool and get ahead of her with her bold nature. Sometimes, she forgets how small she is.. Oh, and she's quite rude when angry too.

Bullet; Red || Arrogant || After discovering Tess' new powers, Jewel has become overly proud of her companion and herself. She boasts about being the first HummingBird to be linked to a Time-Keeper and she doesn't seem to show the slightest concern of how her arrogance may affect her companion or the others. 

Bullet; Red|| Talkative || Jewel is a little talk ball of blur. She can be easily compared to the fictional character named 'Navi' in the Zelda games. She will always try to catch her companion's attention by shaking, emitting hitch pitched sounds and screaming 'hey' over the Felmark's head. She hates to be ignored. And her voice makes it the more annoying; she talks like a chipmunk.


|| Fun Facts ||


- Tess was originally created with two horns with a scar in between them. 
- Tess was named after a character from the game 'Last of Us'
- Tess might have never been a TimeKeeper (maybe)
- I was bored when I created Tess' design. I have no idea how it came to be.
- Tess' family was not supposed to be all dead. The only reason why I killed them off was to avoid having them alive, but nonexistent. Like NPCs. I wanted to avoid having to explain why they weren't around or mentioned within the Court's residence.
- When designing Jewel, I never really took the time to do any research on Hummingbirds. I simply got inspired by the most common breed of Hummingbirds; the Ruby-throated Hummingbird. But after a while, I decided to check them out. I recently discovered that the red-throats are only dominant on the male Hummingbird while the female doesn't share that distinctive aspect. They are quite neutral toned and lack the colour red. It means that Jewel's design is incoherent and flawed.
- Jewel was named after a character in the movie Rio.
- Tess was supposed to have a Canary, but I switched after listening to a clip from the movie 'Pocahontas' and turned her Familiar into a Hummingbird.

|| Roleplay Information ||


|Bullet; YellowChat RP // SEMI-OPEN 
|Bullet; YellowNote RP // SEMI-OPEN
|Bullet; GreenDOCs RP // OPEN
|Bullet; GreenSkype RP // OPEN 
|Bullet; WhiteComment RP // PENDING

/RP from The-Golden-Butterfly with Nobuo and Maika/

Not too far from there, a tall dull cinnamon tomcat stood still, his eyes locked into the starry night sky. The carpet of millions of diamonds glittering above his head was alluring, making him feel.. oddly safe. What was it about this place that made him so comfortable? They only had arrived a few days ago and already.. he was feeling at home? At his place. Odd, considering he usually never left Fire Tribe’s camp back in Nandryx’s original grounds, finding the old land too spiteful for his own taste. It was the land where he was found and where he was given his tattoo, his powers. Why the hell didn’t he feel safe back there? Perhaps because the old land was home to too many bad memories from the dull warrior. When he arrived under the sky of the new territory, he felt as though all of his sins had been pushed aside. It was like.. a new beginning. What will he do? Will he just ruin everything again? Will he just ignore it and return to being the awful, snappy cat he was and is? This new territory was already giving him a headache and he sighed, shaking his head as an attempt to clear it from all the torments. Why dwell in the past when what really mattered was the future and the present? He was back with Tzurai, loved her and he had his kits with him. Luckily this time, none of them were dead or had died. That was a sign, no? Quietly, he regretted spending more time on his own than with his offsprings, but it couldn’t be helped. He wanted to explore the new land. See how mysterious it was. Plus, he was curious. Why was he feeling so at ease here? So comfortable.. What kind of secrets did this land held from him? Was he.. originally born here?

A sound made him jerk, interrupting his thoughts as he approached the dense forest near Air Tribe’s territory. He blinked, looked around before shrugging it off. It was probably nothing important. He took the opportunity to stretch his limbs out in front and behind him. His muscles sore from all this walking throughout the day. He wasn’t used to being this active. And as he stretched, his claws flexing in and out. He let out a loud yawn, feeling the fatigue reach him at last. But as he inhaled, the strong scent of his daughter came knocking at the back of his tongue, fresh and strong. He gagged, shaking his pelt vigorously.

Maika?” he voiced out. Air tribe’s scent was something he highly disliked. He never liked the taste, nor was he ever looking to smell it. But he could very well recognize his daughter’s smell from the rest. It was unexplainable. Something a parent could only understand. Softly, he dived into the darkness of the forest, the frozen brambles clinging to his coat, scratching him on the surface. He hissed every time a dart dug too deep in his coat, but he didn’t stop to take it off. What could his daughter be doing in the middle of a forest she knew practically nothing about? ‘Oh no, I’m not losing you too. Don’t you dare do something stupid--’ His thoughts blanked out at the sight. His daughter, a beautiful dull cinnamon she-cat curled under a canopy of frozen leaves. Her face hidden under her paws. Her body convulsing as she choked in her cries. His ears lowered, his eyes widening, clouded with concern. At this very moment, nothing mattered to him, but her.

Maika?” he murmured, making his way towards her less massive form. “Baby, what’s wrong.. ?





Artwork © Ellie (me)

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MajestyWarriorLife's avatar
cool. are there a lot of this kind of art on deviant art?