Miharu Mindi

[Miharu Mindi]

Miharu Mindi Winter's Scorn Screaming in the dark, I howl when we're apart Drag my teeth across your chest to taste your beating heart My fingers claw your skin, try to tear my way in You are the moon that breaks the night for which I have to howl ~florence + the machine Basic Information Race: Kelvic Birthday & Age: 91st of Spring, 508 AV. 2 years old. Gender: Female Physical Description When in her human form, Miharu is nigh-indistinguishable from true humans. She is a bit taller than most at 5'11", but she is slender and compact, though broad-shouldered, slim in the hips with powerful legs. She's blond-haired (though she has a strange charcoal streak through her bangs) and pale-skinned, with a narrow face and delicate features. Her eyes, however, give her away - huge golden orbs with far too much cunning within them, the eyes of a skilled predator. Her shift reveals a huge wolf, three feet high in the shoulder, born and bred to be a master killer. Her fur is mostly silver, though the same dark streak that showed in her bangs now darkens the ridge of fur along her spine and tips her ears. Character Concept Miharu is not a social creature, despite the instincts of the wolf within her. She spurns the company of others, rude and bitter towards them, and often reacts violently when challenged about her attitude. She is her own Alpha, and will brook no competition for the title. Even so, she is not cruel, and doesn't go out of her way to antagonize anyone. It's just that, you know, if she's drinking alone in a bar and some jackass comes up to tell her how pretty she'd look underneath him, she's like to scatter the floor with his teeth before she turns back to her drink. Character History Miharu was not always such a bitch. She was actually a very sweet child, her parents both Kelvic as well. Her father, Jakob, was a huntsman for the scattered families that lived just outside of Avanthal. He was a snow leopard, a careful and precise hunter who brought many riches in meat and furs to his Master, Lliani. He'd sired Miharu on another Kelvic at Lliani's request, who wished to keep some part of Jakob with her after he passed on. He'd happily complied, and when the other shifter dropped off little Miharu, she was welcomed into Lliani's family with great joy. She grew quickly, as all Kelvic were wont to do, and spent her first year year of life stalking the woods at her father's side, learning his ways. Just before her first birthday, on the cusp of womanhood, her father was killed by a rabid bear. This devastated not only Miharu but Lliani as well. Though Miharu served her faithfully, doing anything she could to cheer her heart-broken master, Lliani never recovered from her grief - only realizing after his death that she'd loved Jakob deeply. Just as spring changed to summer in 509 AV, Lliani took her own life. Miharu took her death very hard. She convinced herself that it was a fault within her, that she was incapable of serving a Master well enough to please her, unable to inspire the love that was required in such a bond. It didn't help that Lliani's family blamed her as well, turning her out with harsh words of how unfit she'd been, and those words of her own inadequacy followed her into the forests of Taldera. She has spent her days ever since in bitter solitude, scorning anyone who would even try to get close to her. It is a constant battle for her, for she still yearns to find someone she can bond with, struggles with herself every time she sees someone weak being taken advantage of, longs to champion them and redeem herself but afraid of what rejection and failure could mean. She considered taking her own life, but even that seemed too easy - death was simply not enough punishment for her failure. So she lives on, filling her days with the thrill of the hunt, telling herself that perhaps the next prey will finally end her suffering. It is not the prey she seeks but her own death, and though some kernel of hope survives within her caged heart, she has spent most of her life ignoring it so vehemently that she has nearly convinced herself of her own worthlessness. She spent two seasons spanning the wildlands of Taldera and bringing down the massive creatures that live in the Northern Reaches. Boredom encroached upon her solitary world, though, the familiar creatures presenting no challenges, and so she decided to travel the world in search of new prey. She traveled the length and breadth of Mizahar in search of something she could not put a name to - and found it in Siiri of the Snapping Jaws Clan. The two have become bondmates, and though Miharu had always imagined that finding a bondmate would be the hardest thing in her life, she'd quickly learning that it's even harder to be bonded to a Myrian warrior. The people of Taloba are suspicious and unaccepting, and she is having a hard time adjusting to this new environment; even so, she will not stop trying, determined to prove herself and carve out a life at Siiri's side.

[Miharu Mindi]

Training and Possessions And thanks for the trouble you took from her eyes I thought it was there for good, so I never tried. ~Leonard Cohen Training (Skills, Arcana, Gnosis, Lore) Languages: Canine (Fluent) Common (Fluent) Vani (Basic) Myrian (poor) Abilities: Shapeshifting Heightened Senses Skills: Hunting: 44/100 (10 pts RB, 20 pts SP, 2 XP, 2 XP, 2 XP, 1 XP, 1 XP, 1 XP, 1 XP, 4 XP) Unarmed Combat: 21/100 (5 pts SP, 3 XP, 2 XP, 2 XP, 2 XP, 3 XP, 2 XP, 2 XP) Wilderness Survival: 17/100 (5 pts SP, 4 XP, 2 XP, 2 XP, 2 XP, 2 XP) Medicine: 16/100 (5 pts SP, 1 XP, 2 XP, 1 XP, 2 XP, 1 XP, 1 XP, 3 XP) Stealth: 16/100 (10 pts SP, 2 XP, 1 XP, 3 XP) Tracking: 12/100 (5 pts SP, 3 XP, 1 XP, 1 XP, 1 XP, 1 XP) Rhetoric: 11/100 (1 XP, 5 XP, 2 XP, 3 XP) Observation: 11/100 (2 XP, 3 XP, 1 XP, 3 XP, 2 XP) Interrogation: 10/100 (3 XP, 1 XP, 2 XP, 2 XP, 1 XP, 1 XP) Climbing: 6/100 (1 XP, 5 XP) Intimidation: 6/100 (1 XP, 2 XP, 1 XP, 2 XP) Skinning: 4/100 (3 XP, 1 XP) Wrestling: 3/100 (3 XP) Seduction: 3/100 (3 XP Tactics: 3/100 (1 XP, 1 XP, 1 XP) Teaching: 2/100 (2 XP) Brewing Tea: 2/100 (2 XP) Running: 2/100 (1 XP, 1 XP) Storytelling: 1/100 (1 XP) Rejection: 1/100 (1 XP) Riding (Horses): 1/100 (1 XP) Riding (Tsana): 1/100 (1 XP) Leadership: 1/100 (1 XP) Butchering: 1/100 (1 XP) Massage: 1/100 (1 XP) Animal Husbandry: 1/100 (1 XP) Philosophy: 1/100 (1 XP) Camouflage: 1/100 (1 XP) Detection: 1/100 (1 XP) Greatsword: 1/100 (1 XP) Lores: Skinning for Profit - How best to skin an animal's pelt for later sale Directional Sense - The inherent knowledge of which direction is what Hunting with Humans Kelvic Bond Rejection Myrian fangs Cannibalism Dealing with Grouchy People Chastising Stupid Actions Stitching Wounds Kelvic Bonding Reimancy Tiger Roarer Capybaras Myrian Tattooing Techniques Making Small Talk Marking a Territory Covering a Blood Trail Fear of Rejected Bonding Major Killing Points of a Humanoid Body Lore of Alvadas Lore of Ionu Illusions can be too real Fighting basic instinct Myrian Usage of Tattoos Capabilities of a Kelvic-Bondmate Bond Possessive Tendencies of the Riamm Riamm Berserking Abilities The Riamm The Pain of being Alone How to Find a Friend How to Trust Another Ivaski Wolves (Poor) Lore of Benshira Cuisine Lore of Desert Hares Lore of Benshira Attire Lore of Chaktawe scent Lore of Wilderness Survival: Marking One's Territory A Reason to Smile Helping Prey Escape a Predator Hunting tsanas Knowing when to flee Handling Slayer Not understanding the purpose of clothes Kisthkin (Basic) Following orders Joining a Myrian hunting party Slinking through a forest The Quoalelye The Rain Festival Being Defensive of Siiri Perseverance in the Face of Physical Shortcomings Equipment and Possessions 2 sarongs (one emerald green, one honey-gold) given by Siiri 1 warm winter cloak 2 pairs high boots 1 Kelvic belt 1 dagger and sheath with a wolf's paw stamp 1 beltpouch with a tree-and-moon stamp 1 hatchet 1 skinning knife 1 whetstone 1 waterskin 1 Backpack: Toiletries, various dried foodstuffs, a small knife, flint & steel 1 Healer's kit Spices: 1 oz Mint, 3 oz salt, 1/2 lb tea, 1 pt honey Family heirloom: A chain made of thin steel links threaded through a tarnished silver ring. This was a gift that Lliani had given Jakob, and which Miharu wears to remind her of her own failings. When in human form, the chain hangs down to her navel beneath her clothing, long enough that it remains around her neck in wolf form but doesn't choke her. Ledger +100 gm (Starting Package) +500 gm (No shelter from Starting Package) -4gm: Woodsman's Axe (Starting Package) -1gm: 5 sewing needles and 5 spools of thread (Starting Package) -50gm: Healer's kit (Starting Package) -3gm: Belt, sheath, beltpouch, boots. All Things Leather S10/510 -4gm 2sm 9cm: Spices, Dagger, Skinning Knife, Whetstone Great Bazaar S10/510 -4gm: Spring Seasonal Expenses 510(Squalor) +100gm: Spring Seasonal Earnings 510(Hunter) -55gm: Field Healer's Kit, Yahebah Bazaar -1gm: Lodging in Alvadas, The Wolf's Cave -45gm: Summer Seasonal Expenses 511 (Poor) -4gm: Fall Seasonal Expenses 511 (Squalor) _____ 527 gm, 6 sm, 90 cm

[Miharu Mindi]

Thread List Kiss me, please kiss me! But kiss me out of desire, babe, and not consolation... ~Jeff Buckley Thread List Current: A Thing Monstrous and Free Late Fall 510 Homecoming Sp1/511 Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained S53/511 Being graded: The Rain Festival S1/510 Closed: Border Skirmishes W90/508 Even Pups Bite S58/509 A Warm Wind Blows Sp3/510 All Things Leather Sp10/510 The Hunters Meet Sp13/510 The Hunters Awaken Sp14/510 Hunting the Guardian Sp19/510 Alvadas - The Gaping Maw Sp35/510 A Day in the Life Sp35/510 Beasts of Prey Sp70/510 An Outsider's Arrival Sp77/510 Training - Predators Sp78/510 What You Have Given Me Sp78/510 Exploring the Market Sp79/510 Hunting by Numbers S50/510 Sea, Sun, and Sand F1/510 Desert Predators F30/510 One of the Dark Places of the World Late Fall 510