{Name} K'zaka (Kay-Zah-Kah)
{Nicknames} Kay, Kaze, Zach, Keen-Eyes
{Sex} Male

{Religious Beliefs} Mountain Cat Gods

{Age}  23 moons (1 year, 11 months)
{Birthday} 7th of August (Leo)

{Region} North
{Rank} Searcher (Formally: Kit --> Forager --> Loner)
{Guide} I'hua (formally, unofficially)
{Rookie} Jennifer

{Stats}
» speed              
» strength           
» stamina            
» attack              
» defense            
» tactics              

{{E L E M E N T A L   I N F O R M A T I O N

{Element} Mud
{Type} Secondary (uncommon)
{Bloodline}  Mother (Villa) Water // Father (Ahuli) Earth

{Stamina} 7/10
{Energy Points} 17

{Ability Stones} (descriptions taken from :devthe-brightest-shadow) (listed in order obtained)

Grounded || Mud || 2/5 || Description - When used, the user turns the ground under their opponent's feet into thick, sticky mud. If the enemy is not fast enough to move out of the way, they will quickly sink into the mud pit that surrounds their paws and will get stuck.


Murky Water || Mud || 3/5 || Description - Allows the user to raise mud from water, purifying it in a way. 


Concrete || Mud || 2/5 || Description - This spell allows the user to turn mud into quickly drying concrete-- the user can then use it when crafting, or they can also use this against their opponent and glue their opponent to the ground for some time.


Complete Camouflage || Mud || 3/5 || Description - Though a simple move, this spell takes up a decent amount of energy. The user casts this spell to hide themselves away, concealing not only the site of themselves, but also their scent, pelt and paw prints.

Sinkhole || Mud || 3/5 || Description - This spell allows the user to make the ground beneath their opponent's paws to melt and fall in. Depending on how deep the hole is, it can trap and harm your opponent from the fall, but the user must be careful so they don't fall into the hole as well!

{{P H Y S I C A L   I N F O R M A T I O N

{fur}
    {length} medium length fur, it is slightly longer on his tail and cheeks
   {thickness} thin in warm seasons but thickens in cold weather
   {shedding} moderate - little to none in warm seasons; sheds a lot at the beginning of spring
   {color} light brown with a creamy colored chest, underbelly, and face. darker brown sports on his face and back that contain tabby stripes.
   
{eyes}
    {color} ice blue
   {sight ability} perfect vision
   {pupils} usually large and round as he is still a young cat
   {reflectivity} somewhat dull, glossier in the mornings after he wakes up

{claws & teeth}
    {claws} sharpened, short-medium length claws that are an off white color
   {teeth} sharp, though he is missing a couple on the left side of his mouth

{build}
    {height} tall - larger than the average tom cat; his shoulders meet near an average tom's nose.
   {length} laying stretched out on the ground he is not very long - his body is very condensed and muscular
   {prominent traits} his forearms are very muscular due to lots of rock climbing, and his shoulders are very prominent, his hind legs are also muscular but they do not stand out as much.

{scars}
    {face} the scars that run down his face are from burns obtained in the West Region's flames.
   {back} a long scar from the talon of a large bird
   {leg} his gauntlet covers a healing wound from a fall

{accessories}
    {rabbit fur scar} a scarf crafted for warmth that he wears around his neck - in the center is his first ability stone, "grounded". there is a small swatch of leather that connects the scarf together, and the yellow straps around the ability stone and on the brown swatch are dyed leather. the yellow straps are fastined to the rabbit pelt with bone fragments and there are red, yellow, and blue beads strung throughout the fur.
    {ability stone necklace} a necklace crafted shortly before his journey to the regions, made to hold onto ability stones.
    {gauntlet} he used to wear his gauntlet on the other foreleg, but after an injury he began wearing it on the other. it was crafted by his grandmother, Icise, out of brown leather and dyed yellow leather. it is lined with soft rabbit fur and decorated with two blue beads and a red bead.

{{P E R S O N A L I T Y   I N F O R M A T I O N

{key
     positive
    neutral
    negative

{traits
    Loyal || Respectful || Strong-Willed || Careful || Confident || Reckless for Others || Knightly || Grumpy || Antisocial || Glory-Bound || Religious || Unintentionally Romantic || Sexist

{ || Loyal || "...If you ever need me, just shout my name and I'll be there"
    K'zaka was raised in a community where loyalty was everything: he grew up in the mountains in a very small group of cats constantly surrounded by family, and with a blind mother that needed her son's help whenever he could provide it he grew to believe that it simply was best to return favors for others. If a cat does something kind from him on any level, be it showing him a cool rock that they found or saving his life, K'zaka will always do his best to return the favor somehow, even if it means working hard to go out of his way to do something. He isn't always happy about running errands for others, but his thankfulness outweighs that and he believes that it is his duty to help others.

{ || Respectful || "Iorek, my liege, you wanted to speak with me?"
    This tom cat knows authority when he sees it, and he is always respectful to cats who rank above him. Upon joining the regions he immediately began to treat his leader, adviser, and healers with as much respect as he could give them, using titles like "my liege" or "my lord". He refers to nearly all she-cat's as "milady" and when he is around authoritarian cats he talks very properly and articulates things to the best of his ability. He also bows his head as a greeting to cats in authority.

 { || Strong-Willed || "Don't push it - I know what I believe and I'm not going to let you change me!"
    Watch out Followers - this isn't a tom cat that you can push around very easily! K'zaka is respectful of the beliefs of all cats; he doesn't personally believe in Andromeda and Bane, but he understands why the cats in the regions do and he has no problems with that. There is no changing this tom's beliefs though! And if he is set on completing a task he will follow through with it - he's a hard worker and it is very had to tempt him to change his plans.

{ || Careful || "Waaaaait; we're going to take this slow, such a steep slope is dangerous and I'm not interested in spending a moon with Olive, Glendower, and Nicodemus." 
    Having grown up in the dangerous territory of the mountains, where rock falls are frequent and birds of prey seem to be circling above when they are least expected, K'zaka grew to be a very careful tom. This is also parially due to the fact that he often led his blind mother, Villa, around the mountains, and simply got into the habit of walking slowly and thinking things through.

{ || Confident || "Pffh; this is nothing. I can climb that tree and retrieve it for you, just wait here."
    It is said that confidence runs in K'zaka's family, and his mother Villa always said that K'zaka's confidence reminded her of her sister, a member of the West Region. K'zaka took on difficult tasks from a young age and became an expert of climbing rocks and trees, and his upper body strength allows him to take on tasks without much worry. He has also practiced all of his spells and is confident in battle even though he is not a trained warrior. He can be a little bit cocky at times, and may occasionally bite off more than he can chew, but luckily his careful trait will come in handy and help him complete as task in the best way as possible.

{ || Reckless for Others || "I'm not going to let them hurt you!"
    Loyalty can drive K'zaka to do some reckless things - he'll leap into conflict if he needs to protect someone that he cares about, and if someone begs him to hurry with a task he will purposely push aside the analytical part of his mind that thinks through his actions carefully. Most of his injuries are from moments when he leapt into action without thinking for the purpose of taking care of someone else.

{ || Knightly || "I will stand tall to protect this region and the cats in it!"
    K'zaka lives by a set of rules similar to a code of chivalry, his loyalty only making this trait stand out all the more. He cares deeply about helping those that he lives with and some of his greatest values are courage, mercy, generosity, justice, faith, and hope. He is a lawful tom cat that makes sure that he knows all of the laws of the land so that he can both abstain from breaking them and also enforce them whenever possible. He is not afraid to tell other cats if they're doing something wrong.

{ || Grumpy || "I'm not going to prance around like a kit! Such games aren't worth my time."
    As a cat dedicated to his job, this tom doesn't have time to fool around with others; he takes his life seriously and if a cat keeps him from working on his job as a searcher or training his rookie for too long he will grow very grumpy. He'll pout and look away and dig his claws into the ground, but he would never lash out at anyone physically, and would only lash out verbally if the cat is younger than him or a she-cat.

{ || Antisocial || "Thank you for the offer, but I'd rather keep working."
    This tom cat isn't going to take time out of his busy life to play games or partake in silly activities like stargazing or cloud watching. Having a casual conversation with someone can annoy him if he and the other cat aren't sharing some kind of wisdom or having an intellectual conversation of some kind. He won't really reach out to others unless they have reached out to him in the past - partially because he just doesn't want to risk being bored and also because he does not want to have so many loyalties that he can no longer focus on himself. This is not to say that he won't socalize, once he's friends with a cat he will have deep conversations, and he loves talking to cats that have a lot of knowledge to share.

{ || Glory-Bound || "If you're looking for a cat to take down the followers, I will do everything that I can."
    He might be careful, but this tom isn't immune to the draw of glory, and if he has a chance to prove himself he will likely take it. He won't muddle around with little tasks, like retrieving a lost item or collecting stones for a crafter, unless they have already done a favor. But when a task is sent his way that holds the potential to give him glory he will take it (this trait runs in his family)

{ || Religious || "God of Justice... please bring your mighty paw of the law unto these cats called 'the followers', stop them from their vile acts." 
    K'zaka grew up in a very religious society in the mountains that worshiped seven gods: the God of Courage, the God of Justice, the God of Mercy, the God of Generosity, the God of Faith, and the God of Hope. In the evenings he will pray to one of the seven, depending on what he has to say about the day and what he has to ask the gods. (for more information on his gods click here - the religion is very, very simple)

{ || Unintentionally Romantic || "Milady, please accept these poppies as a token of my gratitude..."
    Ladies, prepare to swoon: as a tom that feels the need to repay cats for favors K'zaka will bring flowers to she-cats or bring them pretty gems that he finds, he believes that he knows what she-cats like (but in reality he only knows what feminine she-cats like). His use of the word "milady" can also come off as flirty, but K'zaka needs an emotional attachment to someone to actually flirt with them. His gifts to pretty she-cats may be nicer than those he brings to ones that are less attractive to him, but in the end he won't actually try to flirt unless he and a she-cat can share something special.

{ || Sexist || "Ahahaha... Ohhh thank you for the offer, milady, but I think you had better stay here in the safety of camp, I can do this on my own."
    As a muscular cat with a lot of confidence, K'zaka doesn't always see the strengths that others have, expecially if they are a she-cat. Because he spent so long helping his mother with so many aspects of her life, as well as hanging around a timid sister and a lovestruck grandmother who spent all of her time fawning over her mate K'zaka is not used to she-cats that possess physical abilities or emotional strength. He thinks that they are weak and doesn't have as much respect for them as he has for tom cats.

{{S O C I A L   I N F O R M A T I O N

{sexual orientation} heterosexual
{romantic orientation} biromantic
{description} K'zaka is only physically attracted to she-cats, but he greatly enjoys the company of toms because he views them as smarter and their conversation as more interesting. He would not necessarily want to be the mate of a tom cat, but he does find himself admiring traits like bravery and outspokenness in other males.

{status} single
{activity} active
{crush(s)} n/a
{former crush(s)} n/a
{mate} n/a
{former mate(s)} n/a
{kits} n/a

{family} 
    {MOTHER'S SIDE}
    {grandmother} Icise
   {grandfather} Zaltan "Amiss"
   {aunt(s)} Fortunata (mother's sister), Somona (mother's half-sister)
   {uncle(s)} I'hua (mother's half-brother), Kineks (mother's half brother)

    {mother} Villa

    {FATHER'S SIDE}
    {aunt(s)} K'mima (father's sister)
    {uncle(s)} Opa (father's brother)

    {father} Ahuli

    {sister(s)} Fortune 
    {brother(s)} Rowtag

{relationships}

{click here for relationships!}

{{H I S T O R Y

{click here for part 1!}

{click here for part 2!}

{{R O L E P L A Y   I N F O R M A T I O N

{rating}
G - yes
PG - yes
PG-13 - yes
M - yes

{format}
script - never
short paragraph - yes
long paragraph - yes

{platform}
notes - yes (preferred)
skype - depends (ask me!)
google docs - maybe (responses may be later than normal)
chatroom - rarely
comments - depends (usually for group roleplays)

{roleplay sample}