Instinct

same ^

Here's a list I've compiled of interesting animals I thought might make good characters. Feel free to pick any of these if you're feeling uninspired. The links are to sites providing information and pictures of the listed animals.

porcupine http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/a ... upine.html
black widow http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/a ... pider.html
pronghorn http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/a ... elope.html
peregrine falcon http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/a ... alcon.html
barn swallow http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barn_swallow
tarantula http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/a ... ntula.html
kinkajou http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/a ... kajou.html
scorpion http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/a ... rpion.html
Komodo dragon http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/a ... ragon.html
black mamba http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/a ... mamba.html
saltwater crocodile http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/a ... odile.html
wolverine http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/a ... erine.html
pangolin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangolin
honey badger http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratel
poison dart frog http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/a ... -frog.html
California condor http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/a ... ondor.html
Stellar's sea lion http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/a ... -lion.html
centipede http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centipede
hornet http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/a ... ornet.html
gorilla http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/a ... rilla.html
flying fox http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_bats
bighorn sheep http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Horned_Sheep
cassowary http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassowary
three-banded armadillo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_T ... _Armadillo
capuchin monkey http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capuchin_monkey
bullfrog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullfrog
Bali mynah http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bali_Mynah
orangutan http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/a ... gutan.html
Tasmanian devil http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/a ... devil.html
leopard seal http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/a ... -seal.html
fallow deer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallow_deer
wild boar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_boar
elk http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/a ... s/elk.html
fennec fox http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/a ... c-fox.html
grizzly bear http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/a ... -bear.html

Name: Sophia

Age: 17

Gender: Female

Animal: Solitary and stealthy, often called "the ghost of the forest". Strongest tree-climbers of the cat family. Temperamental.

Appearance: http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs36/f/2008/262/f/7/Black_hair_by_tknk.jpg Except her eyes are bright yellow, like the panther's. Short black hair, that sometimes looks blue under certain light. Can look quite feral and nasty when angry. Sharp, long eye-teeth. Strong and muscular.

Personality: Sophia is sly, intelligent and stealthy. She cares for number-one only, although this may change through the storybook. ^^ Sophia is loyal to her opinions and will defend what she believes to be right to the end. Temperamental as is mentioned with the panther picture. She will use her femininity to confuse and overpower those of the opposite sex. She will snarl a lot, or pur when in a state of pure bliss. She can be fierce and certainly not someone to cross.

Abilities: Very strong. Brilliant climber. Sharp eyesight, strong jaws. Great hearing and sense of smell. Can be very quiet when stalking people, and slips from rooms like smoke. Can understand a situation and the best way to approach someone/something undetected.

Side: She's for whatever. At the moment she's against Whiteside, having been kept in a cage for so long. She likes freedom and the space to roam. She only does what's best for herself, as that's who she only cares about.

History: She has no idea. All she remembers are the bars of her cage and an urge to get out and roam.

Other: Up for love, but you'll have to get past her selfishness. She is scarred a little, horizontal, thick, white lines, but she accepts them and is even proud of them.

Urm.. That's Sophia.

Thanks Buggy! If everyone posts their profiles now, we should have enough people to start. Thanks to everyone for showing interest

-Moo

*I thought I would make a second character if thats all right *.*



name- Devraj (indian meaning 'king of gods') goes by Dev
age- 16 almost 17
gender- male
animal- dingo, The dingo is legendary as Australia's wild dog, though it also occurs in Southeast Asia. The Australian animals may be descendents of Asian dingoes that were introduced to the continent some 3,000 to 4,000 years ago.

These golden or reddish-colored canids may live alone (especially young males) or in packs of up to ten animals. They roam great distances and communicate with wolf-like howls. Dingo hunting is opportunistic. Animals hunt alone or in cooperative packs. They pursue small game such as rabbits, rodents, birds, and lizards. These dogs will eat fruits and plants as well. They also scavenge from humans, particularly in their Asian range.


appearance- Dev looks like his brother, is hair is a lighter red-gold to Jay's red and black streaks. His has two diferent colored eyes one blue, one green. He has fangs, and lacks Jay's clawlike nails. Other then that the two of them are identical. Lacks his brothers cat like grace, is built for speed and endurance.

personality- Loyal to his family and friends, his 'pack'. Dev is a far more social creature then Jay. He can think for himself but prefers to follow the lead of others. He lacks his brothers alpha personality, and though he is capable of fending for himself he prefers not to.

abilities- Great hearing/sense of smell, exellent tracker, superb endurance. Eidetic/photographic memory.
side- Whiteside

history- Jay's older twin brother, the son of an american senator and a young indian dancer. Unlike his brother Dev was not isolated from other shifters. He believes that the world can't except shapeshifters and is resigned to his fate as Whiteside's tool. However he is determined that Jay at least be free.

other- The same birthmark as his twin only dark blue instead of red. Dev's birthmark is on his left wrist, Jay's on his right. Up for love.

Billy would like to join and he can't post at the moment, so just letting you know he's having a scorpion and a komodo dragon character.

-Moo

I think we may have enough big cat characters now...
so if you make another character then please don't use a species of cat as their animal.
Thanks.

Name: Dalton Bennett

Age: 17

Gender: Male

Animal: Deathstalker Scorpion, Leiurus quinquestriatus. While smaller and thinner than most scorpions (only ten centimetres), these are the most venomous scorpions existing. Like other scorpions, they are nocturnal and tend to live in holes or under rocks during the day. They are mostly solitary, and eat insects or very small animals. They use tiny claws on their mouth to eat, and can only digest food as a liquid, and so cannot eat exoskeletons or fur. http://shadowzen.deviantart.com/art/Ter ... k-51058356

Appearance: He's on the short side, and quite thin, with long limbs and fingers for his size. His eyes are a solid black, and his skin is a dark sandy colour, as is his hair.

Personality: Hostile to most people, he tends to keep to himself. He's calculating and very, very patient. He obeys Whiteside because he believes his cousin was killed by government experimenters. He absolutely hates bright lights.

Abilites: He has harder skin than most, not as strong as an actual exoskeleton, but very tough. He also has a very powerful grip, despite looking weak. He has excellent nightvision, though poor vision during the day, and is adept at hiding himself.

Side: With Whiteside

History: He was a street urchin for a good deal of his life before meeting Whiteside, his only family being his cousin Conrad. The two of them were inseparable, Dalton the thinker of the pair, while Conrad was the one to keep his little cousin out of any serious trouble. They were both snatched up by Whiteside at the age of thirteen, but Dalton never found out it was him, learning later about the death of Laura Whiteside, and being told that Conrad had suffered the same fate.

Other: Up for love, has most of his scars on his arms and back.

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Name: Conrad Bennett

Age: 17

Gender: Male

Animal: Komodo Dragon, Varanus komodoensis. The largest species of lizard alive, weighing 70 kilograms and growing to up to three metres. While they generally eat carrion, they can hunt an ambush with a surprising degree of stealth, capable of catching almost any animal. They have a particular good sense of smell, and articulated jaw, flexible skull and expandable stomach that allow them to swallow prey whole. They are capable of knocking deer or pigs over with their tails. They will sometimes eat smaller Komodo dragons. They have a venomous bite that contains several bacteria caused by its diet, as well as a self-produced venom that causes swelling, immense pain, and prevents blood-clotting. They have poor hearing, and while they can see up to three hundred metres quite well, they have poor nightvision and trouble discriminating between stationary objects. They sleep in burrows, which they also use to hide while waiting to ambush deer.

Appearance: He has short, black hair, and very dark brown eyes, with large pupils. He's very, very tall and powerfully built. His teeth are serrated, and his canines are each almost an inch long.

Personality: He strikes most people as being fairly lazy, and loves nothing more than a nap in the sun. However, while he seems lethargic, he is capable of sudden, completely spontaneous action. He is quite friendly.

Abilites: Very strong, excellent sense of smell, and he has venom glands in his human form, though he doesn't really bite people often. However, he doesn't have particularly great hearing, and he tends to simply not notice people unless they move or make themselves known to him.

Side: Decidedly against him.

History: He was snatched up with his cousin by Whiteside at age thirteen, although unlike his cousin, he did see their kidnapper. As such, he never began to trust Whiteside, and escaped when the first opportunity presented itself. However, he believed that Whiteside had killed Dalton, because he was told that the government experimenters killed him. He assumed that meant Whiteside.

Other: Up for love.

Here's what we've got so far:

Whiteside
Arun Ahsen, male, king cobra
Spot, female, spotted hyena
Devraj, male, dingo
Dalton Bennet, male, deathstalker scorpion
Dylan Chase Corley, female, chocolate lab/pit bull mix
Rebekah Stonewall, female, black widow

Rebels
Masumi Takahashi, male, Eurasian lynx
Lupa, female, wolf
Desmond Miles, male, snow leopard
Keiran, male, black labrador
Sophia, female, black (leopard? jaguar?) panther
Conrad Bennet, male, Komodo dragon
Derrick Charles Corley, male, grizzly bear

Undecided (for now)
Sora Heartfield, female, barn owl
Jaidev, male, Bali tiger

Name: Dylan Chase Corley

Age: 16

Gender: Female

Animal: Chocolate lab/Pitbull mix
Labrador retrievers are a well-balanced, friendly and versatile breed, adaptable to a wide range of functions. As a rule they are not excessively prone to being territorial, pining, insecure, aggressive, destructive, hypersensitive, or other difficult traits which sometimes manifest in a variety of breeds, and as the name suggests, they are excellent retrievers. The pit bull is a breed that is loyal to friends and family, and is generally friendly towards strangers. People have been known to be afraid of them because of their bad reputations. Proper training can make the dog obedient and have a high desire to please. Without proper guidance, though, the breed can become dominant and destructive. A firm, even hand and early obedience training are best. They generally have a lot of energy and high prey drive; they need exercise and stimulation in order to channel their energy properly and not become frustrated, bored, and destructive.

Appearance: Dylan, or just plaine Dyl, has very dark brunette hair with a bright, vibrant blue eyes. Her hair always has a glossy-like appearance to it, like a labrador's coat, and she has obvious muscle, much like a pit bull. She's only around five foot six, but she's one tough cookie. Her dog form looks like this; http://tinypic.com/m/5lqgxt/3

Personality: Dylan is extremely loyal to Dr. Whitestone, even if he doubts her at times. She loves being out doors, and playing catch. Sometimes, when she's free of doing stuff, she's go for a jog just rid her body of all the stress she's endured over the passed few years. She's extremely friendly, and sort of rough around the edges, but friendly and a big softy nonetheless. Like a teddy bear. Or a twinkie.

Abilities: Amazing hearing, scent and strength. Hearing from her obvious canine-ness, scent from her Labrador retriever animal half, and strength from her pit bull side.

Side: Whitestone

History: When she was only a child, her and her brother's parents were very good friends with Dr. Whitestone. At age nine, after her father got sick with cancer, he died. Her mother went crazy. She would come home late at night, beat Dylan and Derrick, and then pass out in her room. IF she didn't have a boyfriend with her. Those were the days Dylan hid, since it was usually when Derrick was at a friend's house. When she was only eleven years old, her mother died of an overdose, leaving Dylan and Derrick to Dr. Whitestone, their godfather. Even if they were his godchildren, this didn't stop Dr. Whitestone from testing on them. In fact, they'd been some of his first test rats. Even though Dr. Whitestone caused her to go blind in one eye at only fourteen, when he was finally able to inject two different canine breeds into her DNA, Dylan still stayed by his side. When she was fifteen, only last year, her brother got away after trying to kill Dr. Whitestone. She's fought her brother to save the doctor's life, and refuses to leave the doctors side at times. She misses her brother, she won't deny it, but she still looks up to the doctor as her own father.

Other: Blind in her right eye. Up for love


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Name: Derrick Charles Corley

Age: 19

Gender: Male

Animal: Grizzly Bear
A subspecies of the larger coastal brown bear, the grizzly bear gets its name from the grayish, or grizzled, tips of its fur. They are normally solitary animals.

Appearance: Derrick has the true build of a grizzly bear. Towering at six foot four and nothing but muscle, he is like a bear. He has muscles to the extremity, and sadly, isn't that fast. His hair is a cropped brunette and he has deep, deep blue eyes. His animal form is here; http://tinypic.com/m/5lqgyg/3

Personality: Derrick is very docile when dealing with something usual. He was once very protective of his little sister, before she and him fought each other almost to the death on her part, over Doctor Whitestone. He doesn't talk much, but when he does, he's very sarcastic.

Abilities: Extreme strength and great since of smell.

Side: Rebel

History: When he was only a child, he and his sister's parents were very good friends with Dr. Whitestone. At age twelven, after Father got sick with cancer, he died. His mother went crazy. She would come home late at night, beat Dylan and Derrick, and then pass out in her room. IF she didn't have a boyfriend with her. Those were the days Dylan hid, since it was usually when Derrick was at a friend's house. When he was only fourteen years old, her mother died of an overdose, leaving Dylan and Derrick to Dr. Whitestone, their godfather. Even if they were his godchildren, this didn't stop Dr. Whitestone from testing on them. In fact, they'd been some of his first test rats. When he was seventeen, Dylan being fourteen, he started getting sick of Dr. Whitestone's testings. He swore that he did something to his sister. Something wicked when he blinded her. When he was eighteen he ran away, almost killing his sister in the process, even though he didn't want to. The monster within him had made him do it. He has a deep scar on his side from where his sister tore into him when he tried to kill the doc.

Other: Up for love

Mmm... yeah, I'm going to make a second character because I can. We seem to be lacking females, so...

Name: Rebekah Stonewall

Age: 18

Gender: female

Animal: black widow Lactrodectus hesperus. The female black widow is a solitary spider that builds its nest in quiet, undisturbed areas. They are not generally aggressive and will only attack a human if provoked (like if someone sat on it.) Though their venom is reportedly 15 times stronger than a rattlesnake's and usually causes localized pain, severe muscular cramps, nausea, and difficulty breathing, the venom is delivered in such small doses that fatalities are rare.

Appearance: Small, stands at 5', very curvy. Thin legs and arms, spindly fingers. Silky black hair falls to the middle of her back. Very dark skin (she's of African descent). Eyes are very lightly colored and milky.

Personality: Quiet, extremely patient, diplomatic, competent. When she gets angry, she snaps without warning and can be a bit vicious. Keeps others at a distance.

Abilities: She has such a sensitive sense of touch that she can feel out the position of people by the vibrations of their footsteps and movements in the floor. This makes up for her poor eyesight. She's much stronger than she looks, and even in her human form has a venomous bite.

Side: Whiteside's, though she has begun to question his motives.

History: Rebekah was adopted from an orphanage at the age of thirteen. She isn't particularly close to Whiteside (or anyone), but she doesn't bear him any enmity either.

Other: Up for love. As previously stated, she has very poor eyesight. Standard experimentation scars.

Should we start soon? Or do people have to post their profiles?

Shall we start now?

Masumi

I stared dismally at the empty water bottle at the front of my cage, my legs were in pain from being folded into this confinement. There wasn't much I could do about it as the cage was cramped enough for my animal form let alone my larger human form. It had been a day since Whiteside's assistant had been killed and some of the others were still shaken. They knew Whiteside was mad but they hadn't thought he could be so blood thirsty. Opinions of Arun had dropped rock bottom, and there had been one topic repeatedly discussed by those daring enough to talk in the odd quiet of the room, there was talk of escape. I could see Arun eyeing the ones who were talking and they hushed. Nobody trusted him; or any of the ones who had been held captive since near the start of this madness, that included me.
That didn't matter as I already knew how I was going to escape, I was just waiting for that person to confront me, I was the only one he trusted enough to ask me to do that. Yes he would make his move soon... Soon I hoped as I attempted to stretch my legs to rid myself of this everlasting cramp.

Spot, hyena, Whiteside

"All arooound the mullberry buuuush, the mooooooonkey chased the weeeeeeeeeeaaaasel..."

CLANGCLANGCLANGCLANGCLANGCLANG...

I was so freaking bored. I'd considered seeing how far I could gnaw through my own leg just to break up the monotony but settled on annoying everyone else in the room instead. It was too quiet anyways.

I was hunched over in the bottom of my cage, human at the moment. Being human wasn't what I liked most, but hyenas can't sing. Or drag food dishes across the bars of their cages, which I was also doing.

CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG, CLANGCLANGCLANG.

More than one of my fellow inmates growled or hissed or squawked in warning. Arun's scaley head rose as he glared at me, hood fanned out. I grinned and sang louder.

"A peeeeenney for a spooooooool of threeeeeeeaaad, a peeeeeeeenney for a neeeeeeeedle, that's the way the mooooooooney goes-"

"Will you SHUT UP already?!"

I giggled and turned to see who'd yelled at me. "What's that Sophie? You don't like my singing? Aw, you're gonna hurt my feelings."

A pair of yellow panther eyes flashed with irritation. "It's Sophia, you mangy trash-digger. Shut. Up."

"Poor widdle kitty. I guess I could sing a different song." I dropped the dish and shifted to my scruffy bestial self. I started wailing and yelping and giggling and whooping. Noise. I love noise.

Sophie obviously didn't share this love of mine. Her lip curled in a snarl. I giggled louder, not sure if I was laughing because she amused me or because I was just as angry and frustrated as everyone else.

Dylan Chase Corley~

Dylan stumbled into the kennel room, tripping over her paws. Her eyes burned terribly, to the point where she felt they were being carved out. The doctor was trying to help her with her blind eye, but she couldn't help but loathe him at the moment. Simply because her eyes were really the only thing she had to rely on at the moment, considering her sense of smell was blocked by another test. "Come on Dylan, into the cage." The doctor said gently, Dylan mentally snarling as she stepped blindly into the cage. When the doctor disappeared she shifted into her human form, rubbing her eyes painfully.

"A peeeeenney for a spooooooool of threeeeeeeaaad, a peeeeeeeenney for a neeeeeeeedle, that's the way the mooooooooney goes-"


Spot's singing echoed around the room, rebounding off the metal in each kennel. "Spot," Dylan groaned loudly, the hyena shifter snickering before she started talking to Sophia, soon shifting into her hyena form to start singing. Dylan let out another groan as the animals around her went haywire, squawking and screaming and growling and hissing.

Derrick Charles Corley~

Derrick let out a deep growl, his dark blue eyes locked on the place he once called home. Dr. Whitestone's hidden laboratory. His chestnut brown fur was warmed by the sun above him, giving it a fiery look. He couldn't help but think of his sister, which made his scarred side burn. He loved his sister deeply. She had been so calm and collected at times, his oppisite considering he was always so tense and quick to jump to conclusions.

He'd ruined their brother-sister relationship, and it killed him to know that. Killed him like he'd literally almost killed him.

"Derrick, are you coming?" A fellow rebel called, Derrick slowly turning his large body around as he shifted into his human form.

"Yeah," he sighed, joining his friend.

*open for another rebel btw*