Oof this is my first DTAE *sighs* I love these designs so much! I think I did ok for my first time, but there are a lot of great entries ^^ Bios start here: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Ruby Gender: Female Species: Albino cat Age: Acts like a teenager Personality: Ruby is generally cold and unwelcoming, and is a bit of a narcissist. She gets incredibly stressed out if someone criticizes her in any way, but she has no problem doing the same to others. Likes: Shopping, gemstones, compliments Dislikes: Stress, dirt, being ignored Fear: Catagelophobia (fear of being ridiculed) Backstory: Ruby was born to the king and queen of one of the three Felaedic kingdoms, Mazia. Since she was a kitten, she'd been pampered and praised to the point where she got used to it. As she got older, however, she discovered that whenever she left the castle grounds, passersby would stare at her until they caught her noticing, then look away. She figured that this was because of her albinism. This continued on for moon after moon, until Ruby was old enough to enroll in an academy. Being a heir to the Mazian throne, her parents naturally placed her in a gifted program, but she decided to join a normal academy. She figured that she would make friends easier if others knew her better. However, the staring continued at her new academy, even progressing into teasing and bullying. Thoroughly stressed, Ruby was determined to get rid of her albinism. She knew she couldn't just make it go away, but she did the next best thing; she asked one of her castle servants to dye her fur. She chose the color red, to match her eyes and her name. She was sure it would go as planned, and that the rude comments, if nothing else, would stop. Before her servant finished dyeing her fur, however, her parents found her, and they were furious with her for dyeing her fur without permission. Ruby was banned from doing anything to 'fix' how she looked ever again. Her once-white fur now had red patters in some places, and Ruby decided it was better than all-white, at least. She even managed to have a bit of self-confidence as she walked down the halls of her academy, and that got her a few friends of her own. Still, every once in a while, she feels the jealous pangs of not looking the same. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Jasper Gender: Male Species: Half-selkie Age: Acts like a preteen Personality: Jasper is very sweet and optimistic, even if he is on the introverted side. He's also quite adventurous, but would never think of going against anyone's rules. Likes: Swimming, the outdoors, stories Dislikes: Staying indoors, loud noises, crowds Fear: Koinoniphobia (fear of crowds) Backstory: Jasper was born in the Calfuray Sea, just beyond the territory of the kingdoms of Felae. No one really knew who his father was, but the other selkies in his clan could tell right away, as he had the tail and dorsal fin of a dolphin. In vain, the selkies brought him to the shores of Felae, where he would become a cat, live as a cat, and forget about his past as a selkie. Eventually, a fisher came by and noticed Jasper, though he wasn't exactly a cat like the selkies had thought. Since he wasn't completely a selkie, his dolphin tail and dorsal fin remained. Stunned, the fisher brought him to the king and queen of his kingdom, Zivia, and they were compassionate enough to take him in. However, they gave him a long scarf in an attempt to hide his dorsal fin and taught him to always tuck his tail under his belly, as to not draw attention to him. Jasper lived on this way for most of his kittenhood, until his adoptive parents took him to swim in the Calfuray Sea one day. Once he got in the water, he became half-seal again, startling himself. Scrambling to get out of the sea, his tail caught on a fishnet on the ocean floor. He managed to get it free, but his tail had a permanent kink in it. When he waded back to his adoptive parents, they were ask shocked as he was, and decided that they couldn't take care of a selkie on top of ruling Zivia. The royals tracked the fisher down and brought Jasper to him, explaining the situation. The fisher agreed to take him in. He fed and took care of Jasper, letting him keep his tail out, and even offered to take his scarf off, though Jasper had grown accustomed to it. The two have been living together peacefully since.
------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Sharwyn (formerly Cinnamon) Gender: Female Species: Cat Age: Acts like a young adult Personality: Sharwyn is incredibly brave, sometimes to the point where she pushes someone's limits. She has no problem with disobeying others' rules, and will put up a fight if needed, or sometimes just for fun. Likes: Sailing, being alone, seafood Dislikes: Storms, being on land, other sailors Fear: Though there are many things that Sharwyn would rather stay away from, she doesn't have a specific phobia. Backstory: Sharwyn was born on a ship in the humans' world to the captain's pet cat. Her littermates were all taken by humans, but she was kept by the ship's captain to be the next ship's cat, and she was given the name Cinnamon. She spent her entire kittenhood on that ship, she went on adventures with the humans and her mother. As Cinnamon grew older, she decided she wanted to have an adventure of her own. She was still young, however, and didn't know when the right time to carry out her plans was, so she chose to do it right then. She leaped onto the captain's steering wheel, surprising him and causing him to lose control of the boat. Cinnamon didn't realize she'd made a mistake until it was too late; the boat was headed straight for a jagged rock poking out from the water. The ship was pierced and started to fill with water, eventually reaching over Cinnamon's head. She swam around until she could grab onto a piece of floating debris, which was bigger than she was, snatched a few of the captain's old clothes to be at least warmer, and promptly passed out from exhaustion; she wasn't trained to handle swimming. When she awoke, she was floating in the middle of the ocean, with no land to guide her. A ship sailed by, and she yowled for help. When she was picked up--by a crew of all cats, though she didn't notice, being so tired--she introduced herself as Cinnamon, but in exhaustion, her words jumbled up and came out sounding like "Sharwyn." The crew started calling her Sharwyn, and the name stuck. Eventually, they came to land, and Sharwyn found it strange that the population was entirely cats. She found out that the strange place was called Felae, and contained three nearly identical kingdoms: Mizia, Zivia, and Viria. She had spent so much time away from land, however, that she wanted to stay away from it as much as possible. Sharwyn took a ship from the harbor and sailed away, and still on the Felaedic ocean today. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Credits: Art and bios by me Character designs and DTA by @-ArtemisaBean- Music is acoustic instrumental version of No Roots by Alice Merton Backgrounds from Google (I might draw my own later)
