click/space/tap for next image 1. current ref 2. current ref w/o bandages 3. old ref * the smaller/old lineart version in the current references are the simplified design — name : Novihaar Ovrin aliases : Nov, “the evil white demon wolverine-cat hermit that lives in the woods and probably drags souls into the underworld or smth” (local villagers), Zelski's angry feral twin that lives as a lone hunstman in the wilderness (OORP) gender : male pronouns : he/him age : 18 as of round nine orientation : idk district : D7 — arena tracker : https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/883908344/ — reaping : https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/832748161/ parade : missed gamemaker’s session : L interview : ratio — description : Novihaar is a short white tom with grey blotchy circles filled in a darker grey with lining his back, legs, face, and tail. Though partly concealed by fluff, Nov’s hardened muscles contain an impressive amount of physical strength. Grey lines their paws. His eyes are a light blue and always look tired and/or apathetic. All along their paws, lower legs and tail are strips of gauze. They wear a red-blue winter hat that completely covers their ears. personality : [+] streetwise, practical, observant, self-reliant [=] reclusive, blunt, mistrustful [-] paranoid, pessimistic, hostile, prideful/egotistical — strengths : - experience with survival (particularly in colder/northern climates such as northern woodlands, mountains, and a slight bit of tundra) - although not professionally trained, Nov has a good amount of experience and training in combat. - skill with most tools (especially the axe), similar to his peers in d7 - he's extremely strong and is physically fit in general - though he’s not a maths prodigy, he's practical, (somewhat) reasonable and is used to making quick decisions. akin to street smarts but without the “street” part since he’s not suited to the streets at all weaknesses : - he's short lol and is probably the same size as a 13-14 year old cat. though it's not the biggest problem in the world (ba dum tss) it still poses as a disadvantage. a larger cat could very use their greater size against him - can't make allies too well, since y'know fanatical guidelines and distrust in the feline race whatnot. - Nov has a hard time accepting help or receiving so much as a gift from others due to his prideful and self-reliant nature. his hubris in general gets in the way of a lot of things - doesn't fare too well in hotter and/or wetter environments, as his heat resistance is minimal. being from the cold inland area of D7, he's never really been to the tropics - he can barely swim (or in this case, flounder about in panic) and has an irrational hatred of it - because Novihaar had very little formal education, he lacks most academic skills/knowledge (e.g. any sort of mathematics above basic arithmetic, most forms of science outside of stuff he’d know from living in the wilderness, ignorant to a lot of historical stuff other than myths and legends
other info and whatnot : - Novihaar lives by an almost fanatical set of principles that includes never forming bonds with any other cats(or being a member of the current society at all really). He's primarily driven by the terror that is the possibility of being emotionally and/or physically reliant on someone, only to get exploited and then left helpless after that someone manipulates him. he also harbors a general distrust in cats as a whole, believing that no good can be gleaned from an interaction aside from impersonal goals where both cats benefit materially - Novihaar knows a good deal of traditional folktales and myths, and recording such stories are one of his few hobbies whilst living out alone. he'd trade a lot for a good story every once in a while - a lot of cats in the nearest villages often refer to Novihaar as some sort of white cat-wolverine demon/evil spirit and created a good deal of stories surrounding him. while being called a demon isn't exactly uplifting, Nov enjoys many of the stories created around him for the intimidation factor. - he tries to scare away unwanted visitors by pretending he actually is a demon lol. his acting isn't too bad as far as being some ghost of an evil spirit goes - wood carving is also another one of his hobbies, using it to pass time during long winter hours. - despite claiming to have never so much as looked upon another cat in many years, he's actually bumped into many fellow hunters throughout his isolation (by many i mean 0-3 times a year). those interactions are always brief, of course, as Nov's always been quick to end the situation via scaring them away, attempting to fight them, or just fleeing entirely - due to accidentally making his design too similar to Zelski’s, he’s now a distant relative of Zelski ig. - there is a ten out of ten chance that he will insult you as he has no sense of filters. he uses insults a lot actually, and bluntness is his main form of communication. Some insults are meant to be taken as compliments, some as actual insults, and some are just him being honest. - as a side effect of being paranoid he's really good at rooting out manipulative folks. unfortunately, he also roots out many of the cats that are actually genuine - "logistics this emotions that, bro thinks they can use multi-variable calculus and their public speaking degree to parry an axe swung at them at 65 mph" - due to his small size, it's actually more amusing than intimidating when he threatens a stranger as he's more the size of a tween than a full-grown cat. that is until he throws them across the room L — art, design, character, etc. : me (@Cometflight) roleplay : https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/30053961/ music : - Tardigrade Song by Cosmo Sheldrake - Pelicans We by Cosmo Sheldrake - The Moss by Cosmo Sheldrake - Come Along by Cosmo Sheldrake
