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Brother: Middle
Name: Lufti
Meaning: Kind
Trait Ranges and Results:
Range 1: Cowardly ------------- Brave: 23
Range 2: Surly ----------------- Sunny: 14
Range 3: Quiet -------------- Talkative: 77

Personality Blurb: Lufti can and will talk your ear off, but don't count on him saying nice or happy things! When he's not talking about himself he'll discuss - at length - what disaster will soon strike, or why whatever you are doing is stupid and pointless.

When it comes down to it he values his own skin more than anyone else, even his family or friends. He believes that they would throw him to the hyenas in a tight spot, and he'll run first rather than discover he's been betrayed.

Why did this brother leave the family unit, and what happened then?: The little family had succeeded in their latest hunt and were enjoying their meal when disaster struck. A pack of hungry lions swooped in as the last rays of sun hit the savannah, alerted to their prey by birds circling overhead. Lufti took one look at the many hungry faces and the pitiful scraps left from their meal and ran. He was not interested in becoming the pride's next meal. When he couldn't run anymore he stopped to catch his breath, but as soon as he was able he just kept running through the night. It was a miracle he didn't fall an break his neck in the darkness.

As the stars blinked out and the horizon started getting some color he had no idea where he was anymore. He thought for a short moment about his family and what had happened to them. With a mental shrug he continued in the direction he was facing. He needed to find food and water, he was on his own now.

Extra RP Prompt Response:
How does this brother feel about his siblings?

Lufti doesn't know if his brothers are still alive or not. He tells himself that they don't really like him or care about him, and that they would just as easily have left him if he hadn't done so first.

If they ever met again he'd probably be angry and act defensive or accuse them of never really liking him.

Brother: Eldest
Name: Eerste
Meaning: First (Afrikaans)
Trait Ranges and Results:
Range 1: Wicked – Good = 53
Range 2: Aggressive – Peaceful = 36
Range 3: Gullible – Wise = 84

Personality Blurb: When it comes down to it, Eerste is an analytical type who is only on his own side and has been since leaving his family. He’s a happy loner who has fared well on his own in the roguelands. When it comes to conflict, he’s the type to talk it out and compromise (and is exceptional at haggling over a scavenged meal!) but he’s not afraid to get violent if necessary (it’s OK when he does it!)

Why did this brother leave the family unit, and what happened then?: Eerste always took the responsibility of being the eldest brother seriously, to the point of being overprotective. His departure was accidental: after the first brother to depart left, he went looking for him and got himself lost in the process.. and it didn’t take him long at all to realize he was rather happy on his own. So he ended his search for the missing brother and the family he lost track of and continued on with his own, independent life.

Extra RP Prompt Response: How does this brother feel about his siblings?

Habit. That was the reason Eerste was still with his family until now, he realized. It wasn’t love, loyalty or necessity that had kept them together as long as they were. Their parents had always welcomed them to stay as long as they liked and it took embarrassingly long for any of them to realize better. Mother and Father had seemed so worried when the younger brother disappeared, but perhaps that had been in his head too.

The realization had started as an excuse, a repeated reassurance that he didn’t need to find his family again now that they were separated. He’d made a mistake, going off without a plan.. but now he had a taste of independence, and he was hooked. He truly believed it now: it wasn’t that he had no love for his family, it was just that he had never thought to step out of their routine before.

It was tiring being the eldest. For all the effort he put in, Eerste finally realized that he didn’t actually know much about his brothers as individuals. His self-imposed responsibility had lumped them together, looking out for the two hooligans, keeping them in line, keeping them safe.. they probably hated it as much as it turned out he did.

He stared on in the direction he had come from, where the remnants of his family had been left behind. His only regret was that he didn’t know much about his parents, either. They had always just been mom and dad, and at least he should have been able to say thank you before leaving.. but it was too late now.

Eerste was on his own.

((Wow, solo RP with one character is hard))

WIP

Brother: Youngest
Name: Reis
Meaning: "Travel" in Afrikaans
Trait Ranges and Results:
Anxious ----------- Confident = 100
Surly ----------------- Sunny = 66
Timid -------------- Assertive = 1

Personality Blurb:

Why did this brother leave the family unit, and what happened then?:

Extra RP Prompt Response:

Rolling for

Aggressive/Peaceful
Destructive/Creative
Quite/Talkative

Brother: Youngest
Name: Suariteliik
Meaning: It doesn't mean anything, I made it up. In my head it references the smoothness of a river or lake
Trait Ranges and Results:
Range 1: Aggressive / Peaceful - 55
Range 2: Destructive / Creative - 83
Range 3: Quiet / Talkative - 47

Personality Blurb: A bard through to his pelt and bones beneath, Suari enjoys music a little more than the average animal, and is almost always at least humming under his breath, even if he's paying attention. His mother at one point said that his brain just turned everything into a song. His response was kind of vague, but she took it as a confirmation.

Suari is a believer in women having first say in the relationship, and will be waiting for somequeen to approach him in her own interest, though he may devote his time to being at her side when he finds one he's interested in. As a result of this belief, he's less likely to take commands from another brute, without an obvious difference in power. He may eventually be interested in joining a pride if a queen he likes sings its praises or wants to join, or if someone approaches him about joining as a dedicated bard. (As with all things, he'll be more receptive if a female is present.)

Why did this brother leave the family unit, and what happened then?: Difference of opinion caused Suari to leave. A disagreement formed between him and his parents regarding how to find a mate. So, with that, he'd headed off, eager to explore, meet all the women, maybe make some music with them,and find the one that sings to his heart only. He can often be found roaming nearer the forest and jungle, pounding out a beat with his paws that he puts vocals to as he wanders. He seems able to turn most anything into music, even if it doesn't make much sense.

Extra RP Prompt Response:
Suari lounged lazily on a rocky outcropping over the water, one rounded ear pressed against the rock below to pick up the footsteps of all the little wild beasties, the other flicking this way and that to pick up the rustle of the trees, the flow of the river, whatever else voiced itself. The song of the forest was such a peaceful thing, he couldn't help but drift off.

When he woke, he stretched, refreshed, and oblivious to the lions behind him for a few moments. His ears twitched as they slunk closer, and he bunched up on the edge of his rock. He gave a leap for the other side of the wide river as they started their charge and disappeared behind the snapping jaws of three alligators that had been waiting their chance since he'd lain down, just visible from the water. His landing had him off in a flash, not sticking around to taunt the lions clumsily skidding to a halt on the rock, watching the gators retreat back into the water and the cat's blue-and-white tail disappear with a flick into the forest.

He didn't stop until he found a nice tree to climb, thick at the base and with a branch that, while it wasn't low, was still in sight. He confidently perched himself on the tree branch and set into song, flirting with the birds when the determined pair of lions caught up with him, growling at him to stop pussyfooting around and get down here!

Suari, unimpressed, just snickered and turned so his rump faced the pair, turning his song into a taunt and a challenge, before dancing off along other branches into the thick of the woods again. This lead for three or four more encounters, before the brutes seemed to have either gotten completely lost or given up on the prancing little cheetah. He'd leave their territory a little later, when he was sure they'd actually gotten lost, trotting accross the rogue lands again with a new song in his prance. He'd be a rogue until a female invited him, if he had any say in things. It wouldn't matter if it was a lion, cheetah, leopard, dog... he didn't care as long as she was pretty.

Anxious ----------- Confident
Quiet -------------- Talkative
Destructive --------- Creative

And closed for judging!

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