Post by canis135 on May 28, 2011 15:04:51 GMT -5
1. Canis [top post]
2. Athos [Halway down top post]
3. Shka origins [2nd post]
4. Taiga [bottom post]
=== Canis ===
7'1 anthropomorphic timber wolf.
He weighs about 165kg (360 lbs)
His name was given to him by the elders 'Actos' and 'Canis' by his brothers.
His fur does not feature any odd patterns that differ to that of a typical wolf pelt. A strip of darker black fur along his spine that transitions into browny/gold then to white which covers his torso.
A black tipped tail that he always keeps at a slight curl upwards to signify courage and comfortorability. In Winter or colder conditions, his fur fades into brighter white.
Don't let his anatomy throw you off, he is a pure breed wild wolf, a territorial, hostile, pack orientated predator.
He packs with him a powerful jaw with full set of teeth, consisting of 28mm canines and smaller incisors on the insides of them, sharp premolars to the rear and then molars. A hefty biting force accompanies his jaw structure.
Sharp conical claws top each of his digits on his paws (5 per hand/paw and 4 for each hindpaw)
He has digitgrade hindpaws. Which is a feature of all canines.
He has 2 deep hazy yellow eyes, very keen vision useful for hunting. His nightvision is very adapted to dark conditions. In daylight, he sees everything slightly darker and in a slight tint of blue.
And typically he has a super acute sense of smell, ranging of upto 2 miles, and delicate hearing.
His build is bulky but gets slim at the waist. He is kept fit from hunting, the exercise keeping his large figure in shape. Athetlic would be the best way to describe his fitness.
As acting alpha of a new pack, and was alpha of his last, he has a rather dominant personality and allows for little leeway. He always wants to do things his own way, it's in his blood. Whatever he thinks is best he will follow up on.
His curiosity is endless, questioning almost everything he hears and sees.
He has a natural love for the out-door natural world he came from, finding meaning in everything around him. He views himself not as an owner of the land, more-so, it owns him. He is owned by the Taiga Biome, which is the climate he grew up in and thrived, snow is all part of his life! But doubled layered winter fur makes it a passable factor to him.
Canis has one very difficult past, that he himself is a bit forgetful of with barely any rememberance of the incident, he is still trying to seek meaning in whatever happened to him and his pack (The Shka pack, named by the local native american folklore of the Kaneonuskatew [The one that walks on four claws, i.e mythical anthro characters that they think only exist in legends], Shka meaning white). The pack was simply 3 wolves strong, Canis being both an Alpha and Scout for the pack, looking out for his younger brothers, Athos and Zetros, two noble and loyal male white wolves, same build as Canis just a bit smaller because of their age. They lived in peace un-affected by humans for many years. They supposedly only existed in the Native locals folklore, but were never found out or uncovered.
One un-fortunate Autumn's day, hunters were about in the Shka territory, the hunters were oblivious to their existance. The Shka's were alerted by the sound of their vehicles and investigated, Canis held back to scan around the forest while'st his pack stumbled right infront of a small convoy of Landy Defenders on a dirt path. Basically looking exactly like 'werewolves' (even though they aren't) to the people, they opened fire, striking down Canis' packmates, startled by the loud gunshots, he gazed with a fright as his fallen brothers lay there on the dirt path, their blood spilled. Before long the humans tranquilized Canis with a dart fired from a distance, he fell as he fled the scene. His memory was blank. The people decided to track his movements and inspect, a very odd looking wolf like creature that had almost human like anatomy. They tagged him with a tracking chip '#135' on the side of his left leg.
He was left where he lay, when he came back into consciousness he felt lost, howling out for his pack, that, never answered back. He scratched at his leg, the chip falling out un-noticed ironically.
Over time, he has given up trying to find them, and has familiarized himself with humans and their ways. He is very strict about humans, not trusting any of them, he thinks they may have done something that caused the disappearance of his pack.
Before he was part of a new pack, everything was done solo, hunting, exploring.. His brute strength allows him to take on many animals. But, his experience is still limited and he has much to learn yet..
Being what he is, he has no sorrow or conscience towards hunting or preying on animals, they are a necessary and vital source of energy to keep him going. Canis is both a top notch hunter, and an oppertunist, a typical predator on top of the food chain. He uses what he has, his claws, his teeth, his strength and stamina.. Not weapons or tools, he is a wolf, not a human.
At present, Canis is with a new pack with female wolf Tsipporah, and her cubs Belcaize and Aumbriella. A pack four strong with one pup, Vincent, who ran away. Canis has called them the Shka's, as to his old pack, they escaped Koniki's threatening ways and fled to the mountains where it is safer and they are able to teach the pups and help them grow. Canis has returned to the Snow, after about a week here his pelt has returned to shka! Which means now, he is a pure white, silvery anthro wolf to adapt to the mountainous climate and the snow. He is proud to do what he does with his new pack. Since he has been with them though, he has killed several poachers, and normal unsuspecting humans, his hostility grows with each encounter.
Presently: Canis has a new addition of Athos to his pack, and they are now settled in a valley somewhere in the forest. Athos is not the wolf he once knew. Oddly Canis feels fearful of his potential, but will continue to be acting alpha male as long as he can and stand up to his much larger brother.
It should be noted that Canis has to be considered a purely wild animal, I say this over and over. He doesn't automatically see a human and register 'kill' into his mind, it's all about comfort zone and defense, breech his comfort zone and the result will be either a fight, death or a warning to stay away. He will do whatever is necessary to keep himself and his pack safe from threats. More-so this happens with humans but those rules don't change for any other lifeform or being. Just because he has a voice and a limited vocabulary, doesn't mean he has a moral outlook of what is right and what is wrong. (I mean that in a totally non religious way).
Whereas a character may not have the intenion on harming Canis, he doesn't take any chances, his judgement is his own and never changes, and that judgement is that almost everything out there is a threat to him, and unless it's explained carefully Canis will act hostile for, rather natural reasons, it's all instinctive defense.
^ This would be a very accurate visual of him, just minus all that stupid weaponary and crap, and the extended locks on the mane [Why all that stuff should be in that drawing I do not know....]
And no, not my drawing, nor did I comission it.
=== Athos ===
Cosmetically, Athos is identical to his brother, but he has his own differences. His fur is moreso a permanent silvery white with a more faded brown along his back, top of his head, and half covering his arms and legs.
For long has he been lone, he's determined to find his brother once more. On one night during an uninterupted lunar eclipse, the wolf isolated himself far away from his territory in a confierous part of the woods, he howled to the red glowing moon. It brought great changes onto him.
A pruple light struck from the sky and formed a delicate myst around him as he howled out.. a wolverine spectated menacingly. Athos at the instant grew 8 inches, became larger, heavier, stronger. Taller stance, bigger bones, sharper claws, larger canines and jaw structure. His physical look didn't change, just became a little larger. His night vision was more efficient at the instant, he now had thermal capabilities, he could detect heat in a body. Everything brightly silver, then heatsources are pure white / red / yellow / blue dependant on their temperature, due to this he has two very small holes over both his nostrils, they are the heatpits, only on clsoe inspection can they be seen! His senses didn't need a tweaking, they were perfect before hand, so nothing changed to them (sight, smell etc). Soon he discovered that when shot by a gun or projectile, his body would reject it and heal over almost instantly with minimal blood loss.. At the moment he was stuck with the energy, he became the ultimate predator.. but does not know still of his own abilities. He will remain the same wolf he was born as, just a little more fierce and deadly!
Since the change he has become slightly nocturnal.. he has ofcourse a biological clock and sleeps when the sun is down, but oddly sometimes decides to hunt during the dead of night.
Athos stands at 7'8, weighs a hefty 194 kgs, but keeps the same body structure and stance as Canis.. the major difference is that he is now larger, much larger and harder to kill. He is still a vicious territorial predator at the end of the day, but knows how to control the animal lurking in him, that only comes out when the time calls.
Due to the change, he went from an already fierce biting force of 530 psi, to 610psi of jaw power.. his teeth stronger than they were originally so they can handle the extra force.
The changes has also changed his personality very slightly, he's more prone to dramatic mood shifts, anger him and he will almost go berserk like a short fuse. He's still young and needs to grow used to these very immediate and new changes brought onto him.
From the base of his left ear hangs 2 black raven feathers, the reach down about to underneath his jawline. The feathers are pierced into his ear, removing them causes pain so he keeps them on.. They serve literally no purpose, they appeared on him during his lunar change.. Basically they're like putting a bow on a present to finish it off!
He is far younger than Canis at only 5 (human years) and Canis at 10 (Human years).. but is more intelligent in his own ways.
His attitude is greatly different to his counterpart though. He is far more passive towards humans from his experiences, but is unbelievably hostile and touchy about poachers or hunters. He can have the same personality as his brother if the time calls, but normally that side of him isn't seen.
After his change however, he tends to get fired up very easily, no matter to who he'll throw a blind fit of rage. Usually though, as said, he's calm, passive and easy to be around.
Athos was supposed to be dead the entire time since Canis witnessed him and his other brother killed in cold blood. Athos was only ever grazed by bullets, unfortunately his brother took all the impacts but Athos fell uncocious, rendering him to look dead at that time.. when he was in transit he escaped, killing the poachers in a fury. He was left there, separated from his brothers, he attempted communicating and such, but no reply, he had been taken too far from Canis unfortunately. Athos fled the mess and began his own life alone. A lone pair of Coyotes usually follow him around, shadowing him, scavenging off of a free kill that he leaves behind. Typically he will get hostile around a kill, defending it as it is technically his, he owns it, so he'll defend it until it's not wanted.
As in Canis' case, his vocabilary is naturally limited and he has so much to learn, but with the attention span of a brick it's not so easy to teach him new things!
His judgement forever stays his own, which is pretty much all the time, bad and false, then leads to much confusion!
Thanks to Cecille Athos has been pointed in the right direction, and given a strict set of rules that it would be in his best interest to follow, it's upto him to follow them, he knows the consequences of not obeying them. She has taught him basically about humans and why not to kill them just for no reason, as sometimes, he feels the need to kill without a reason, even though he reminds himself constantly to not kill without a reason.
At present Athos has discovered his pack again.. but he's strange and alien to them almost, he's not accustomed to being in a pack so much anymore, he got used to being lone and doing things solo. Canis fears that at some stage his brother will attempt to be the alpha instead, Athos's proportions and strength alone allow him to do this, but strangely Athos is able to control his fragile mind when in his brother's company, or Tsipp as she's an alpha. Canis and Tsipp may be the alphas, but there's something about that, that Athos does not want to challenge.. He's capable, but doesn't. He's surprisingly tame and obedient for his size around the alphas.
Possible conceptions to jog imagination of Athos or Canis:
(No these do not belong to me, not my art, I didn't even comission them from the artists, I'm mearly using them as an example as to what Athos/Canis looks like)
2. Athos [Halway down top post]
3. Shka origins [2nd post]
4. Taiga [bottom post]
=== Canis ===
7'1 anthropomorphic timber wolf.
He weighs about 165kg (360 lbs)
His name was given to him by the elders 'Actos' and 'Canis' by his brothers.
His fur does not feature any odd patterns that differ to that of a typical wolf pelt. A strip of darker black fur along his spine that transitions into browny/gold then to white which covers his torso.
A black tipped tail that he always keeps at a slight curl upwards to signify courage and comfortorability. In Winter or colder conditions, his fur fades into brighter white.
Don't let his anatomy throw you off, he is a pure breed wild wolf, a territorial, hostile, pack orientated predator.
He packs with him a powerful jaw with full set of teeth, consisting of 28mm canines and smaller incisors on the insides of them, sharp premolars to the rear and then molars. A hefty biting force accompanies his jaw structure.
Sharp conical claws top each of his digits on his paws (5 per hand/paw and 4 for each hindpaw)
He has digitgrade hindpaws. Which is a feature of all canines.
He has 2 deep hazy yellow eyes, very keen vision useful for hunting. His nightvision is very adapted to dark conditions. In daylight, he sees everything slightly darker and in a slight tint of blue.
And typically he has a super acute sense of smell, ranging of upto 2 miles, and delicate hearing.
His build is bulky but gets slim at the waist. He is kept fit from hunting, the exercise keeping his large figure in shape. Athetlic would be the best way to describe his fitness.
As acting alpha of a new pack, and was alpha of his last, he has a rather dominant personality and allows for little leeway. He always wants to do things his own way, it's in his blood. Whatever he thinks is best he will follow up on.
His curiosity is endless, questioning almost everything he hears and sees.
He has a natural love for the out-door natural world he came from, finding meaning in everything around him. He views himself not as an owner of the land, more-so, it owns him. He is owned by the Taiga Biome, which is the climate he grew up in and thrived, snow is all part of his life! But doubled layered winter fur makes it a passable factor to him.
Canis has one very difficult past, that he himself is a bit forgetful of with barely any rememberance of the incident, he is still trying to seek meaning in whatever happened to him and his pack (The Shka pack, named by the local native american folklore of the Kaneonuskatew [The one that walks on four claws, i.e mythical anthro characters that they think only exist in legends], Shka meaning white). The pack was simply 3 wolves strong, Canis being both an Alpha and Scout for the pack, looking out for his younger brothers, Athos and Zetros, two noble and loyal male white wolves, same build as Canis just a bit smaller because of their age. They lived in peace un-affected by humans for many years. They supposedly only existed in the Native locals folklore, but were never found out or uncovered.
One un-fortunate Autumn's day, hunters were about in the Shka territory, the hunters were oblivious to their existance. The Shka's were alerted by the sound of their vehicles and investigated, Canis held back to scan around the forest while'st his pack stumbled right infront of a small convoy of Landy Defenders on a dirt path. Basically looking exactly like 'werewolves' (even though they aren't) to the people, they opened fire, striking down Canis' packmates, startled by the loud gunshots, he gazed with a fright as his fallen brothers lay there on the dirt path, their blood spilled. Before long the humans tranquilized Canis with a dart fired from a distance, he fell as he fled the scene. His memory was blank. The people decided to track his movements and inspect, a very odd looking wolf like creature that had almost human like anatomy. They tagged him with a tracking chip '#135' on the side of his left leg.
He was left where he lay, when he came back into consciousness he felt lost, howling out for his pack, that, never answered back. He scratched at his leg, the chip falling out un-noticed ironically.
Over time, he has given up trying to find them, and has familiarized himself with humans and their ways. He is very strict about humans, not trusting any of them, he thinks they may have done something that caused the disappearance of his pack.
Before he was part of a new pack, everything was done solo, hunting, exploring.. His brute strength allows him to take on many animals. But, his experience is still limited and he has much to learn yet..
Being what he is, he has no sorrow or conscience towards hunting or preying on animals, they are a necessary and vital source of energy to keep him going. Canis is both a top notch hunter, and an oppertunist, a typical predator on top of the food chain. He uses what he has, his claws, his teeth, his strength and stamina.. Not weapons or tools, he is a wolf, not a human.
At present, Canis is with a new pack with female wolf Tsipporah, and her cubs Belcaize and Aumbriella. A pack four strong with one pup, Vincent, who ran away. Canis has called them the Shka's, as to his old pack, they escaped Koniki's threatening ways and fled to the mountains where it is safer and they are able to teach the pups and help them grow. Canis has returned to the Snow, after about a week here his pelt has returned to shka! Which means now, he is a pure white, silvery anthro wolf to adapt to the mountainous climate and the snow. He is proud to do what he does with his new pack. Since he has been with them though, he has killed several poachers, and normal unsuspecting humans, his hostility grows with each encounter.
Presently: Canis has a new addition of Athos to his pack, and they are now settled in a valley somewhere in the forest. Athos is not the wolf he once knew. Oddly Canis feels fearful of his potential, but will continue to be acting alpha male as long as he can and stand up to his much larger brother.
It should be noted that Canis has to be considered a purely wild animal, I say this over and over. He doesn't automatically see a human and register 'kill' into his mind, it's all about comfort zone and defense, breech his comfort zone and the result will be either a fight, death or a warning to stay away. He will do whatever is necessary to keep himself and his pack safe from threats. More-so this happens with humans but those rules don't change for any other lifeform or being. Just because he has a voice and a limited vocabulary, doesn't mean he has a moral outlook of what is right and what is wrong. (I mean that in a totally non religious way).
Whereas a character may not have the intenion on harming Canis, he doesn't take any chances, his judgement is his own and never changes, and that judgement is that almost everything out there is a threat to him, and unless it's explained carefully Canis will act hostile for, rather natural reasons, it's all instinctive defense.
^ This would be a very accurate visual of him, just minus all that stupid weaponary and crap, and the extended locks on the mane [Why all that stuff should be in that drawing I do not know....]
And no, not my drawing, nor did I comission it.
=== Athos ===
Cosmetically, Athos is identical to his brother, but he has his own differences. His fur is moreso a permanent silvery white with a more faded brown along his back, top of his head, and half covering his arms and legs.
For long has he been lone, he's determined to find his brother once more. On one night during an uninterupted lunar eclipse, the wolf isolated himself far away from his territory in a confierous part of the woods, he howled to the red glowing moon. It brought great changes onto him.
A pruple light struck from the sky and formed a delicate myst around him as he howled out.. a wolverine spectated menacingly. Athos at the instant grew 8 inches, became larger, heavier, stronger. Taller stance, bigger bones, sharper claws, larger canines and jaw structure. His physical look didn't change, just became a little larger. His night vision was more efficient at the instant, he now had thermal capabilities, he could detect heat in a body. Everything brightly silver, then heatsources are pure white / red / yellow / blue dependant on their temperature, due to this he has two very small holes over both his nostrils, they are the heatpits, only on clsoe inspection can they be seen! His senses didn't need a tweaking, they were perfect before hand, so nothing changed to them (sight, smell etc). Soon he discovered that when shot by a gun or projectile, his body would reject it and heal over almost instantly with minimal blood loss.. At the moment he was stuck with the energy, he became the ultimate predator.. but does not know still of his own abilities. He will remain the same wolf he was born as, just a little more fierce and deadly!
Since the change he has become slightly nocturnal.. he has ofcourse a biological clock and sleeps when the sun is down, but oddly sometimes decides to hunt during the dead of night.
Athos stands at 7'8, weighs a hefty 194 kgs, but keeps the same body structure and stance as Canis.. the major difference is that he is now larger, much larger and harder to kill. He is still a vicious territorial predator at the end of the day, but knows how to control the animal lurking in him, that only comes out when the time calls.
Due to the change, he went from an already fierce biting force of 530 psi, to 610psi of jaw power.. his teeth stronger than they were originally so they can handle the extra force.
The changes has also changed his personality very slightly, he's more prone to dramatic mood shifts, anger him and he will almost go berserk like a short fuse. He's still young and needs to grow used to these very immediate and new changes brought onto him.
From the base of his left ear hangs 2 black raven feathers, the reach down about to underneath his jawline. The feathers are pierced into his ear, removing them causes pain so he keeps them on.. They serve literally no purpose, they appeared on him during his lunar change.. Basically they're like putting a bow on a present to finish it off!
He is far younger than Canis at only 5 (human years) and Canis at 10 (Human years).. but is more intelligent in his own ways.
His attitude is greatly different to his counterpart though. He is far more passive towards humans from his experiences, but is unbelievably hostile and touchy about poachers or hunters. He can have the same personality as his brother if the time calls, but normally that side of him isn't seen.
After his change however, he tends to get fired up very easily, no matter to who he'll throw a blind fit of rage. Usually though, as said, he's calm, passive and easy to be around.
Athos was supposed to be dead the entire time since Canis witnessed him and his other brother killed in cold blood. Athos was only ever grazed by bullets, unfortunately his brother took all the impacts but Athos fell uncocious, rendering him to look dead at that time.. when he was in transit he escaped, killing the poachers in a fury. He was left there, separated from his brothers, he attempted communicating and such, but no reply, he had been taken too far from Canis unfortunately. Athos fled the mess and began his own life alone. A lone pair of Coyotes usually follow him around, shadowing him, scavenging off of a free kill that he leaves behind. Typically he will get hostile around a kill, defending it as it is technically his, he owns it, so he'll defend it until it's not wanted.
As in Canis' case, his vocabilary is naturally limited and he has so much to learn, but with the attention span of a brick it's not so easy to teach him new things!
His judgement forever stays his own, which is pretty much all the time, bad and false, then leads to much confusion!
Thanks to Cecille Athos has been pointed in the right direction, and given a strict set of rules that it would be in his best interest to follow, it's upto him to follow them, he knows the consequences of not obeying them. She has taught him basically about humans and why not to kill them just for no reason, as sometimes, he feels the need to kill without a reason, even though he reminds himself constantly to not kill without a reason.
At present Athos has discovered his pack again.. but he's strange and alien to them almost, he's not accustomed to being in a pack so much anymore, he got used to being lone and doing things solo. Canis fears that at some stage his brother will attempt to be the alpha instead, Athos's proportions and strength alone allow him to do this, but strangely Athos is able to control his fragile mind when in his brother's company, or Tsipp as she's an alpha. Canis and Tsipp may be the alphas, but there's something about that, that Athos does not want to challenge.. He's capable, but doesn't. He's surprisingly tame and obedient for his size around the alphas.
Possible conceptions to jog imagination of Athos or Canis:
(No these do not belong to me, not my art, I didn't even comission them from the artists, I'm mearly using them as an example as to what Athos/Canis looks like)