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EBC- Laertes OLD

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Published: May 5, 2013

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Description

General

Name Laertes

Nickname: Taze

Gender Male

Age 9 months

Rank Shadow Empire Apprentice

Species Amur Leopard

About

Personality

Spunky and Energetic
_{Laertes is very enthusiastic about everything he does, whether it is excitement or dread. He puts a lot of emotion into life and tends to "wear his heart on his sleeve." He's very quirky and outspoken, which sometimes gets annoying to others. He always put his two sense into everything, and that trait will probably carry on when he is older.}

Devoted and Loyal
_{Laertes grows very atatched to others. He loves to be everybody's best friend, but that sometimes causes him a lot of drama and confusion, eventually leading to him not having very many super close friends but a lot of regular friends. However, he would be willing to lay down his life for any of those friends in an instant with no second thought. This also may cause him to get into a bit of trouble, but he usually doesn't mind.}

Motivated and Determined
_{Because of Laertes' love of learning, he oftentimes becomes obsessed with figuring something out. Whether that be a battle move or even a simple apprentice's game, he will think and analyze until he has perfected himself.}

Distracted and Curious
_{Laertes is still young, so everything is fascinating to him. He is often found staring at the clouds or gathering different flowers or even looking at bugs just for the fun of it.}

Dreamy and Simple-Minded
_{Laertes thinks anything can be solved in a simple way. He sees everything as a whole picture, and can quickly see how it works and what to do. He often times gets very dreamy, however. He will go into trances where he just sits and thinks about things, thinks about the future and the past and the present. Everything is simple and amazing to him.}

Background

_{North of the mountains, north of Ice Empire and miles past any sort of Bounty Hunter or human city, there was a small forest. One chilly night, in a cave under an oak tree, a young female leopard gave birth to a beautiful son she named Laertes. The leopard, named Willow, realized after the birth of her son that the forest they resided in was no place to raise a cub. It was overrun by bears and wolves and was scarce of prey. So when she was strong enough to leave the cave, she took her son out of the forest, to the South, into the mountains.

Willow was not expecting such a long trip. It was hard, carrying a newborn cub and weak with hunger. Birds of prey were constantly flying around her, waiting for her to fall dead or leave her son laying around for a while so they could scoop him up. But they never got the chance; Willow was protective and smart. She hid Laertes in abandoned caves and bushes to hunt small prey, and always kept her health up enough to keep walking throughout the day. But weeks into their trip, Willow began to think she had made a horrible mistake. What if there was nothing on the other side of the mountains? What if it was just nothing except these dangerous rocks? She began to think she had damned her and Laertes to death by leaving her old home.

But not long after that, she saw the end. The end of the mountains, the end of their struggle. It was a place with rivers and the ocean and huge forests and open grasslands. The only thing that worried Willow was the strange and unknown figure by the sea...the human city. She had never heard of humans, or Bounty Hunters, or their dangers. So she ignored them and vowed to stay away. They emerged out of the mountains on the edge of Lightning and Fire Empire's territory. She was starving, and she could smell prey everywhere so she hid Laertes in some brush and told him to stay put until she returned. By this time, Laertes was 9 months old and could understand most of everything...except why his mother never returned. He waited in his bush for a couple days; Laertes lost track. Finally, he decided he was hungry and sitting in his hiding spot was not going to help him.

And he knew his mother wasn't coming back. So he decided to go look for her, as well.

Unfortunately, Laertes never found Willow. But what he did find was a Shadow Empire patrol, having wandered into their territory. They took him in, gave him armor and told him stories of the fearful and merciless Bounty Hunters, the brave and powerful Coliseum fighters, and the terrifying and evil humans who lived in the city. Laertes was captivated by the stories; to him, there were just stories, after all. None of it was real yet. He was fascinated and intrigued. He decided to stay with Shadow Empire until he found his mother...which he knew might be a while.}

Extra Facts

Armor

_{Laertes's armor was given to him when he joined Shadow Empire. It is a simple leather back, stained with the Shadow Empire crest, with simple cloth straps around his middle. The cloth around his neck holds beads and feathers, none of which are of any meaning to him. Maybe later he'll give them to someone he cares about.}