Post by Hadrian on Nov 8, 2011 9:09:56 GMT -5
BASIC INTRO
*Full Name: Vipher (viff/ar)
Nicknames: Viph
*Age: seventeen in human terms.
*How Old They Look: hard to tell... many guess as old as nineteen or twenty judging from facial structure.
*Occupation: Experiment
*Race/species: Kut'lari
*Social Class: Middle
APPEARANCE
*Hair Colour: The kut'lari species are covered in fur which ranges from light tanned color to a dusty yellow. Viph's fur is no different. Her fur is a pale olive color.
*Eye Colour: Her eyes are both a pale green, with to rings of orange around the pupils.
*Skin Tone: The color of Viph's skin is also a pale olive color.
Scars/ tattoos/abnormal markings:Viph only has a few scars, one which runs vertically down her left bicep, roughly 30cm's long. When she was first captured and taken to the slave ship, one of the strange aliens' threw her into her cell too roughly, and she sliced her leg.
*Height: She stand's at approx 7 feet from her toes to the tip of her ears.
*Weight: A little under 70 kilo's.
*Body Type: Very lithe, flexible.
PERSONALITY
*Description:Viph doesnt talk much, but when she does it’s usually something worth saying. Knowledgeable, crafty, and sometimes sarcastic, Viph is many things to many people. She tends to show a different face of herself in different situations. Some may describe her persona more of a lava lamp: it is constantly changing, but always colorful and interesting. Though Viph can be sociable, she is also prone to wander.
If she doesn’t like something you’ve done, then she’ll soon put you in your place. She is strong, stubborn, assertive and strong-willed. She can also fight if necessary and is fearless though not stupid in that respect. She is intolerant of bullies and tends to step in to balance uneven situations. Warrior-like in an honorable way.
She is fiercely indipendant, and tries to free herself from social restrictions. She has always wanted to choose her own way and find her own meaning of life. Her calculating resolve has always caused people to be attracted to her. She has a beastiness and an underlying sensitivity with a philosophic wisdom and this poetic nature that speaks to people. She is a person who rushes with self-confidence, and has said to have allot of luck. She is a very just being, with allot of generosity. She is also a being of immense courage, in the forefront of every activity.
Habits: Collecting paints, she meditates more than she sleeps
Soft Spot: She has a soft spot for Earth felines.
Weak Spot: She is incapable of climbing
Best Quality: Her inner strength, cleverness and inteligence.
Worst Quality: Takes leadership roles too seriously and often feels threatened when someone tries to take over that role.
Biggest Vulnerability: She cannot stand the sound of whistling. Because of her large ear's the sound of whistling causes her pain and sometimes to the point where she may feel paralized.
Biggest Strength: Agility for one, and speed. Viph can reach speeds up to 75 mph.
Best Memory: The first day she mixed body paint.
Darkest Secret: As much as she dislikes owning up to it... she secretly likes the taste of cat food.
*History: Vith was born into the world as a tiny, furless, and blind little creature into a tribe on a planet called Kagleech (Kahga-leash), where the kits are communally taken care of. She was born in a litters of three (one other sister and two brothers).
The planet itself is partially grassland and partially tropical jungle. There is are three continents, two of which are connected by a land bridge. The connected two (P'raa and Zelkt) are right on the equator, the smaller one (B'vrrp) is just below. There are also two oceans and one sea.
Viph grew up in a tribe which consited entirely of females until she became sexually mature at the age of eleven. Her communal mothers taught her how to paint herself during that time. The females and males were often kept seperate until both gender's reached sexual maturity. The males are kept in tribes called "hives" are were also taught to paint themselves and then cast out at fifteen, as they are more disagreeable when they come of age and often they have to be beaten into submission due to their more violent behavior, particularly towards younger siblings.
The kut'lari are, by nature, polygamists. Single females will form pair bonds of up to five unrelated individuals, and as a group they will seek out a male. It can take a kut'lari tribe (as they are called before they find a male) up to seven years to find a suitable male, and sometimes they don't find one at all. While they are still a tribe kut'lari are not as territorial and can wander freely in and out of whatever territory they like. Males do not bond at all and will kill another single male if they see one. They are also free to wander through a hive's territory though, since no hive will take a male that kills theirs.
Viph was one of those few kut'lari's who were unfortunate not to find a mate. Perhaps she may have had some luck if fate had she not been taken from her home world. one day, a giant metal sphere came down from the sky. She had been with two other females at the time, tracking a meal to share at their comunal dinner. Two males had been following after them; which striked the females as very amusing, and strange since the males rarely got on well together let along worked together.
The vessel came quick and fast and it was like nothing they'd seen before. Kut'lari never went very far with their technlolgy. They have no concept of flight, or any sort of weapon which use ammunition. Most of their weapons are very 'primitive' knives, daggers, spears and sling-shots. Most of the time they simply do not require weapons. Their teeth and claws are often more than enough to protect them.
The large vessel did not land on the ground, instead it seemed content to hover above them. Instinct suceeded over fear, and with a loud warning cry, the five of them ran for it, bolting in all direction's. Viph had made it just past the treeline when she suddenly felty her world becoming black.
Viph awoke to a world filled with screaming, and crying, each sound coming from creatures she could neither see, nor understand. Viph was sprawled out in a small 'area' which was covered in thin red material. She was soon met with a direful creature which contunied to plague her to this very day.
The thing had a gapeing hole for a mouth, all sharp teeth, and drool which lubricated it's 'jaw' if you could call it that. It's eyes were very large, and another Viph would have towered over the thing if she was standing, it was very large in height and mass. "Where are my kut'lari? My sisters?!" she had demanded, but the thing simply stared at her. Then with surprising speed, it grapped her by the arm and pulled her close to it. Then it "inhaled" her breath. At least that's the only way Viph can describe it.
It then mimicked her own voice! Right down to a T! "Where are my sisters?!" it yelled in the exact same tone hich Viph had used. Then it continued with “You are a slave to my people. We own you now and we will sell you to your new master, to which you will be loyal and work hard for. You will do whatever they say and ask of you. This is your new life, and it is no longer yours to do with what you wish. We are your superiors, and so you must obey us."
Everything else seemed like a blur beyond that. Viph had no sence of time, so no idea how long they had been travelling. She knew nothing beyond her little prison until there was an almighty CRASH! And the world around her seemed to explode and catch fire. It took all of the will power Viph had not to scream. Then there was darkness.
She awoke in a sort of cage again, but this time it was made from some sort of invisible shield. Something heavy had been placed around her neck, and her jewelry had been removed. Inside of this containment unit was only one of the other females which she'd been captured with. The two males were in a unit beside their own.
There were several other units hlding many other creatures. None of them looked the same as the one that had 'stolen' her voice, and for that she was relieved. About a week went by when the scientist's discovered that high-pitched noises were capeable of harming kut'lari ears and then decided to test just how severe the pain was.
They played a very high-pitched whistling noise inside of the males unit first, and the effects were instantanious. Both males dropped to the ground, writhing in agony while they clawed at their own scalps. The sound of their screaming still haunts Viph to this day.
Viph and the other female had growled and screeched as loudly as they could, ordering the scienists to stop, but even if their words hadn't been lost in translation, they would have still been ignored. By the end of the night, one of the males tore the other to shreds. It had been a mercy killing. Viph had heard then talking during the night. The youngest had been the one who begged the other to end him. This wasn't life. This was a way to die. The male species of the kut'lari may be agressive, but they were not without compassion either.
The following day, the surviving male was "destroyed" by the scientist's because they believed he was too savage to be used for science.
A very long time passed and evetually the little female who shared the same unit as Viph passed away as a result of bacteria entering a surgical wound which had been poorly taken care of. So just like that, Viph found that she was the last surviving kut'lari on Earth.
Despite their feline appearance, the scienstist's had become intrigued with the fact that Viph and the others were capeable of speech, so they taught her simple English. They had tried to teach certain alien's how to speak English, but unless the alien looked humanoid (for example Xara Malhotra) it proved difficult. They were also intrigued with her agility and speed, so fortunately for her, save for some blood samples and a few x-rays and fur samples... she was mostly studied for her skills and abilities as an extraterrestrial being as well as her ability to speak.
That does not mean she has not been aware of or not witnessed the horrors of what goes on in the Fascility. She had seen many failed experimentations, many death's, many murders. These experiences take their toll. As a result of this she lacks faith and trust in the Human species.
SPECIES CREATION
*Species name: Kut'lari
*Class: alien
*Species appearance: Viph's species can be compared to a rabbit cross with a lion. Viph stand's digiti grade on strong legs designed for jumping and long strides, which makes it impossible for her species to climb trees, at least very well. Her structure is more lithe than the males of her species, and she is very agile.
She has large, pointed ears which are larger in comparison to her head, a feline like facial structure, and a stiff, long tail which often flicks from side to side in accordance to whether she is angry, or happy, or annoyed. She has englarged upper canines which are only slightly visible past the lips, and large four fingered hands which appear slightly large for her arms because they house retractable claws.
Kut'lari's have been known to dye their fur in colors that often conflict. Usually these colors are extremely bright, and they are very adept at creating lasting dyes. Kut'lari that are sexually immature do not take part in the ritual of making the dye. Those that are sexually mature and do not dye their fur are abstinant and are considered to be insane. Abstinant kut'lari are avoided at all costs by others, as if the abstinance were contagious.
*Powers and abilities: She is remarkably agile and fast
*Weaknesses: Viph cannot stand high-pitched noises, she becomes self conscious about purring if people call her on it, and
*Origin: From the planet Kagleech.
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