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Basil : RWF : prince

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_{Prince of Luteae, Basil.

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bio_____________

[name] : basil 'bay-sill'
  ⇛from 'balsam & silver haired bat  '
⇥ 'balsam as he was found in a bush of balsam, and silver haired bat as he was found at night yet still awake.'
⇥ he was named by the messenger & berserker who found him.

[title] : the prince of many tongues
  ⇛ refers to his ability to understand every language, dialect or accent in the area.

[gender] : ♂, buck, male

[age] : 3 quests
⇛ 3 years, young but an adult
⇥ born in the early summer

[species] : musk deer
⇛ specifically a tufted deer
⇥' this is determined by his tuft of hair, canines, small antlers, & asian origin'

[kingdome] : Luteae
⇛ prince of luteae, picked by Loestle
⇥ has been for 9 journeys

appearance_______

[masculine traits] : small antlers & large canine teeth
⇛ both are used as weapons, the antlers are shed as any other deer.

[build] : thin legs & neck, round, short body with a large wide eyed head.
⇛ 2 feet at the shoulder
⇥ larger than average musk male.

[pelt] : cream with darker splotches on belly, under neck, and rump. white sock on right hind leg, white muzzle.

[eyes] : bright green, resembling the herb basil.

[scent] : basil, and balsam flowers

[items] :
⇛ none worn
⇛bones of small animals hoarded.
⇥ kept in a hollow tree, secret to most who know him

details_________

[religion] : gods of old & spirits
⇛ gods of old
⇥ /Vordol/ prays to on occasion
⇥ /Ousqua/ favorite god, often prays to
⇥ /Imtiaco/ only prays to him for wisdom when needed
⇥ /Nistellum/ prays to her for strength, second favorite
⇥ /Taziaes/ not very often, usually forgotten about
⇛ spirits
⇥ /Phoelden/ puts most of his faith in
⇥ /Igur/ is a bit hesitant to trust


[sexuality] : panromantic, grey-a demisexual.
⇛ prefers males as most females are larger anyway, & make fun of his size
⇥but, only will mate with deer he commits to for his whole life, with all his heart.

[hobbies] :
⇛ bone collecting
⇛ night time swimming
⇛ star gazing, cloud watching
⇛ training, exercising, improving

[skill] : understanding languages, and dialects
⇛ has the ability to understand different dialects of their language from the most obvious to the most difficult, he is known as an expert in understanding other species. he can understand most any creature in the land they live, and prides himself of this.

[stats] :
  ⇛ strength -
  ⇛ speed -
  ⇛ accuracy -
  ⇛ wisdom -

personal_________

[statement] : 'small, but with the heart of an elk, and determination of a bison'

[personality] :

⇛ + positive + |{ spontaneous & motivated & loyal }

⇥  Basil seems to be an all round excited, and jovial deer. He often prances around, is quite social and is never afraid to laugh. He loves attention, and an audience for crazy stunts he comes up with, or any dare that comes his way. His attitude is always seemingly positive, and he'll go out of his way to bring a smile to any ones muzzle. He's always there to lighten the mood on a scouting party, or patrol, but when the time comes he can be just as serious.

⇥ As a result of his envy of larger deer, he's extremely motivated to be better than them, despite his size and strength. He pushes himself to the limit to become like them. But the reality is, he never will be and in some ways he has accepted that. He's realized he's much better suited for speed, and tactical thinking. He works more on his speed than strength, and spends time trying to understand the mechanics of the things around him. His main goal that he's working towards is to be known for something, and to be a useful, un-replaceable asset to the heard [no one else like him, he needs to be the best at something].

⇥ Loyalty is something Basil shows most proudly. He's devoted to his job, his kingdom and his stag. He respects and answers commands as soon as they come, making sure to get them done on time and in an orderly fashion. He'll never refuse, no matter the danger or urgency, and he'll even go out of his way to do little things no one asks but he knows they would like. He'd likely give his life for his kingdome, and would rather die than be treasonous. This is the one trait that got him the position in the first place.

⇛ - negative - |{ jealous & selfish & whinny }

⇥As a seemingly happy deer, he couldn't possibly be jealous? Wrong. As a small, fragile buck with tiny antlers he's incredible jealous of anyone larger, and stronger than him. This would be every other stag around. He almost holds a type of grudge to them, and even though he's generally kind he can sometimes let out some of his envy. He so badly wishes to be like one of them and knows that there is no way, no how he could ever become like them. He has a very shallow tolerance to insults about his appearance as well, and while he'll seem to get mad it really just kills him more.

⇥Since he's usually spending time doing things to make himself better, he has little to no time for others. Nor does he really care all that more for helping them in non-threatening or unimportant ways. He doesn't feel the need either, there are other deer who can help them so why does it have to be him. He has more important things to do, that directly effect him anyway, why does he care if they need some help picking herbs. He'll even make up excuses so he doesn't have to do it, rather than tell the other straight up that he doesn't care [it is possible that he might, depending on deer and his mood]. He doesn't think much of it, or think his selfishness is bad. He actually believes it's a defining quality of himself. He never voices this side of him, or shows any bad qualities at all more than often, but every now and then something can slip out.

⇥ Whining, and complaining are two very annoying, and very obvious traits basil has. Though he tends to keep it bottled up in front of others, he'll release a whole lot of whining to close friends. Though he'll listen and accept any request, it doesn't mean he wants to or even likes it. It's likely he'll be complaining about it all week long, and the one who gave it to him. There is of course the exception of the stag, Chemo whom he won't complain about in fear of losing his job and trust. His friends know quite well whom he complains the most about and of what it is he complains so much about, which are almost completely unnoticeable to most others.

history & kin_________

[kin] :
⇛ father || Bao 豹 meaning leopard, panther
⇛ mother || Jiao 娇 meaning charming & lovely
⇥ Ju 菊, Feng 峰, Hui 辉, & Meng 猛.

[family history] :
As all musk deer originate in Asian, so did Basil's family. Basil's mother and father were born in different parts of China, in zoo's or wild life preserves. Skip to a much later time when both of them were shipped separately to a private owner in south eastern Canada. The man collect exotic animals for his children and wife. [It is unknown if these animals were collect illegally or legally.] First arrived Jiao, whom lived 3 months alone, befriending the antelope kept not far from her habitat. When Bao was delivered, he was placed in her cage immediately. The man thought it would be rather nice to give her a friend to keep her company and that friend ended up to be a male who was slightly older but able to breed. They did not breed at first, Jiao didn't like him all that much at first but after 2 years together they did mate in the late winter. She birthed her first fawn named Ju, a female. She was kind and sweet, easy to raise and their habitat had more than enough room and the man took care of them all well. They mated again the same time a year later bringing Feng their first son into the world. Every year for 2 more years they mated bring Hui and Meng as the last sons. They were all fairly happy, the habitat was all they really knew, and their owners family who gave them treats and pets everyday.
Soon this would all end as the man had to move, he changed jobs, and his wife had filed a divorce forcing him to give up his collection of animals. He cared dearly for them, and did not have the heart to send them all to a zoo. He sent only dangerous creatures such as snakes, and big cats to the nearest zoo but the others like the Musk deer he decided to set free. Although this was far from their native land they stepped out of their cage and walked into the dense forest. Jiau and Bao wanted to go back to their home, China, and not knowing how far it was or impossible searched for it. They didn't call a place their home but wander for sometime until Jiao could not. Unfortunately they had forgotten that they had mated once again and she was again pregnant. This slowed her down and forced them to stay near the mountains they were to cross until she had this fawn.
They wanted for than anything to move, and they knew how hard it would be to keep this fawn alive while they traveled, so they thought of the best way to dispose of the fawn while leaving him in good care of another. While they stayed near the mountains they noticed a herd of white tail deer who lived not far from there. After she birthed the fawn, that night they took him closer to the deer, and left him in a bush of Balsam. This fawn was Basil.

[history] :
⇛ fawn
⇥Basil was born outside of the heard, into a small family group of musk deer whom were traveling through the forest. Due to their size, and the nature of the hunting in the forest they opted to leave as quickly as they strolled in. Of course, Basil who was only a few weeks old and under a foot tall, was asleep when they left. He never caught up, nor did they come back to get him. It is assumed they were hunted, or fled to a safer land. [ you'll notice a difference from this and his family history, this is because he was too young to remember and made up a practical story that he believes. ] He was found on the forest floor on a moonlit spot, in a bush of Balsam by a messenger. The messenger quickly took the young fragile, smaller than usual fawn back to the kingdome. The messenger gave him a name since the child had none, not that he could remember anyway. He constructed the name based on the location, and the god whom he most admired & the time he found the fawn. Basil grew up with the rest of the fawns, though he was taken care of by various doe's or herb keepers. His size difference then was noticeable but the young fawns didn't seem to question it nor did he.

⇛ juvenile
⇥He was getting older, now a juvenile and he had still not grown much. All the other fawns had gotten larger, and one or two had antler nubs! He was confused, why wasn't he like them? What was wrong with him? The other greenhorns didn't know the answer either, though they accepted him kindheartedly as they had as fawns. This, of course, wasn't enough for Basil. His confusion turned into rage. He wanted badly to be stronger and bigger than them, or at least their size. His rage peaked when he traveled into the forest alone to find smaller creatures, like toads or lizards. He would lift his small hoof, and slowly squish the creature, shouting at them angrily. This was the peak of his madness. The peak of his desire to be like that of the deer of the kingdome. One day while out on another lizard run, he saw a very small old deer he didn't recognize. It was a bit taller than him, so he assumed it must be a fawn. He got a closer look at it, and they began to talk. While talking with this small deer, whom turned out to be an adult and a musk deer himself. He learned that his size was a trait of their breed, and instead of big antlers he'd grow large tusks. He loved the idea, and boasted about it for months after the meeting. He never saw the old deer again, but he holds a high respect for him none the less. He'd check everyday for tusks, and when they finally started popping out of his muzzle he was ecstatic.

⇛ messenger
⇥At the beginning of adulthood he knew the life of a denizen would not satisfy him. Looking at his options, the most practical would have messenger, after all he was quick and knew the area well. That same day he himself went and spoke to a current messenger, and luckily a few weeks ago one of the others retired as an elder. Basil knew it wouldn't be a sure sign that he was in since of course there was competition. The other messengers would only let in one, and he already heard a few others talk about wanting to get in. His confidence did not weaken, he was prepared to train hard and show them what he could do that others could not. He had been studying languages and dialects of different kingdoms and species for awhile, and possessed a trait others did not have. Understanding almost any language, dialect, or accent in the area. He used this to his advantage, sparking the messengers interest in him over others for his outstanding loyalty and speech. Though his size was small, a messengers jobs was a perfect fit form him.

⇛ prince
⇥One of his last tasks of being a messenger lead him to become the new prince of Luteae. Loestle, the former stag, sent him and another messenger on a task to scout out another pasture for the kingdom to graze on and to keep an eye on Deum. They agreed of course, doing their usual job quickly cantering out to find a nice grazing spot. While finding it, a small herd of big horn sheep crossing the valley. It was odd to him as he knew they rarely came down from the mountain unless to graze, yet they didn't seem concerned with the green grass. They stopped and the other messenger didn't think much of them, telling basil to hurry up and get back to the kingdom. Basil shook it off and listened to the more experienced messenger. About half way back he stopped, apologizing out of the blue and taking off in the opposite direction. He slowed his pace, watching them for a bit before approaching them cautiously. They noticed and greeted him, right away he recognized their dialect and was able to communicate with them clearly asking why they were down this far, and where they were going. They told him a large female bear and her cubs was passing through and slaughtered one of their own after stumbling upon her at night. They ran for it, but their scent lead the bear to follow them. Basil nodded, knowing that if they were to bring the kingdom here to graze, they'd be leading them right to the angry momma bear which would not end well. He ran back to the kingdom with this information, and though the other messenger was mad at him for leaving, Loestle was greatful for his loyalty and intelligence.

relations_________

acquaintance, just met
cautious, wary of
fear
respect, trust
love, adore
crush, romantic interest
curious
friend, pal
best friend, close
hate, abhor
mate
ex mate
gone or dead

Luteae
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Deum
- ⇛ name }
⇥ "lalalal

- ⇛ name }
⇥ "lalalal

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⇥ "lalalal

Traveler
- ⇛ name }
⇥ "lalalal

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⇥ "lalalal

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⇥ "lalalal

roleplays_________

[current] : n/a

[past] : n/a
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