Kotone

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Stats

Name: Kotone

Age: (impression age: 13ish)

Gender: Female

Sexual identity/orientation: Female; ???

Species/Type: Terran forest spirit

Type: kitsune

Place of Birth: Darkling Dawn is most likely

Place of Residence: We're Rococo

Rank/Craft: None yet

Duties: None yet

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Family

Sponsors(s): None assigned

Sponsorling(s): None

Bond(s): Ellaneith, an old world Green

Lifemate(s): None

Pet(s): None

Others of note:

• Yuzuki/Y'uki: Her eldest brother (by two years), a half brother. He has always watched over his triplet-siblings and he is the one they normally go to with their problems. Kotone feels special sympathy for him. When he left to find his own fortune, she both applauded and mourned for him. But bringing home his own dragons, he found a new set of problems to endure.
• Katsuro (K'uro): younger brother, triplets. He is the ringleader when the trio form a mob of screamers. Kotone is easily intimidated by his boisterous attitude. Also, the last of the triplets to bond.
• Kiyoshi (K'yo): youngest brother, triplets. As the youngest, though he is part of a set of triplets he seems to enjoy the distinction of being an independent thinker. He does not think he needs or wants a dragon, nor would he be especially sorry if his family went their separate ways, though he would miss Kotone the most. It is interesting to note that K'yo was the first of the triplets to bond.

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Flights

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Offspring

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Family Tree

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Physical Description

Hair/armor/feathers/fur: Sandy with dark silver-to-black streaking.

Skin/exoskeleton/scales/markings: Pale skin; her hands always seem a little dirty, or perhaps decaying, due to subtle greyish pointing that is more noticeable in her other forms.

Limbs: As a fox: one tail.

Eyes: Golden-brown.

Size/Physique: Medium-height and slender.

Clothing: Clothing.

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Physical Abilities

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Mental Abilities

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Magical Abilities

Shifting: She can shift her shape from human to a single-tailed fox. From out of the corner of one's eye she may also seem to take on the shape of a bipedal/anthropomorphic fox, covered in fur, with triangular ears, long snout, and a single tail -- but when they look at her straight on she appears perfectly normal.

Teleportation: Like the rest of her family she can shift from one place to the next, using the preferred vehicle, an otherworldly sort of mist.

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Personality

Attitude: Kotone has a natural grace about her that is very ladylike. Her movements can be liquid and slow, dancerlike. She has become a master of hiding her fears from her brothers, whom do frown upon such things. She usually burns the feelings off through interpretive dance, original lyrics, or just running around with her brothers tomboyishly causing mischief and mayhem.

Hobbies: One thing she likes to do idly (or perhaps it is more of a nervous habit) fidget with wood scrapings. When they become long and curled she sometimes twines them into spiralled braids and sculptures. Sometimes she accompanies Fharaji's story-tellings with music and dance.

Plans: Kotone has always been, since the time of her birth, musically-inclined. It is said that she seemed to be singing even when crying in fear, pain, or hunger. That was why she was named "kotone," for she sounded like the koto, a traditional Japanese stringed instrument. She loves to sing and to this day can be compared with some birds. One day she would like to be skilled enough to build her own koto to accompany her voice.

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History

Kotone has always been "one of four," and the idea of her family splitting up leaves her deeply uneasy. She is a graceful person however (that is, when she is not running through the halls like a little mob-minded hellion), and does not really let those feelings show. She seems to have a mild bond with Yuzuki in that each can tell when the other is worried about something. That was always her impression of him: though he might be firm and even harsh with his siblings, he always seemed sad or resigned. He never let her feel like she was a burden however, just that he wished their mother was more attentive.

When she sees Yuzuki's back on the Sands, she feels something like terror. It is as if a dragon will be the beginning of the end of their family. Will Yuzuki leave them forever? As a musician, she and her younger brother Kiyoshi will likely study at a music hall or the harperhall to learn woodworking skills, plus singing for her, and instruments for Kiyoshi. Katsuro has dreams of riding dragons one day, though he has nebulous desire to work metal. It seems obvious that their family should split apart, yet she cannot help but worry.

A hatching story | Traveling through mist | Return

Kotone's life took an interesting twist before finding her bond. It changed her outlook and it changed her future.

More soon.

Another egg had hatched unnoticed, and the green within seemed quiet happy to keep it that way. She was quiet, and didn't move, preferring to watch the rest of the unhatched eggs rather than find her rider. (Ha! See? At least one of my children is intelligent, came Kioqawth's comment.)

As the green watched, two more eggs began to hatch, from opposite ends of the clutch. They were both fairly small eggs, and unsurprisingly hatched into a blue and a green. The blue strode confidently and quickly over to his older sister, chirping at her quietly, but the green ignored him, watching their sister instead. The other green was clumsily climbing to her feet, waving a wing cheerfully at her siblings. She did not bother to approach them though; instead, the green made a beeline for the candidates, and for one in particular. Kotone received a bundle of green hide sliding to a stop at her feet, which pronounced itself to be named Ellaneith.

The bonding of the green seemed to spur the blue on, and he nudged his sister encouragingly. He half-led, half-herded the other green to the candidates, though she was still reluctant. Kioqawth even gave a little growl of displeasure at his eagerness to bond. He blissfully ignored her, however, finally picking Jaiken out of the crowd of candidates. J'ai! Get over here and take care of your Echaunth! I'm hungry!

That left the green, and with a heavy sigh, she decided to go ahead and get it over with. (No! You can still be free! Kioqawth argued before Liyola hushed her again.) Ignoring her mother's protests, the green inspected the candidates carefully, and finally made her choice. Vykar was particularly surprised when the green bypassed the female candidates and went to him. Well? the green asked. Aren't you going to feed me?

"Uh, sure, Scheiveth," the new greenrider said.

~ Sedona clutch 8

And more after that, soon.

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Links

Ellaneith
Darkling Dawn | Sedona Weyr | Clutch 8

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