Character Name
Zarya
Species?
Mountain Lion
Description
Zarya likes to think that she is an independent and self-reliant feline. She doesn't like to ask or accept help from others and will try her darndest to get something done herself. She's very assertive when she does interfere with other animals. Zar is usually silent, hardly ever speaking to anyone. She's still very young, and at times, she'll let her inner cub peek out and have a little fun chasing butterflies or pouncing at the fish in the nearby stream. Zarya enjoys perching on a tree limb and watching the world below her or sunbathing on a rock near the meadow.
Background/History
At six months old, while on a visit to a carcass with her mother, Zarya encountered her first black bear, which was rare since it was out of its hibernating den in January. The bear tried to attack, but Zar's mother fought to protect her cub. She managed to run the bear off, but she had gained a life-threatening wound. They made it back to the den, and when night came, Zarya and her mother fell asleep. But when morning came, only Zarya woke, her mother in an eternal sleep. Having to leave the den, she relied on the few hunting trips her mother had taken her on, and she barely survived the rest of that winter. However, now, nearly a year and a half after her mother's death, Zarya is an adult and strong-willed mountain lion with the objective of any other creature in the forest...survive.
((If I am accepted, I won't be able to post the pic because I will be using my phone more often than I will use my laptop.))