Kea

Player: Sam

Email: fanmail@iname.com

Age: 26

Character Name: Kea Tempest

Nature: Shape-shifter Peregrine Falcon

Characters' Age: 22

Description: Kea looks like an average 5ft 5" caucasian. Tawny brown hair, tawny gold / hazel eyes. Sleek, almost boyish in her appearance. Physically fit, and obviously a hard worker, more than happy to do physical labour - anything to get outdoors. She specialises in falconry, however will do anything as long as it's legal. Kea has keen eyesight, and a way of looking 'into' someone which is often disconcerting. When she gives you her attention, which can be difficult, she gives you her whole attention, her eyes piercing in their regard.

Abilities: Kea is a shape shifter. She can become a Peregrine Falcon at will, she is not affected by the lunar cycle, as a were is. Because the ability to shift is originated by Faerie magic, Protectors have a severe reaction to cold iron, similar to that of a were to silver. Her sight, and hearing have both been enhanced to a large degree, she is very agile, and strong. She's very lightweight, her bones being lighter than normal, and thus able to jump higher and leap farther than 'normal' humans. This is a mixed blessing, as, with her lighter bones also comes a far greater risk of breaking them. Kea is able to heal herself fairly quickly though, similar to a were. She can sense other shape shifters and weres, however has difficulty knowing what animal they are. She can identify other avian species and rats, however other species she can only tell can shift or are were. However, were cannot tell what she is either, other than a shifter. Alpha were can identify her as 'avian' however not that she is Peregrine.

Personality: Kea is a loner by nature. Like the falcon she shifts into, she prefers to work alone. Her idea of heaven is a mountain range with no other people within. She's a wanderer by nature, often unable to stay in one place for too long, if she does so, she likes to change residences or rearrange furniture to stifle her need for wandering. She has a love for the outdoors, especially for the wilderness. She holds most were in high regard, except for were-rats who she sees more as prey than allies. Because of her tendency to keep to herself, Kea isn't known for her 'political correctness', quite the opposite, she's often a little too blunt and to the point, which has made for hard feelings and several enemies in her past. Although she angers quickly, Kea has a tight control on her emotions, and is usually able to stop herself short of doing physical damage. There has been the odd occasion though, where she wasn't quite so controlled... She's prone to some degree of selfishness, and is highly territorial, not only over what she sees as her 'home ground' but also over people and items she may possess. As such, her possessiveness has been known to cause some sense of discord. She is a strong defender of those suffering from injustice, however her sharp tongue and youth don't always mean her defense is a good thing.

Background: Kea is the twelfth in what had been a long respected line of Protectors to the Tempest family. The power of the Protectors comes from a bargain made by the first Protector, a young, sickly man who wanted to protect his family when several bordering neighbours began warring for more land. After several family members, including his mother, were killed, the young man appealed to a Faerie Witch for help. Their family crest, the Peregrine Falcon, had been passed down as a symbol of strength, power, agility, intelligence and speed. He asked for the ability to become like the falcon to help protect his family. The Faerie Witch agreed, along with his promise that not only shall he protect his own family, but also others in unjust situations. This seemed like a fair and even cheap trade to the man, and he agreed readily. The true price of this trade became apparent when, several years later, he was forced to defend his families enemies against his own family when they began, in turn, to take over the neighbouring lands. The struggle cause by his inability to fight against his family and his need, through the bargain, to help the young child of his families' greatest enemy, killed him. Despite his ignominous death, because of his ability to change shape, and the way he turned the tide in their favour once more, all Protectors have, since that time, been revered and even sometimes feared, by the family.

Kea, however, was brought up almost as an outcast. Her uncle, like her, also able to shift into a falcon shape, had been the family Protector for many years, until disappearing suddenly shortly after her third birthday. Since then, the family had treated her as if it were her fault her uncle had disappeared. Treated almost as a slave, she was beaten for imagined slights and insults, or for work incompleted on time. They refused to allow her to learn her duties as Protector, professing that if one had disappeared, another could do the same. On her 21st birthday, she had been told to find her uncle.

Kea has now been searching for her uncle for a little over 14 months. Her task, thus far, has been fruitless. She has come to Sanctuary, hoping that since Sanctuary was known to attract many 'supernaturals' perhaps he had ended up here. Since being sent on her mission, Kea has been contemplating not returning to her original home.

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