Nidara

Full Name: Nidara
Soul Name: Kina

Preserver Name: Dig-wander Highthing
Title: Entertainer/Scout
Age: Young Adult, 50
Gender: Female

Face Claim: Megan Ewing

Hair: Long, wavy, medium brown, normally pulled back in a tail that falls down between her shoulder blades
Eyes: Large, green-gold, thick lashes
Height/Build: 4'0", lithe, slim but strong, small hips, narrow waist and small pert (a-cup) breasts
Skin: Light tan, has freckles across cheeks and nose

Clothing: (See pictures below)
Warmer climate: Short body-suit, loose straps (that tend to fall off one shoulder, the other or both).  A wrapped sarong around her waist.  Brightmetal bands around her wrist and upper arms.  Sandals or barefoot.  Usually in shades of sand, tan and brown.

Colder climate:  Long-sleeved tunic belted at her waist over fitted pants.  Tall laced up boots.  Usually in darker tans and browns.

Personality:

- Quiet, often mistaken as being shy, but really she is observing and thinking

- Easily flustered or frustrated

- Is a bit of a pushover, working on standing up for herself

- Tries hard to please others
- Scared of disappointing others

- Short tempered but often bites her tongue and simmers on it so she tends to hold grudges without realizing it

Skills:
Sending: Average
Hunting: Weak

Scouting: Strong
Tracking: Average
Fishing: No
Weapons:
     - Daggers (Strong)
     - Bow (Weak)

     - Spear (Weak)

     - Staff (Weak)

     - Thrown Weaponry (knives, spikes: Average)

     - Bolo (Weak)

     - Unarmed (weak)
Swimming: Average

Agility: Excellent (think parkour)

Dancing:

     - Bellydance (Strong)

     - Ballet (Strong)

Riding: Average

Yoga: Average

Meditation: Weak

Climbing: Strong

Cave Exploring: Strong

Magic:
Type: N/A

Likes/Dislikes/Phobias:
+ Dancing & music

+ Celebrations

+ Solitude

+ Caves

+ Making her mother or sister proud

+ Exploring (be it on the Run or in the caves)

+ Watching others
- Missing a step

- Disappointing people

- Cave-ins

- Sweets

- Being pushed around

- Telling people 'no'

- Losing her temper

= Being caught in a cave-in

Family/Friends:
Father: Unknown
Mother: Whyn
Siblings: Leyna (half-sister)
Lifemate: None

Lovemate: None
Cubs: Cubs
Mentor:
Student: None

Freesharer: Yes, selective, prefer male but will entertain female

History:
Nidara was born late in life to Whyn, a jackwolf-riding hunter.  The hunter had lost her mate in a storm and taken to sharing her blankets in search of happiness after his death.  When she found herself with child it was a great joy.  However she had no way of knowing who the child's father was given the number of partners she'd had.

Nidara was a quiet baby and grew into a quiet girl; different from her loud hunter mother and her gentle healer sister. She preferred to watch and listen rather than act.  Whyn didn't understand how she'd ended up with two daughters so different in personality from her and pushed Nidara to be a hunter, wanting a daughter like herself since Leyna had turned out like her father.  However Nidara proved inept at nearly all weapons she tried.  Part of this was the pressure that her mother put on her which made her more nervous about disappointing Whyn.  She would often disappear into the network of caves to (literally) escape her mother's influence, exploring for hours and often getting lost.  She loved the quiet of the caves and the wonders she'd find sometimes.

She was always extremely agile, able to climb rocks and scrubtrees easily as well as jump great distances.  As she got older, Nidara found peace in dancing, feeling like herself only when she was lost in the music and movement.  But she needed a more practical purpose in the tribe to appease her mother so she turned her natural agility to scouting. 

She recently decided to move into her own set of rooms and tent, putting distance between her and her mother.  This has allowed her to explore more of who she is as opposed to who her mother has tried to turn her into.  She has also begun attempting to learn weaponry again from new teachers (without her mother's daunting presence).