Character Name: Shiloh Buhari
Age: 25
Species: Wolf Shifter
Setting: Modern Day
Physical appearance:
History:
Shiloh was born and raised in a rural town in Pennsylvania to two loving parents who owned and operated a local drug/convenience store. Her life was actually pretty normal and happy. She was adopted - a fact that couldn't be hidden because her adoptive parents were Caucasian - and did well in school, had a lot of friends, and excelled at a number of activities/academic areas/sports (i.e. creative writing, volleyball and track, and loves to create artistic graffiti murals). When she was about fourteen years old, something out of the ordinary happened - one evening she felt the first pangs of discomfort before she shifted into a new form, accidentally injuring her father (not lethally!) and taking off into the woods where she hunted for a few hours (killing two separate neighbor's dog and cat) before, exhausted, curling up beneath a tree to sleep. The next morning, she awoke back in her bed in "normal" form with her mother waiting nearby to talk to her. Neither one of her parents were actually surprised and it was explained to her that they were the friends of her real parents and adopted her when they died (though it was never told to her how they died). They explained to her what she was, what she was capable of, and encouraged her to embrace the human part of her more so than the wolf because it would, in the end, be easier. From that point on, she has done everything she can to keep the wolf in check and to be as "normal" as she possibly can.
When she was 16 years old, her father died in a car accident and, when she was 21, her mother died fighting cancer. With the last of the only family that she has ever known gone, she left that small town in Pennsylvania (since there was little for her there besides her adoptive parents anyway) and decided to travel across the United States doing odd jobs along the way, never staying in any place long, and just enjoying life. She has held to her promise that she would embrace the human part of herself more than the animal though she has been approached by a number of wolf packs in various places that have tried to extend a hand to her in offering her a place with them. Some of them have been kind while others have been cruel and basically gave the the ultimatum that she join the pack or get out of town to which, of course, she always left. Shiloh doesn't know what she's going to find - good graces or trouble - in her travels, but that doesn't stop her from exploring the world around her.
There are many ideas about wolf-based characters out there so let me just tell you about how I play Shiloh:
Powers and Abilities:
Weaknesses:
Age: 25
Species: Wolf Shifter
Setting: Modern Day
Physical appearance:
- African-American
- Height: 5'8
- Weight: Approximately 120-125
- Hair: Brown
- Eyes: Brown, but in some lights they take on a more Hazel color
- Measurements: 34-24-36
History:
Shiloh was born and raised in a rural town in Pennsylvania to two loving parents who owned and operated a local drug/convenience store. Her life was actually pretty normal and happy. She was adopted - a fact that couldn't be hidden because her adoptive parents were Caucasian - and did well in school, had a lot of friends, and excelled at a number of activities/academic areas/sports (i.e. creative writing, volleyball and track, and loves to create artistic graffiti murals). When she was about fourteen years old, something out of the ordinary happened - one evening she felt the first pangs of discomfort before she shifted into a new form, accidentally injuring her father (not lethally!) and taking off into the woods where she hunted for a few hours (killing two separate neighbor's dog and cat) before, exhausted, curling up beneath a tree to sleep. The next morning, she awoke back in her bed in "normal" form with her mother waiting nearby to talk to her. Neither one of her parents were actually surprised and it was explained to her that they were the friends of her real parents and adopted her when they died (though it was never told to her how they died). They explained to her what she was, what she was capable of, and encouraged her to embrace the human part of her more so than the wolf because it would, in the end, be easier. From that point on, she has done everything she can to keep the wolf in check and to be as "normal" as she possibly can.
When she was 16 years old, her father died in a car accident and, when she was 21, her mother died fighting cancer. With the last of the only family that she has ever known gone, she left that small town in Pennsylvania (since there was little for her there besides her adoptive parents anyway) and decided to travel across the United States doing odd jobs along the way, never staying in any place long, and just enjoying life. She has held to her promise that she would embrace the human part of herself more than the animal though she has been approached by a number of wolf packs in various places that have tried to extend a hand to her in offering her a place with them. Some of them have been kind while others have been cruel and basically gave the the ultimatum that she join the pack or get out of town to which, of course, she always left. Shiloh doesn't know what she's going to find - good graces or trouble - in her travels, but that doesn't stop her from exploring the world around her.
There are many ideas about wolf-based characters out there so let me just tell you about how I play Shiloh:
- She was born a wolf, not bitten. That means that a bite from her is not going to turn anyone else into a wolf. It's just going to hurt! It also means that she, herself, has a pretty good chance of giving birth to a wolf.
- I have her set as having two forms - Human and wolf.
- Her ability to shift is relatively painless, nothing gruesome that you'd see in movies (though American Werewolf in London, I admit, is pretty fun!)
- Her shifting is not dependent on the moon!
Powers and Abilities:
- Stronger than the average human
- Speed above average
- Heightened senses
- Very agile
- Above average reflexes
- High stamina
- Can heal faster than a human
- Can control when she shifts pretty well in high instances of emotion
- Can communicate with other wolves via mindspeak (wolf form only) and through various vocal communications
Weaknesses:
- Not immune to dominance effects of vampires
- Not immune to alpha powers/status of other wolves
- Doesn't know much about what else she is possibly capable of (which means room to explore other powers/abilities)
- Doesn't know much about where she came from which makes her a bit vulnerable