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By Rat

Basics

• Name: Bluebell
• Date of Birth: 18 Nov 2020
• Gender: Female
• Luperci: Ortus
• Residence: —
• Mate: None

Heritage

• Family:
• Birthplace: Midwest, USA
• Species: Coyote?, Dog
• Subspecies:
  • Plains Coyote
  • Rough collie
  • Retriever-type dogs
  • Border collie

NPCs

• cPNC: —
• Non-Canine NPCs:
  • Periwinkle (draft cross mare)
  • Mallow (ginger tomcat)

Plots and Assumptions

• —

OOC

• Player: Myst
• Creator: Myst
• Visual Design: Mirteae on DA
• Links: Forum | Gallery

2.1  Basics

Essentials

• Species: Bluebell's coyote heritage is obvious in her overall shape and pointy features, but her fur is a bit longer than expected thanks to her dog heritage.
• Fur: Thick and fluffy, especially around her neck. It's made mostly of warm gray tones
  • Optime Hair: She keeps her hair long and usually in a braid. Its color follows that of her fur, with a cream streak from her forehead and lighter gray with a darker gray underlayer
• Facial Features: Her ears are large with a slight bend at the top. Sometimes they stand up completely, either one at a time or both at once
• Build and Size: Bluebell is about average size for a coyote
  • Lupus: 40 lbs lbs (18 kg) – 24 in (61 cm)
  • Secui: 125 lbs (56 kg) – 40 in (101 cm)
  • Optime: 150 lbs (68 kg) – 5ft 6in (66 in / 167 cm)
• Humanization: Bluebell is highly humanized and often wears a blue dress over a whiteish shirt, or that same shirt with blue pants. She also enjoys jewelry.

References

By Rat

By Mirteae on DA

2.2  Palette

Fur

Eyes & Skin

3.1  Overview

Bluebell tends to act braver than she is, largely out of necessity. Truthfully, she's spent a lot of her time in recent months cared out of her wits. This fear is sometimes hidden behind snappy words and an overdone streak of independence. Most of this is a show, though, and only driven by situational insecurity; once she's comfortable, she's kind and pleasant.

As part of a pack, she's a hard worker, happy to create wares for the good of the pack alongside the ones she's making for her own gain. Bluebell also likes to teach and give small gifts to those she calls friends. Part of this hard work and giving stems from a fear of being punished. If she’s gained favor with others, maybe they’ll go easy on her. Punishments in her birth pack were swift and harsh, and while Bluebell knows that this isn’t how it’s done in a lot of places, the insecurity and responses to it are deeply ingrained even if she tries to hide the most visible reactions as much as she can. The most obvious outward reaction to this trauma is that she may shut down and retreat to her home.

Bluebell enjoys being creative, and while much of her claymaking skills are geared toward utility, she likes to make her pottery pretty whenever she can. She is also interested in learning new techniques from anyone willing to show her what they know.

3.2  Traits

Outwardly confident, hardworking, creative

• Outlook: Optimistic
• Sociability: Extroverted, submissive
• Expression: Dominant
• Alignment:

Main Focus: Claymaking

Pottery (Master)

Even before shifting, Bluebell was interested in the process of making pottery. She helped collect clay and other materials as she could, learned about how things were made in theory, and once she shifted, she immediately began practicing under the guidance of a teacher. She can make many different useful things, like plates and cups, along with sealable containers. Some are more decorative than others, depending on their purpose and who they're for.

Kiln-fired Bricks (Journeyman)

Along with creating pottery, Bluebell began learning how to create bricks to use for building. It was more difficult for her to learn, and less interesting because she was more interested in the decoration aspect of making pottery. She understood the utility and importance, though, so she persisted.

Kiln Building (Journeyman)

Another aspect of Bluebell's training included how to make a couple of types of kilns based on materials that were available to her. She helped build several kilns in her birth pack.

Auxiliary Skills and Hobbies

Horsemanship

When Bluebell gained ownership of her horse, Periwinkle, she was taught basic care and riding skills. This doesn't include training a horse from scratch or advanced wound care. For that she would need more help. She enjoys taking care of Peri and riding her.

Reading & Writing

Everyone in Bluebell's birth pack was taught to read and write. Basic reading skills began before shifting, and much of it was geared towards the pack's beliefs and what her role should be. Writing came later, and all the pups were taught in groups divided by gender. Bluebell read as much as she could, and now that she has the freedom to read whatever she wants, she tries to find as many books as she can.

Sewing

Being able to meand her own clothes was a useful skill to have, so Bluebell learned enough to do that. She can't make anything advanced, but at least her things don't have holes in them.