TGB: Pertinax

Kit name:: Rocky
True Name:: Pertinax
Nicknames:: Nax

Age:: 2½ Season Cycles (30 moons)

Gender:: Female

Tribe:: Fire Tribe

Power:: Secondary

Skills:: Block The Pebble, Running Over Lava, Small Shield, Anti Fireball

[ + : Positive ]

[ = : Neutral/Depending ]
[ - : Negative ]

[ + ] Loyal - Pertinax has always felt a sense of loyalty to certain people. Whether the loyalty is given to them due to their status, or how close they are to her, she will usually push herself to the limit to help and/or protect someone. This loyalty especially applies to close friends, love interests, mates, leaders, deputies, and healers.

[ - ] Impatient - No matter how hard she tries, Pertinax can not wait for something she is excited for or is looking forward to. If she has to wait very long, she tends to get whiny and/or over-excited about whatever it is, and on certain days, can talk for hours about it.

[ = ] Stubborn - Pertinax is known for this. She will hold her ground on a matter she believes in, without budging one bit. Depending on what it is, she either gets in trouble or is rewarded. Honestly, she isn't used to people saying 'No' to her, so she gets a little irritated when people do, and has a hard time forcing herself not to do whatever she was going to. (Usually, she does it anyway.)

[ = ] Playful/Flirtatious - These go hand-in-hand with Pertinax, for it is not uncommon for her to pop off small remarks and comments about someone. Most of the time, she is joking, which makes it hard for her to let someone know she likes them. She enjoys playing around with people, and finds a bit of satisfaction seeing someone blush or get sheepish because of something she said.

[ = ] Vague - Pertinax likes to make people guess, and hates being too blunt about things. For example, if she developed a crush on another cat, she would not come out and say it (unless she got too impatient). She would hint at it and hint at it until the other cat understood what she was trying to get across. This trait can be irritating at times.

[ - ] Irritable - Unless she is just having a great day, there are a lot of things that can annoy Pertinax. Usually, she tries not to show her irritation, but sometimes she can lash out, later causing her some guilt. 

[ + ] Kind - Though Pertinax seems mean and/or rude at times, she can be really nice, especially towards kittens and apprentices. She will sometimes offer to take people's places on things (Example: Going on a patrol instead of another cat who is tired), and/or fetch things for others.

[ = ] Protective - If she gets to know someone well enough, Pertinax can get a bit protective of them. If any other cat poses a threat or seems dangerous, she will get offensive. However, if you bring this up, she will deny it as much as she can.

[ + ] Confident - Pertinax believes in herself, maybe more than she should. This allows her to make decisions with confidence, and not doubt herself too often.

Being Leader - Pertinax has always found the idea of being a leader amazing, and it has been her dream since she was a child. She strongly holds on to this dream, sometimes doing small things to try to make herself seem better than others.

Having A Family - This is a secret thought that Pertinax rarely shares. She loves the thought of having a caring mate and a healthy litter of kittens. 

Abandomnent - Pertinax likes to believe she is independent as can be, but her biggest fear is being abandoned, whether it's for someone better, or no reason. Because of this, she strives to be as good as a friend as can be, and sometimes double checks herself and makes sure she isn't being too clingy or needy at times. (Though often, she likes and/or needs reassurance that she is still a cat's friend.)

Isolation - Pertinax hates being secluded and alone for any longer than an hour. She can walk by herself, and it's sometimes necessary for her to calm down, but she's terrified of being the only one around for very long.

Strengths::

Determined - If she wants to, or is supposed to, get something done, Pertinax will get it done. It may take a while, but you can count on her.

Attachment - One of her main weaknesses, Pertinax gets attached extremely easily. This often leads her to think that she has a love interest, or crush, on someone she really doesn't, and takes a toll on her emotions. It can lead to mental confusion for her as well, and she hates this part of her.

Jealousy - Although she keeps it a huge secret, and usually feels weak and/or guilty for it, Pertinax gets jealous really easily. If she sees her best friend hanging out with someone a lot, she is likely to get annoyed, and well, jealous. This especially applies for romantic interests.

Mother: Talu [Deceased]

Sister: Valentine [???]

Brother: Orr [???]

Sexuality:: Heterosexual

Mate:: N/A
Romantic Interests:: N/A

Friends:: N/A

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Rocky was born into exile with the name of 'Rocky'. She was the runt of the litter, and the most curious. Her family travelled a lot, never staying in one place for too long, which helped quench her thirst for knowledge of what other places look like. She was picked on a lot by her brother and sister, but soon learned how to tease back. This caused many playful, and serious, arguments, that usually had to be ended by either her mother or father snapping at them to shut up.

She also had a tendency to get sick. It was never anything serious, but enough to keep her sneezing and stuffy a good portion of the time. This would worry her mother, who was very protective of her smallest child. She would often hear her siblings talk about her while they thought she was sleeping, saying that they thought she would die soon. This worried her, but she kept on, pretending never to hear them.

During this period of time, Rocky's siblings became more adjusted, and there were less arguments. They hunted together, and tussled a bit more roughly, but overall, she enjoyed her life. They were still travelling, but settled a bit more in each place, staying for about a moon instead of just a week or so. She became more interested in stories of the tribes, even having dreams about joining one of them. Every now and then she would daydream about meeting a tomcat of a tribe, and falling in love, but never said anything about these.

Most of her adolescence carried on like this, settling, moving, settling, moving. Her mom started getting sick, and after a while it got to the point where they had to settle permanently. They tried to keep her as healthy as possible, by splitting duties. Usually, Rockywould stay behind and care for her mother, Valentine and Orr would go hunting, and Argnos just stayed by his mate's side. It wasn't too long afterwards when she died, leaving her mate in a deep depression and her children on their own. 

A few days later, their dad disappeared, and all of the siblings were scared. Not for themselves, but for him. They spent a moon or so searching, and Valentine and Rocky searched even longer than that. Eventually, they all gave up, and agreed to go their own ways now that they were nearing adulthood. She said goodbye to her two siblings, and hasn't seen them since.

Finding the tribes was actually a complete accident. Once she turned the average adult age, Rocky basically gave up on her dream of finding the group of cats that were told about in the stories her mother told her. So, she just allowed herself to travel wherever her paws took her, making sure to eat enough to stay healthy. Sometimes she would stay in places she liked for a while, but it was never long before she was on the move again.

One day, she was continuing her walk, when she happened upon a group of cats. Having not seen more than one cat at a time before, she decided to talk to them, and learned that she was in tribe land. This excited her, and she was quick to take her chance on entering the tribes and fulfilling one of her childhood dreams.

As soon as everything was settled, Rocky's black tattoo changed colour, now a shade of orange, and her ear twitched when a name was whispered into it. 'Pertinax'. A smile spread on the she-cat's face as she began her new life in the tribes.

Likes:: Kittens, Friends, Running, Stories

Dislikes:: Tunnels, Cold

Etc::

Zodiac Sign - Aries
Favourite Colour - Green

Favourite Flower - Iris

Pertinax trotted down the path, ears twitching as birds chirped around her. Her eyes, yellow and alert, remained focused in front of her, searching for any sign of prey that could be caught. Beside her, she heard leaves breaking, and upon that, stopped her pace. She remained tense and still as she scanned the area, trying to figure out what cracked the leaves.

Beside a tree, she could see a small, light-brown mouse, it's nose in the air, sniffing around. She waited silently, hoping that it would stop, so she could somehow sneak up on it when it was less aware of it's surroundings. A few moments later, Pertinax got her wish, the small rodent then returning to digging through a small pile of leaves and twigs, searching for something it could eat or gnaw on. 

She took her chance, quietly and silently padding a bit to her right, so she was behind him. She kept her paws light, and her head clear, so she could focus on the creature. Counting down in her head, she waited for the right time, not wanting to let this mouse get away like the last one did. 'Three, two...one.' On the last count of the word, she lunged, pouncing on her prey and successfully killing it within a minute.

Picking up the mouse between her jaws, she congratulated herself, skipping back to the camp happily. Pertinax couldn't wait to tell her friend about this small, but meaningful catch, but knew that later she'd have to catch more to make up for the one that got away.

*Subject to change over time.

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uhh I hope this is ok if anything needs to be changed, please tell! //w