Description
- Height & Weight: 6' tall and estimated 150 pounds
- Apparent Age: Appears to be in her early 20's.
- Character Build: Toned
- Body Type: Bipedal
- Usual Clothing: Anna prefers simple clothing that doesn't restrict her movements; primarily pants, a top, and sturdy footwear.
- Usual Scent: Her scent is generally that of the forest; earthy. Occasionally different animal scents are mixed together.
Anna is a tall, physically fit woman appearing to be in her early to mid twenties. She has dark waist-length hair and a creamy skin tone. Distrustful pale blue eyes tend to watch every movement. Tattooed under her left eye is a small silver tear. She wears a sword at her hip and a bo staff strapped against her back. She has scars on her back that most do not see.
History
Anna was born to a loving normal couple with a pair of recessive genes that marked her as an Animagus. This trait usually shows itself within the first six months of life when the child shifts into another form or gets stuck between forms. Anna just happened to sprout feathers before she was six months old. Her parents tried to hide it, as she was their only child, but each child is investigated and it was not long before the truth came out. The King took possession of the child, as was his right, to use as he saw fit.
Anna grew up in the castle of the king as a slave. She quickly learned to steal in order to survive and in order to not go to bed hungry. She was trained in the Animagus arts of shifting and has mastered a few forms. She was also trained in combat as she was often sent to kill on the King's order, and to do it quietly.
Before the Animagus are allowed to work for the King outside of his castle they have to be branded with a tattoo. They are allowed to choose the design and it is recorded and kept in case one of the slaves escapes. The tattoo stays constant no matter what physical form the Animagus is in and is therefore a good marker of the kings' property.
Anna was informed that her next task for the King was to become a broodmare and mate all in the hopes that she would produce more Animagus slaves for the royal family to use. This was the final straw. She refused repeatedly and used her training to injure the males aggressive enough to attempt to force her compliance. She killed some of the King's soldiers in this fashion. After many attempts she was finally cornered, tied down, and whipped. Thinking she was finally broken, she was left alone just long enough for her to escape.
Homeworld
Anna is from a world where Animagus are a rare mutation among people. When they are born they are given to the rulers of the realm, or taken by force. It is centered in a medieval sort of time period without the fancy innovations of modern times.
Skills
Hunting
Combat
Weapons and Combat
Treated much the same as a human guard dog, Anna was trained in hand to hand combat as well as how to fight with a sword and bo staff.
Stealth / King's Assassain
After years of being a slave, Anna was trained to kill at the King's command without leaving a trace. Part of this was utilizing her other forms to enter and exit undetected.
Powers
Animagus
The ability to transform from human into specific animals.
Animal-like senses and ability to 'speak' like an animal while in human form.
Slightly faster healing in human form than average.
Animagus can not take the form of plants, liquids, gases or anything other than human and ORGANIC animals. (Animagus cannot replicate anything technological, such as robots in the shape of an animal.) Aside from the one or two innate forms born to the Animagus, other forms MUST be learned by actually observing the animal in question. (EX: If the Animagus has never seen a dragon, or a gorilla, or a spider before, they can't learn the shape.) An Animagus can learn other animal forms from other Animagus. For clarification purposes: An Animagus must be able to review what makes up a species (such as a sample of fur or scale) and either observe a group in the wild or spend time one-on-one with someone of that species for the specific purpose of learning the animal form and its natural behaviors. Depending on how complex the species, this can take weeks, months, or years to learn and master.
Transforming multiple times within a day would exhaust an Animagus, depending on how familiar they are with their forms and how experienced the Animagus is. It is similiar to an extreme workout; rest and food would be needed.
Being an Animagus is a recessive gene trait that is usually revealed by the time they are six months old. Multiple animal forms can be mastered but each additional form takes time to learn; particularly observing the animal in question. Usually one or two animal forms are innate to the Animagus; they are born knowing them. Anything after that takes practice and observation.
Anna's two primary and innate forms are wolf and raven.