Post by Lefitte on Jun 9, 2009 20:40:06 GMT -5
Just Me
Name: Sekhmet
Pronunciation: I pronounce it Sek-met
Nickname(s): Sekh
Gender: Female
Age: 5 Years
Breed: African Lion
Pride: Baya Lion Pride
Who I am
Description: Sekhmet is deep golden in color. Her stomach is the lightest part of her body, turning in some places to a soft yellow cream. She has dark 'liner' around her eyes, true to Egyptian wall paintings. Upon her front and back legs, she retains light remnants of cub 'rosettes'. Her eyes are a very, very deep amber. Her tail tip is black. Her body is well muscled and she has numerous scars, but none are too terribly noticeable.
Life Left Behind: Her birth mother conceived her children before she was banished from her pride during a new male's take over. She was forced to spend the end of her pregnancy and the raising of her cubs alone, in a desolate area. Dangers were at every turn and leaving her defenseless cubs alone to hunt was leaving them to die, it was a double-edged sword. Slowly, the group of five cubs dwindled. One from a water buffalo attack, another was lost and forgotten in a move, a third was the victim of a rattlesnake bite.
Down to only herself, mother, and a brother, Sekhmet thrived. The few catches her mother made and her aggressive, dominent behavior over her brother allowed her to receive the nutrients she needed. But fate would not allow this to continue. Their mother decided to train them to hunt before they were truly ready, being a first time mother as she was. It was a fatal mistake. The zebras ran, scared, directly towards the cubs. Sekh leaped out of the cover and scared them in another direction, right towards her mother. Her actions caused her mother's death and her sibling had long since run off in fright, she was incredibly alone.
Wandering hungry and still dependent on her mother, Sekhmet ran into a leopard and her female cub. The mother adopted her into the family, the the daughter did not share her mother's feelings. Sekh and the cub fought continuously and eventually their hate escalated. It didn't take much to anger the lion cub enough to attack the younger leopard and before the mother could stop them, her own cub was dead. She disowned Sehkmet and left the cub to perfect her leopard-learned hunting skills alone. Through luck, scavaging, and stealing other creatures' kills, Sekhmet survived.
My Understanding: Sekh is bloodthirsty to put it frankly. She enjoys the thrill of killing, she loves the taste, smell, feeling, warmth of fresh blood. She has a morbidly cynical sense of humor and gets enormous pleasure out of watching others suffer, especially when it's by her own paws.
She has been known to kill prey for no reason other than to do so. She has a short temper in which she often slaps others, claws and all, in the face. She loves to glare at others, a cold, icy glare. She comes off as very heartless and selfish, wanting nothing more than for everyone to have a hard, terrible life. Truthfully, she has a soft spot for the young, though she keeps it very hidden other than taking a large interest in their well-being. Her soft spot is not just for lion cubs, either.
Likes: She loves to amuse herself with others, but she remains respectful to those that deserve it. Children of many different species. Evil plots. Getting what she wants.
Dislikes: Unwarranted disrespect to herself or others she finds deserving of respect. Loud mouths. Stupid creatures. Stupid creatures mothers for not teaching them proper. Whatever happens to annoy her that day.
