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Labyrinth

nιcĸnaмe
None

gender
Female

Rank
Matriarch

Age
Five years old



deѕcrιpтιon
Labyrinth has a fairly massive, but short torso set on long legs. Her hind legs are significantly shorter than her forelimbs, giving her the typical sloping back of all hyenas. Her legs are relatively thin and weak, with an obvious bend in her wrist. Her neck is thick, long and largely immobile, while her head is heavy and massive with a shortened facial region. Her eyes are relatively small, while her rounded ears are very large, broad and set high on the head. Like all hyenas, Labyrinth has bulky pads on her paws, as well as blunt but powerful claws. Her tail is short and the terminal hairs do not descend below her achilles tendon.

Her winter coat is unusually long and uniform for an animal her size, with a luxuriant mane of tough, long hairs along the back from her skull to the base of her tail. Her coat is generally coarse and bristly, though this varies according to season. In winter, her coat is fairly dense, soft, and has well-developed underfur. In summer, her coat is much shorter and coarser, and lacks underfur, though her mane remains large. In winter, her coat is usually of a dirty-brownish grey or dirty gray color. The hairs of her mane are light grey or white at the base, and black or dark brown at the tips. The fur at her muzzle is dark, greyish brown, brownish-grey or black, while the top of the head and cheeks are more lightly colored. Her ears are almost black. A large black spot is present on the front of her neck, and is separated from her chin by a patch of lighter fur. A patch of dark fur stretches from her flanks to the rear of her cheeks. The inner and outer surface of her forelegs are covered with small dark spots and transverse stripes. Her flanks have four indistinct dark vertical stripes and rows of diffused spots. The outer surface of her thighs has 3-4 distinct vertical or oblique dark bands which merge into transverse stripes in the lower portion of her legs. The tip of her tail is black with white underfur.

eye color
Deep, almost black brown.

scars, markings, etc
Labyrinth has held onto her position as Matriarch through many fights. She bears three scars across her muzzle from a lion, plus uncounted amounts of scars from hyena fights.

unique differentiation(s)
Labyrinth is missing a claw on her right hind paw. It doesn't affect her at all.



perѕonalιтy
Just as her name suggests, Labyrinth has a myriad of personality traits, some of them contradictory. She is multi-faceted and cannot be described in one word, or even one paragraph. To start, Labyrinth isn't too fond of strangers. She is not rude, however she is not friendly to those she does not know. Often times, she will not acknowledge those who are new to her, acting as if they do not exist at all. However, she will watch them closely, trying to determine their intentions and whether or not she should allow them to get closer to her. If she deems the newcomer worthy, she will begin to speak to them, usually simply answering questions directly aimed at her. Labyrinth figures that if that person can tolerate her short responses long enough to actually get to know her, then they must be alright.

However, once she considers someone her friend, Labyrinth's demeanor changes drastically. With her friends, Labyrinth is over-the-top and easily excitable. She still doesn't speak much, but her body language makes it obvious that her opinion of that person has changed. As well as being incredibly friendly, this hyena is also very protective of her friends and relatives. She will not hesitate to throw herself into battle to protect their safety. In such battles, Labyrinth is nearly unstoppable, her fury driving her through the most painful of her injuries.

When she is alone, Labyrinth's personality changes once again. Labyrinth hates total silence, and will do any number of things to break it, most often chattering softly to herself. She also enjoys playing with her food when she's caught it by herself, tearing into it with her powerful jaws and tossing it over her shoulder. Another of her favorite things to do is to collect lose feathers and fashion them into a pup-sized bed of sorts. She never uses this bed, and has never told anyone why she does this, however she is incredibly possessive of these small beds whenever she has enough feathers to make them.

So, in short, Labyrinth loves others, but she doesn't. She hates to be alone, but she doesn't like crowds. She also has a very impressive temper, although this is not unusual of a hyena.

нιѕтory
Labyrinth was born to the leader of a hyena clan, making her a princess of sorts. Because of her mother's high rank, the little cub was allowed special preferences, such as eating before the other members and getting the best portions of the kills. However, she was also constantly fighting with her sisters to keep her position as top cub. Things continued on like this for a few years until one night her mother was killed by a well-placed lion paw. Suddenly the clan was plunged into chaos, and Labyrinth's life of luxury was over. Now she was chased away from meals, and constantly snapped at. It seemed her rank was not a cemented as she'd originally thought.

A couple of weeks after her mother's death, after losing her claw in a spat over food, Labyrinth was on her own. Life was suddenly much harder for the young female, and she began to slowly starve. Finally one day, she was lucky enough to stumble across a young wildebeest that was trapped in thick, heavy mud. With a cry of glee, the hyena female flung herself at it, eating her first meal in weeks. She gorged herself before dragging her engorged body to a nearby badger den and curling up to sleep. She survived for years this way until she finally started her own clan. She has been the matriarch of this clan since its inception.

sтrengтнѕ
She is incredibly agile and fast, making hunting easy.
She is also able to run for what seems like forever.

weaĸneѕѕeѕ
Her temper can blind her sometimes.
She does not know when to back down from an angry opponent. (i.e. a lion)


devotion level
Low

love ιnтereѕт
None.