Celest

While wandering along the edges of the Placid Pond you hear the shrill cry of a hawk. When you turn your head to look, a banded kestrel seems to be diving directly at you and you drop to the ground, covering your head. When you don't hear the flap of wings overhead, you look up but the bird is no where in sight. In front of you on the ground however, you find the carcass of a rat that you don't remember seeing there before. Breakfast is breakfast, but strangely enough, you find it the most filling and delicious rat you've had in your entire life.


Here lies Celest. A whisper of the past.

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Celest the focused, Lead Hunter of the Placid Pond Pride
Under the rule of King Mercutial


Though not one of the founding members of the pride, Celest did join the pride in it's early days. She doesn't speak much about her life before the pride, or why she was on her own. Some suspect that she was banished from her last pride for her intensity, while others speculate she left her last pride because they were too lazy for her liking. Whatever the case, Celest joined the Placid Pond Pride as an extremely capable hunter. On top of her own amazing skills, she's a skilled leader that's organized and focused, and she quickly took the lead position in her hunty party. As the pride grew, she was put in charge of all of the hunting parties, and coordinates everything from who is part of which party, to where and when each party goes out.


Celest has a kind heart, and always tries to be polite, she just tends to be very focused and driven. She has a very hard time resting or taking breaks, and often Mercutial has to pull her aside, and talk her down when she gets too obsessed. Aside from being a skilled hunter herself, and the lead hunter over all the hunting parties, she is also a good teacher. She often takes it upon herself to take the adolescent females out and teach them the basics before she sends them out with a hunting party. She's not all work and no play, but can even get quite competitive in her play, and sometimes others need to point out to her when she takes things too far.


Intro under Mecutial
While you are wandering around the den, meeting the members of the pride, a lioness enters the cave, dragging a bush pig with her. A voice from across the cave calls out to her, "We were done hunting for today!". The grey lioness with light spotty undersides, lifts her head as she releases the carcass, and stares at the other lioness with intense, yellow eyes. "It was just one more.", she explains. Shaking your head, you can't help but approach, and the lioness quickly looks you over. "New to the pride?", she asks. You explain that you're just visiting, and the lioness nods. "Nice meeting you.", she mumbles, and returns to dragging the carcass, as if she just doesn't have time for you.


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Getting to know Celest

What is your favourite food?
"The best food is clearly zebra. They're quite common and found widespread, a skilled pair or trio can take one down, but they're also very filling. The ideal food."


What is your favourite item for amusement?
"Kudu horns. They're great for training your bite."


What's your favourite season?
"The wet season. That's the best hunting."


What's your favourite time of day?
"It doesn't really matter. You hunt during one, and sleep during the other. Both are good, I guess."


Which biome do you enjoy the most?
"The best biome is watering holes, followed by grassy."


Which lion are you closest to?
"I mean, there aren't that many in the pride. It's obvious that it's Mercutial, isn't it?"


Which lioness are you closest to?
"That would be Sunessa. We get along quite well.
I also have two daughters that are obviously important to me, Muran, and Mysteria."


What are your hobbies?
"Hunting, of course. Wrestling, racing, tag, and of course, baoball!"

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Special Notes: A chased lioness I got a long time ago, that I thought was really pretty.