bat [heir]

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bat is the heir to the corvus pride throne. borne outside the pride, one of the queens found him and brought him back to corvid to be judged. as the cub was brought before him, crows started to circle and screech. a sign. corvid immediately did as the gods wished and crowned the cub as his heir. the queen in question, magpie, brought him back home and began to prepare him. from day one, bat was adorned in crow feathers, jackdaw skulls, magpie feet and rook talons. his every move was watched, his every breath monitored as the royals watched him and wondered, “why is he special?” doubt was instilled in bat from the age of six months when a princess at the time complained that her cub was more worthy. “i mean,” she had spoken quietly to another of the royals, “look at him. he’s /pink/. my son is red and black, the true marks of a king.” and ever since, bat has tried so hard to hide the parts of his pelt that weren’t dabbed with what looked like ink. “kisses from the gods” is what magpie called his patches. so he wore the feathers, the skulls, the feet, the talons. he partook in the rituals, mimicked his adoptive father in every way he could, hoping that one day, his pink spots wouldn’t matter.







heir!!!!!! hopefully going to have 15 marks (3bo and a lot of event marks), a hibiscus base, and x2
rosettes :)