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thewilddog) wrote2015-11-18 08:54 pm
thewilddog) wrote2015-11-18 08:54 pm
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( CHARACTER INFORMATION )
Name/Work Name: Li Li Stormstout/Wanderer
Canon: World of Warcraft
Canon Point: After arriving on the Timeless Isle
AU/CRAU: No
Age: She’s considered a “tween” by one of her creators, so between 10-12. For simplicity’s sake, I’ll say 11.
History: She has a HUGE history! She’s been very busy.
Personality:
The most obvious part of Li Li’s personality is her thirst for adventure. She owes this obsession to Liu Lang, the pandaren who first set off from Pandaria so long ago, and the Stormstouts that chose to live a wanderer’s life. Her Uncle Chen’s adventures further fed the flames of adventure in her heart, sparking a lifelong yearning to leave the Wandering Isle and experience Azeroth for herself. Miserable at home, she is never truly happy until she finally leaves. She is incredibly brave as she ran away from home alone not just once, but twice! During her second, most recent adventure, she leaves the safety of her beloved uncle to hop from place to place across Pandaria.
She is impatient, constantly heckling Chen on their journey through Pandaria to just hurry up already! She’s not afraid of bothering people to get going, but she doesn’t appreciate other people getting on her nerves, making her a little bit of a hypocrite. She always says what’s on her mind; she’s unafraid to point out when something is gross or weird, and can be unabashedly rude. It’s normal for Li Li to pour her heart and soul into something all night, only to sleep through her duties the following day. Luckily she reacts enthusiastically to things she genuinely enjoys.
As confident as she is, she is also a foolish and unwise child, lacking the experience and knowledge of her older companions. Strongbo, one of her teachers, eventually found her after she ran away for the first time. He tried to convince her that the rest of the world was too dangerous and they should return home at once, but her famous Stormstout stubbornness blocked her from listening. Her boar-headedness unfortunately resulted in Strongbo resorting to self-sacrifice to protect her. His death remains with her long after Chen, having arrived to late to save Bo, took her back home. She holds herself responsible for her teacher’s death but maintains that if she had a chance to fix the past, she would still choose to leave.
Belying her immaturity is a latent sobriety. She has had to face some dark challenges throughout her journeys, Strongbo’s sacrifice included. The Sha, an evil force that thrived on sentient beings’ emotions, invaded the Mantids in southwest Pandaria. Driven mad, the Mantid surged north and attacked the Yaungol, forcing the nomadic yak-like people east into Kun-Lai Summit. They pillaged the pandaren settlements and set up their own for survival. Li Li had to face the reality of this destruction while briefly traveling with a father and his son. They lost everything, including the rest of their family.
Li Li now understands how one problem can offset a system’s balance, and how imbalances can result in tragedy. Though the Mantids’ relentless attacks eventually led her to reunite with Chen, and meet the Pandaria-residing Stormstouts, she had to face the death of a relative. Evie Stormstout, a young pandaren around Li Li’s age, succumbed after a vicious Mantid attack. Though she never knew Evie, Li Li pledged to serve the pandaren against the Mantid armies in her name. For Evie’s sake, she would help the Stormstouts.
Though small and young, this pandaren should not be taken lightly with regards to battle. She is named the Wild Dog by the residents of Kun-Lai Summit because of her raw fighting style, but prefers for everyone to get along. Luckily Li Li is not the kind of person who starts fights, but she can finish them. She believes in healthy competition certainly, but not unethical brawls for no good reason. Just because she can fight does not mean she will. When there are better fighters available, she chooses to help from the sidelines, cutting bandages and making food. She’s mostly a pacifist.
Debt: She wishes she could explore forever.
Previous Game Info: N/A
Inventory: Her journal, feather pen and ink, a draenei bead necklace, her crane whistle necklace, a pouch of enchanted powder and a plain wooden staff.
Abilities:
Even though she’s been trained by various teachers in monk stances, it takes many, many years for a pandaren to truly master the techniques. Because she left home so early, and because she is more focused on traveling than learning from experienced monks, Li Li’s fighting style is unrefined yet surprisingly effective. Monks are taught to fight using their bodies, but they also carry one or two weapons with them. Li Li’s chosen weapon is a staff. Part of her studies included learning to balance on the poles above the Singing Pools, allowing the girl to balance well on one foot.
Not only is she a slightly trained monk, Li Li is also a pandaren. As a pandaren, she is much stronger than the average human child. Her punches and kicks are delivered swiftly, making her much more dangerous than one might think. She also has a higher tolerance to alcohol; pandaren brews must be drunk with care by non-pandaren. Like all of her people, she has sharp claws and teeth, but pandaren are trained monks; claws and teeth do not typically fit into their fighting styles.
By spending days and nights in her island’s library, she’s developed an incredible photographic memory. She can easily recite world events and redraw the many different maps she’s seen in the old books. She records everything in her journal too; she wants to be like Chen and have her stories in the library alongside his.
Strengths and Weaknesses:
Strengths:
Brave and almost fearless.
Comfortable and friendly with all people. The Warcraft franchise includes humans, orcs, elves, werewolves and a literal, sentient zombie faction. Li Li’s not likely to be scared by just any old individual.
A wild, careless fighting style that also acts as a weakness.
Stubborn to a fault.
Weaknesses:
She’s short!
She’s very impatient and easily bored. Li Li cannot stand being in one place for too long.
Every little thing is worth looking into to Li Li. Even a flower might lead to a big discovery.
With her tendency to focus too heavily on things, reading in particular, she has a habit of staying up late or simply exhausting herself. She may then fall asleep during something entirely uninteresting.
Bugs are gross.
( SAMPLE )
Characterization Sample:
As a storm rolls across the Jade Forest, a particularly loud crack of thunder startles the young pandaren. She peers up at the window in her shared room with Chen and listens to the water fall around the cozy inn. Eyebrows slowly lowering, she shakes her head at herself and buries her nose in her journal once more. She shakes off the boisterous crashes above and, soon enough, finds that her eyelids hang too heavily to write much more.
“Just a little longer,” she mumbles, feeling a burst of energy surge through her as she eagerly pens out the day’s events. All too soon her energy gives out. Exhausted, and with a downpour to lull her, Li Li falls asleep with her face in her journal. Above the two pandaren, the hanging lantern’s light wavers a little longer before burning out.
When she wakes, the storm is long gone but rainwater continues to trickle from the treetops. Li Li rises slowly and rubs the sleepiness out of her eyes to see she’d used her journal for a pillow. Sighing, she packs away the book and her ink before peering out of the inn. It’s sure to be a nice morning, she thinks, with the way the sun is shining.
The sun…
Suddenly the girl gasps and throws herself toward her things. “Uncle Chen!” she calls, quickly adjusting everything inside of her traveling pack. She continues shouting, trying to wake him while tending to herself. Once she’s hoisted her pack over her shoulders and attached her powder bag to her waist, she rushes to the side of Chen’s bed and flattens her hands against his back.
“Chen! Get up, Uncle, we gotta go!” She gives his back a shove, just barely shaking the large pandaren. He grunts and sighs sleepily at her antics, and she reacts with a stronger push. “Wake up, lazy bear!”
From the other side of the bed, she hears her uncle say, “I am awake.” It makes her sigh, long and loud. The longer he draws out their morning, the less time they have to travel by sunlight. Pandaria is beautiful at night, she knows now, but she would like to be able to see the places she’s exploring.
“But you’re not awake enough,” she retorts, still jostling the pandaren. “I bet it’s not even morning anymore. I bet it’s mid-morning. Do you know what that means? It means it’s almost afternoon, and after afternoon comes mid-afternoon! And then after that is evening.” Li Li rests her arms against her uncle’s back. “You know what comes after evening?”
Li Li backs away as Chen rolls over, flattening his back against the bed. “Night?”
“That’s right!” She stands up straight, glaring at her groggy uncle. “Night! We can’t see anything at night so let’s go now!” Determination burning in her eyes, she takes to jostling his arm when she sees him falling back asleep. He isn’t going to escape her that easily. “Uncle Chen!”
Name: Kura
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Are you over 17?: Yup
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( CHARACTER INFORMATION )
Name/Work Name: Li Li Stormstout/Wanderer
Canon: World of Warcraft
Canon Point: After arriving on the Timeless Isle
AU/CRAU: No
Age: She’s considered a “tween” by one of her creators, so between 10-12. For simplicity’s sake, I’ll say 11.
History: She has a HUGE history! She’s been very busy.
Personality:
The most obvious part of Li Li’s personality is her thirst for adventure. She owes this obsession to Liu Lang, the pandaren who first set off from Pandaria so long ago, and the Stormstouts that chose to live a wanderer’s life. Her Uncle Chen’s adventures further fed the flames of adventure in her heart, sparking a lifelong yearning to leave the Wandering Isle and experience Azeroth for herself. Miserable at home, she is never truly happy until she finally leaves. She is incredibly brave as she ran away from home alone not just once, but twice! During her second, most recent adventure, she leaves the safety of her beloved uncle to hop from place to place across Pandaria.
She is impatient, constantly heckling Chen on their journey through Pandaria to just hurry up already! She’s not afraid of bothering people to get going, but she doesn’t appreciate other people getting on her nerves, making her a little bit of a hypocrite. She always says what’s on her mind; she’s unafraid to point out when something is gross or weird, and can be unabashedly rude. It’s normal for Li Li to pour her heart and soul into something all night, only to sleep through her duties the following day. Luckily she reacts enthusiastically to things she genuinely enjoys.
As confident as she is, she is also a foolish and unwise child, lacking the experience and knowledge of her older companions. Strongbo, one of her teachers, eventually found her after she ran away for the first time. He tried to convince her that the rest of the world was too dangerous and they should return home at once, but her famous Stormstout stubbornness blocked her from listening. Her boar-headedness unfortunately resulted in Strongbo resorting to self-sacrifice to protect her. His death remains with her long after Chen, having arrived to late to save Bo, took her back home. She holds herself responsible for her teacher’s death but maintains that if she had a chance to fix the past, she would still choose to leave.
Belying her immaturity is a latent sobriety. She has had to face some dark challenges throughout her journeys, Strongbo’s sacrifice included. The Sha, an evil force that thrived on sentient beings’ emotions, invaded the Mantids in southwest Pandaria. Driven mad, the Mantid surged north and attacked the Yaungol, forcing the nomadic yak-like people east into Kun-Lai Summit. They pillaged the pandaren settlements and set up their own for survival. Li Li had to face the reality of this destruction while briefly traveling with a father and his son. They lost everything, including the rest of their family.
Li Li now understands how one problem can offset a system’s balance, and how imbalances can result in tragedy. Though the Mantids’ relentless attacks eventually led her to reunite with Chen, and meet the Pandaria-residing Stormstouts, she had to face the death of a relative. Evie Stormstout, a young pandaren around Li Li’s age, succumbed after a vicious Mantid attack. Though she never knew Evie, Li Li pledged to serve the pandaren against the Mantid armies in her name. For Evie’s sake, she would help the Stormstouts.
Though small and young, this pandaren should not be taken lightly with regards to battle. She is named the Wild Dog by the residents of Kun-Lai Summit because of her raw fighting style, but prefers for everyone to get along. Luckily Li Li is not the kind of person who starts fights, but she can finish them. She believes in healthy competition certainly, but not unethical brawls for no good reason. Just because she can fight does not mean she will. When there are better fighters available, she chooses to help from the sidelines, cutting bandages and making food. She’s mostly a pacifist.
Debt: She wishes she could explore forever.
Previous Game Info: N/A
Inventory: Her journal, feather pen and ink, a draenei bead necklace, her crane whistle necklace, a pouch of enchanted powder and a plain wooden staff.
Abilities:
Even though she’s been trained by various teachers in monk stances, it takes many, many years for a pandaren to truly master the techniques. Because she left home so early, and because she is more focused on traveling than learning from experienced monks, Li Li’s fighting style is unrefined yet surprisingly effective. Monks are taught to fight using their bodies, but they also carry one or two weapons with them. Li Li’s chosen weapon is a staff. Part of her studies included learning to balance on the poles above the Singing Pools, allowing the girl to balance well on one foot.
Not only is she a slightly trained monk, Li Li is also a pandaren. As a pandaren, she is much stronger than the average human child. Her punches and kicks are delivered swiftly, making her much more dangerous than one might think. She also has a higher tolerance to alcohol; pandaren brews must be drunk with care by non-pandaren. Like all of her people, she has sharp claws and teeth, but pandaren are trained monks; claws and teeth do not typically fit into their fighting styles.
By spending days and nights in her island’s library, she’s developed an incredible photographic memory. She can easily recite world events and redraw the many different maps she’s seen in the old books. She records everything in her journal too; she wants to be like Chen and have her stories in the library alongside his.
Strengths and Weaknesses:
Strengths:
Brave and almost fearless.
Comfortable and friendly with all people. The Warcraft franchise includes humans, orcs, elves, werewolves and a literal, sentient zombie faction. Li Li’s not likely to be scared by just any old individual.
A wild, careless fighting style that also acts as a weakness.
Stubborn to a fault.
Weaknesses:
She’s short!
She’s very impatient and easily bored. Li Li cannot stand being in one place for too long.
Every little thing is worth looking into to Li Li. Even a flower might lead to a big discovery.
With her tendency to focus too heavily on things, reading in particular, she has a habit of staying up late or simply exhausting herself. She may then fall asleep during something entirely uninteresting.
Bugs are gross.
( SAMPLE )
Characterization Sample:
As a storm rolls across the Jade Forest, a particularly loud crack of thunder startles the young pandaren. She peers up at the window in her shared room with Chen and listens to the water fall around the cozy inn. Eyebrows slowly lowering, she shakes her head at herself and buries her nose in her journal once more. She shakes off the boisterous crashes above and, soon enough, finds that her eyelids hang too heavily to write much more.
“Just a little longer,” she mumbles, feeling a burst of energy surge through her as she eagerly pens out the day’s events. All too soon her energy gives out. Exhausted, and with a downpour to lull her, Li Li falls asleep with her face in her journal. Above the two pandaren, the hanging lantern’s light wavers a little longer before burning out.
When she wakes, the storm is long gone but rainwater continues to trickle from the treetops. Li Li rises slowly and rubs the sleepiness out of her eyes to see she’d used her journal for a pillow. Sighing, she packs away the book and her ink before peering out of the inn. It’s sure to be a nice morning, she thinks, with the way the sun is shining.
The sun…
Suddenly the girl gasps and throws herself toward her things. “Uncle Chen!” she calls, quickly adjusting everything inside of her traveling pack. She continues shouting, trying to wake him while tending to herself. Once she’s hoisted her pack over her shoulders and attached her powder bag to her waist, she rushes to the side of Chen’s bed and flattens her hands against his back.
“Chen! Get up, Uncle, we gotta go!” She gives his back a shove, just barely shaking the large pandaren. He grunts and sighs sleepily at her antics, and she reacts with a stronger push. “Wake up, lazy bear!”
From the other side of the bed, she hears her uncle say, “I am awake.” It makes her sigh, long and loud. The longer he draws out their morning, the less time they have to travel by sunlight. Pandaria is beautiful at night, she knows now, but she would like to be able to see the places she’s exploring.
“But you’re not awake enough,” she retorts, still jostling the pandaren. “I bet it’s not even morning anymore. I bet it’s mid-morning. Do you know what that means? It means it’s almost afternoon, and after afternoon comes mid-afternoon! And then after that is evening.” Li Li rests her arms against her uncle’s back. “You know what comes after evening?”
Li Li backs away as Chen rolls over, flattening his back against the bed. “Night?”
“That’s right!” She stands up straight, glaring at her groggy uncle. “Night! We can’t see anything at night so let’s go now!” Determination burning in her eyes, she takes to jostling his arm when she sees him falling back asleep. He isn’t going to escape her that easily. “Uncle Chen!”