Name: Acacius, or sometimes "Canie" to close friends and family
Sex: Male
Age: 350 years old
Eye color: Royal purple
Orientation: Heterosexual
Relationship status: Dating Akira
Sex: Male
Age: 350 years old
Eye color: Royal purple
Orientation: Heterosexual
Relationship status: Dating Akira
Allegiance
His primary allegiance is to the Pride, but he sometimes has flirted with occasional nomadic tendencies, and will also sympathize with individual lions among the rebellion. He's overall just not strongly opinionated about the war, and more focused on building personal connections. As a lion with generally good-guy tendencies, Acacius tends to find more support in the Pride members, but has a few good connections and friends among the rebels and nomads as well, and is willing to support these friends if they need his help.
Rank
Pride member (Patroller) - Unlike warriors who are posted on the edge of the territory, Pride Patrols are done inside the caverns of their mountainous dwelling. In such a dangerous time, extra measures had been put in place to ensure no enemies found their way into their most intimate part of their lands. It is also used as a tool to help their fellow lions out, if someone was harmed, needed council with the Alpha, or any other service based task, the Pride Patrols would help handle this need in the community and reach whomever necessary to assist.
Element: Darkness
Acacius' ability to control the element of darkness include the following:
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Backstory
As a young lion, Acacius was quite the introvert. From the beginning, he detested his power, the element of darkness. His parents, when they found out his power, were also worried, and tried to imbue a sense of goodness in him by naming him "Acacius", meaning "Not evil" in old Latin. Their careful upbringing and care of this potential catastrophic child paid off at first, and initially led to him becoming quite the gentleman, polite and courteous. After a while however, as he grew older and his other adolescent male friends started to become rambunctious and adventurous, he started to become more reserved. He was so used to being overly careful and cautious, and his friends more daring and risk-taking. He cut himself out, for fear of awakening a force inside of himself that he could not control. He felt that he could be very dangerous to others if he took risks, so he now keeps to himself, polite and helpful; yet always dreading the day he might lose control. Now that he's older, he still harbors a sense of caution, and carefully calculates a situation when he lets himself overthink things, which he gets stuck doing often. However, he's learned more to appreciate his power, and that the "darkness" he was frightened of exposing as a young adult is not inherently bad, but has the potential to be seen and used for less dangerous purposes, or even for the better. In this way, he's a bit of a late bloomer as far as knowing what he's capable of, and still hesitant with using the power of darkness, but he's learning more and more to relax with the events of everyday life, and rediscovering his lost youth that he hid away in fear.
Personality
Generally speaking, Acacius is kind-hearted and ideally a pacifist. Not that peace and graciousness always work out realistically, and Acacius knows that. He will defend if necessary, but never initiates attacks, and doesn't blame others for doing so, it's just not his style. He especially will defend those whom he has close personal connections to, or those who are more helpless and defenseless. He has a great caring heart for those with disabilities, injuries, and innocent cubs, and is always immensely patient with such lions. He would be a healer if he was any good with that profession, but he's also perfectly content providing emotional and psychological support instead.
He enjoys his position as a patroller, which is also a motivating reason he remains in the Pride. Walking through caves comforts him, and with his love/hate relationship with the darkness, he feels like it allows him to learn more about himself the more time he spends in the dark. He has incredibly good eyesight, even more than the average pride lion, particularly in the dark, and wanders in near-pitch darkness without any difficulty. Patrolling is also calming in allowing him to see what's going on in the worlds around him. He cares very little for the war, but he does care about the well-being of lions on all sides of the conflict, and will sometimes seek out individuals he feels he could help out.
He enjoys his position as a patroller, which is also a motivating reason he remains in the Pride. Walking through caves comforts him, and with his love/hate relationship with the darkness, he feels like it allows him to learn more about himself the more time he spends in the dark. He has incredibly good eyesight, even more than the average pride lion, particularly in the dark, and wanders in near-pitch darkness without any difficulty. Patrolling is also calming in allowing him to see what's going on in the worlds around him. He cares very little for the war, but he does care about the well-being of lions on all sides of the conflict, and will sometimes seek out individuals he feels he could help out.
Stats
Dull ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○●○○○○○○ Smart
Silent ○○○○○○○○○○○●○○○○○○○○○○○ Vocal
Follower ○○○○○●○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Dominant
Extrovert ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○●○○○○○○○ Introvert
Playful ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○●○○○○○○○ Serious
Cautious ○○○○●○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Heedless
Patient ●○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Agitated
Cowardly ○○○○○○●○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Courageous
Skittish ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○●○○ Collected
Unambitious ●○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Competitive
Distractible ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○●○○○○ Focused
Fast ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○●○○○○○○ Durable
Willing ○●○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Uncooperative
Dull ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○●○○○○○○ Smart
Silent ○○○○○○○○○○○●○○○○○○○○○○○ Vocal
Follower ○○○○○●○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Dominant
Extrovert ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○●○○○○○○○ Introvert
Playful ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○●○○○○○○○ Serious
Cautious ○○○○●○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Heedless
Patient ●○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Agitated
Cowardly ○○○○○○●○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Courageous
Skittish ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○●○○ Collected
Unambitious ●○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Competitive
Distractible ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○●○○○○ Focused
Fast ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○●○○○○○○ Durable
Willing ○●○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Uncooperative
Relationships
Akira
A bold lioness who is currently of romantic interest to Acacius, the flirtatious nomad has captivated his attention. She visits the pride on occasion, and when she does, Acacius loves being able to talk about things other than the war, and mutual longing for peace. He always looks forward to her visits, and although he's fully aware that she's stronger and more courageous than him, he still harbors an innate sense of protection for her from harm. |
Corvus
One of Acacius' patrolling friends in the pride, Corvus and he met during a patrol once. They bumped into each other while investigating a cave nest of Amani, and struck up a close camaraderie pretty instantaneously. They have very similar personalities to each other, and often bounce ideas off of each other and seek advice from each other. If ever Acacius considered someone a brother, it would be Corvus. |