TGB: Xander *Old will update*

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Name || Xander

Kit name || Spencer

Age || 2 season cycles

Birthday || Winter (next winter he will turn 3)

Gender || Tom

Tribe Tattoo || Green Water

Rank || Guard

Ability || Primary

Soulbound || NONE

Skills || Water Walking | Basic Water Control | Rising Water | Freezing Water

Signature Move || NONE YET

Status || Single

Breed || Chauise/Norwegian Forest Cat/Jungle cat
Voice sounds like || Chris Hemsworth a.k.a Thor (Without the accent)

Theme Songs ||
Mirror on the Wall

Appearance || Xander is a large tom due to his breed. He towers above most cats and is one of the strongest guards in his tribe. He has medium length fur except on his tail and ears where the fur is longer. His ears are unique due to the hooks on the end and have incredibly long fur coming out of them. His build is muscular and he can deliver a powerful blow from his enormous paws. His tail is long and furry at the end and gives him incredible balance. His fur is a nice ginger color with black and white markings, stripes run along his back legs and his eyes are a stunning green color. His jaw is usually set in a serious face or a scowl and this tom rarely smiles. Rumors say he can't smile at all and it's a sight to see when he does. He usually wears a ring with the feathers his father gave to him attached to his tail.

Personality ||

[ Loyal ] - Xander had always been loyal to his tribe. He is always ready to serve them in any way needed and hates it when others break the rules. He believes in punishment and isn't afraid to teach other right and wrong by force. He protects his tribe with his life and he means every word. Sure there are times he may speak out if he thinks what his leader is doing is wrong but he's always the first one to attack when the call for battle is cried out and fights like a lion to protect his own tribemates. Xander says he would rather die than betray his tribe and that's exactly what he would do. He isn't afraid to teach others a lesson when they do something to harm his tribe and if he ever catches you breaking the rules, you'd better pray he's in a good mood. 

[ Serious ] - Ever since Xander lost his one true love, Emmiline, he has become even more serious than before. He lives in a world where he believes the only think important is duty and training because he lost the light in his heart. Some cats say he doesn't have a funny bone in him because he rarely smiles or laughs at jokes and usually has on a serious face. He believes that apprentices shouldn't play because it immature of them and will usually put them to work if he catches them doing nothing. He's a tough nut to break and he's encased his heart in a tight shell so it can never be broken again. Xander rarely jokes around and at meetings always has his full attention on the leaders. He can sit so still you'd think he was a statue if it wasn't for that blink time to time. 

[ Focused/ Ambitious ] - “Keep your eyes on the prize.” This is a motto you will eventually get annoyed of. Xander says this so often and he always follows it. He is determined to be the best even though he sometimes isn't and his ambitions to do his best are always showing. His father always told him to be successful so in a way being ambitious is how he shows it. If he puts his mind to something he won't stop until he accomplishes it, at least until he finds something better to do. He can get so focused with something that he can spend half a day doing it without even noticing. In a way he is a natural leader. He knows how to get cats in order and has been known to show cats what they can do better. He knows a ton of good battle moves because of how determined he was as an apprentice.

[ Courageous/Bold ] - Xander will do anything to protect those he loves and cares about. He is incredibly brave and doesn't back down from a challenge. If cornered he'll fight until he's won and rarely retreats in a battle. He goes above and beyond normal expectations and has always been willing to trade his life for his tribemates. He can't stand weaklings however, like his father before him and has always tried buffing his apprentices into being the best they can, even if that means over working them. He believes that patience is the key to becoming the best next to courage and loyalty. He says that if you have patience you will have the strength to defeat even your strongest foe. Not many cats know what this means and it took Xander months to see what his father meant by the saying.

[ Guarded ] - Xander guards his emotions carefully. He is incredibly secretive and is careful with what he does so he doesn't show his weaker emotions. He rarely shows weak personality because he's afraid if he does his heart will be torn again. He never mentions his past and sometimes will go into a daze where all his emotion shows is pain and suffering. If he sees a cat that looks like someone he loved that he lost, he'll try avoiding that cat at all costs. Xander rarely mentions his past and if asked about his past he'll simply shrug it away and merely say that it isn't important.

[ Impatient ] - Xander hates waiting. You make him wait and you'll probably regret it. He doesn't like when other cats make him feel that he isn't important enough to be on time and usually deals with them personally. He's never been good at waiting and when he grows impatient he has a bad habit of tearing apart the ground with his claws. If you make him wait he'll most likely start whatever it was with you and leave you behind or simply ignore you for the rest of the day.

[ Blunt ] - Xander doesn't exactly sugar coat things. If you do a bad job he'll say so, whether it's what you want to hear or not. You can trust him to be honest whenever you ask him a question of how you did. If you do a good job he'll say so, if not then you'll know right away how unimpressed he was. He can be incredibly harsh at times even though he usually means well. Xander tries to get others to try 100% percent and if you do good he'll always slather you with praise. However, he is definitely not the cat you want to get bad news from because he'll tell you flat out what happened without being that sympathetic about it.

[ Lost ] - He may seem strong on the outside but on the inside he's a broken cat. He tries not to show it because he's afraid to show weakness. Xander doesn't really know his true self because he's never really shown it. He's recreated himself so many times he's lost the cat he once was and doubts he'll ever get him back. Each day that passes he misses Emmiline more and more and sometimes believes her death was his fault. Xander tries to to be strong because he never wants to face the pain of losing someone close to him again.

Kin ||
_{( Name-->Occupation-->Status )}

Mother: Cynthia - Rogue - Dead
Father: Apollo - Rogue - Dead
Siblings: NONE

Crush: NONE
Mate: NONE
Kits: NONE

History ||

”It's funny, so many of us take our lives for granted each day. Whether it be because a wish of ours wasn't fulfilled or a dream was crushed or whatever. The thing is, we don't understand how precious what we have is...until it's gone. Then you finally wake up and realize that what you had, well, you'll never get it back...”

Xander was never born into a tribe. He was born as a rogue, an exile from the tribes. His Mother, Cynthia was always a rogue but his Father, Apollo had been a former Tribe cat, exiled because his loyalties were questionable and he couldn't be trusted. Many cats avoided Apollo after that incident, to the rogues he was nothing more then a waste of space and fur. He didn't have any friends until he met the beautiful she-cat Cynthia.
Cynthia helped the tom out day and night but never really registered the feelings Apollo had for her. She'd accept his gifts willingly but always thought they were nothing more then tokens of gratitude, not affection. She never really did feel the same for Apollo and often he'd try harder to win her heart but wasn't that successful. However, Cynthia had a dream one night with Apollo in it and she couldn't help but feel it meant something important. Afterwards, she began to let Apollo into her heart and discovered she loved him as well.
The two made an excellent couple, sure they fought constantly but once they were together, no one could say they weren't made for each other. Some would say that Apollo was a little overboard, he'd challenge any tom who even smiled at his mate and often guarded Cynthia like she was a precious gem. Cynthia always rolled her eyes and gave a loving sigh whenever he became over protective. She always tried to explain how she could love no one else but he never really did listen to her words.
As time passed on the two soon recognized that Cynthia was expecting. Cynthia was overjoyed and instantly began taking even more care of herself to try and keep the kits happy. Apollo on the other hand felt jealousy consume his heart. He feared that the kits would tear them apart and he wanted his mate for himself and never have to share her with kits. He was less enthusiastic but to keep Cynthia happy he pretended to be equally just as happy.
The kits were born a little while later on a star filled winter night. However, as beautiful and peaceful as the night was, it was filled with tragic yowls. Of the three kits born only one had been alive, little Xander. Cynthia was grief stricken and continually blamed herself. Apollo tried to comfort her but to no avail. He merely sat and watched while she let the pain wash over her like a river. He had felt terrible and couldn't stop but think somehow he'd wished this upon his mate by not wanting kits but didn't dare share his thoughts.
After that night Cynthia became incredibly overprotective of her kit. She never left his side, afraid she'd lose her only surviving son. Cynthia slowly started shoving her world and her mate away, too focused on her son and keeping him safe to notice or care for anything else. For Apollo it was worse, he became alone again, shut off from everything. Jealousy began to build up inside him and soon he found that the only way he'd get his mate back was to take away the distraction.
One night, after Cynthia was fast asleep, Apollo snuck into the den and carefully took his two month old son from the crevice of her belly. He then ran off into the woods, to the edge of the forest and far away from his mate's den. There he left Xander, hoping the kit would die in the snowstorm and that his mate would soon forget about her kit. Xander should have died right there in those woods, cold, afraid and alone, but he didn't. As fate would have it a female Rogue named Bella, found him and took him home with her. She knew whose kit it was and was tempted to take him back to his parents but in the end, she and her mate, Haven, kept the small kit. However, even as the kit grew older and questioned why he didn't look anything like his adopted parents, they never told him where he came from, afraid he'd try and seek out his parents and get killed.

Because of their fear of what would happen to the young Xander if he should ever find out the truth and go searching for his real parents, the couple moved away, further from the area they once called home. When they were sure they and Xander would be safe, they stopped in a small forest and claimed it as their home. However, despite the move Xander still wondered if what his adopted parents told him was true. He would constantly have dreams of a very cold, very dark night but at the same time had a feeling of protection. He would constantly ask questions and Bella answer was always the same, that she and Haven were his parents. After a while, Xander soon believed that himself and ignored the dreams.
The place they called home wasn't exactly abandoned. Foxes also ran through the territory and after an attack, Haven decided to teach Xander battle training. However, Haven was incredibly harsh with the young tom and didn't exactly show mercy. Day after day they trained from dawn to dusk and Xander would often return home looking as if he'd just been in a full out battle with ten cats. Bella tried to tell Haven to be more careful but the tom continued to push Xander, telling him that pain was weakness leaving the body and so on.
As days went by, the training soon got even harder then before. However, the training wasn't the only thing hardening, Xander's personality was changing too. Since Haven was trying to raise him without emotion, the young toms' personality was slowly fading to dust. He became quite a brag and didn't really care about others except for Bella and Haven. He didn't smile or joke around except around Bella and his former friends retreated from him, not wanting to be near such an army like cat.
As the training became more intense so did Xander, it was as simple as that. Soon though he did find a friend, an incredibly beautiful she-cat named, Emmiline. Emmiline was your typical happy-go-lucky kind of she-cat. Xander found her while he was walking out for training and the two instantly bonded. Emmiline was incredibly mischievous however. She knew how to pull a good prank and never get caught and soon she had Xander playing her games as well.
Haven was less enthusiastic. He would scold Xander for playing and missing training and would punish him for doing so. Still Xander continued to see Bella, enjoying the sight of an angry Haven despite his punishments. Xander often played pranks on other Rogues for fun and would often smile around the she-cat. Bella thought it was sweet that Emmiline had brought back light into Xander's life but Haven was furious with the tom and forbade him to see Emmiline ever again.
Despite what Haven said however, the two continued to see each other during the night. Xander didn't miss training anymore to keep from arousing suspicion as well. He was often tired but forced him self to continue on and keep his secret. He couldn't imagine a world without Emmiline in it so he refused to stop seeing her. Of course because of him being tired all the time, even at the age of eight months he couldn't stop a fox from attacked him and Emmiline while they were out goofing off. The two panicked and called for help and Bella came to their rescue. She hid the two in the bushes and fought the creature, giving her life to save the two younger cats.
After the battle was over Xander ran to Bella's side and cried out when he saw the life leave her eyes. He continued to wail and eventually Haven heard him and came running, seeing the scene. Anger filled Haven and he turned on Xander, screaming at him about how this was his fault and if Xander had just listened to him Bella would still be alive. With those last few words he chased the two out of his territory in anger, shouting at Xander that he wasn't his son and never would be. As the two ran off into the distance Haven shouted that he'd find them one day and kill them before he turned and ran back to his mate, leaving the two running.

The two only stopped when they were far away from their former home. They both agreed to stay with each other and they lived in the exile territory. Day by day the two lived alone, fearing Haven's words night after night, their dreams filled with him. However, despite the warning Xander mourned. He missed Bella and would often be seen crying against a tree or training with an anger in his eyes. He was mad that he couldn't protect Bella and felt terrible about it, he swore that he'd be strong again and that he'd be able to protect the ones he loved again.
Xander and Emmiline continued to live together, Xander had returned to his no personality state and often scolded Emmiline for being childish. However, despite Xander's mood swings, Emmiline found herself falling for him and often was seen by his side. She practically worshipped the ground he walked on but Xander took no notice, thinking she was just being childish again. He often ignored her whenever she tried to say something to him, partially blaming her for them being out here but she never stopped loving him and continued to follow him around.
Xander continued to train and by the age of one year he was fully grown and incredibly big against Emmiline who just barely made it to his shoulder. He still ignored her however and one night she yelled her feelings at him in an angry rage. Xander was shocked, always thinking of her as nothing more then a friend. He simply walked away with a stunned look on his face as he did so. That night Emmiline stayed away from him, feeling incredibly embarrassed. She was going to leave the following day but Xander realized he loved her and he told her so. That night they slept side by side, their pelts touching but not in friendship, in love.
The two became mates after tat and they were the perfect couple. They continued to live their lives and Xander continued to train just as hard. They lived in each others company, happy and carefree. Light had been returned into Xander's soul and he never wanted it to go away. He enjoyed this new feeling and couldn't imagine ever loving anyone else as much as he loved Emmiline. However, their happiness was short lived when a rogue ran into them, shouting about how he had a message from Haven for the two. “A promise is a promise.” were the words the Rogue uttered and Xander instantly went out to search for Haven but the tom had disappeared.
Once again, the two were drowned with fear again. They often stayed in their den and Xander guarded Emmiline all day and night. She became a captive to Xander's paranoia and didn't like it, despite the fact that he was protecting her. She tried to tell him but his fear only grew when he leaned she was pregnant and told her he wanted her to stay in the den and only leave when he was with her. She hated him for it but merely did as he said, hoping the paranoia would pass soon.
The kits were born during a winter. Xander was thrilled about the idea but he only became even more protective of Emmiline and his kits. There had been two males and a female and Xander loved and cherished each one. He felt so responsible for them and vowed to protect them no matter what. Emmiline didn't like being in the den however and the kits often complained about wanting to explore further then what Xander allowed them. She tried to talk to Xander about it and the two got into a horrible fight. Xander left in a rage and walked away, spending the night in the forest, anger filling his heart.
The next day he was awoken by a shrill scream. At first he thought it was a bird until he heard it again, filled with fear and pain. Xander ran back to the den but Emmiline wasn't there, when the scent of blood hit his throat horror filled him and he ran as fast as he could towards the noise. He stopped when he saw the sight before him. Each of his kits were dead and each bore the wounds as full fighters. As his gaze travelled he saw his mate, standing over Emmiline was Haven, a victorious look on his face. Xander watched in horror as Haven snarled “I'll make you feel the pain I felt.” and then tear Emmiline's throat open.
Something snapped in Xander after that. He attacked Haven, tearing into him like a savage animal. Even after the tom was killed her continued to tear him to pieces before a rogue found him and pulled him off. Xander ran to the river and washed the blood off him again an again. However, no matter how much he did he could still taste the blood. To this day he sometimes will awaken with the taste of blood in his mouth and the screams of Emmiline and his kits echoing in his ears.

Xander blamed himself for his mates death. He hated that he couldn't protect her and slowly began shutting out the world again. He felt like he had no purpose and that everything that had happened was his fault and that he could have prevented it. His dreams were filled with Emmiline and his kits and some nights he merely didn't sleep at all.
Xander's friends tried to comfort them but he pushed them away, not wanting their sympathy. He shut the world out and everyone with it. He became harsh and his personality faded once more, the light in his life gone. He wished again and again that Emmiline and his kits would return. He wished that he'd treated her like a mate instead of a thing to be protected. Most of all he wished they'd never fought and that she'd be beside him again.
As the tom got older his mind also began to fade with his personality. Soon he found himself seeing Emmiline. Though she was only his imagination he thought for sure she was there, alive and well. He'd be seen talking to her and sleeping with his arms wrapped around nothing. He wished her to come back so much that Xander actually thought she had. Everyone avoided him and soon he was all alone with only his imagination to keep him going.
Of course, as fate set in he found his real parents. Cynthia was thrilled and even Apollo was. The now elder tom was happy to see his son and the two nursed him back to health and Xander stopped seeing the fake Emmiline. Apollo told him everything but Xander didn't care, happy that his Father wanted him again and he forgave his Father. Cynthia was incredibly happy that her kit was alive and she promised to take care of him again.
Like most older toms however, Xander found himself moving on. When the Tribes came to the Exile territory he wanted to join them and he did. He helped the tribes settle into their new home along with many other Rogues who'd joined their ranks as well. Xander was happy he'd finally found something worth fighting for and was very pleased when the spirits gave him his tattoo. He'd always believed in the spirits but his faith in them had faded when they took his Emmiline. Still he was thankful they'd let him join a Tribe.
Xander was never really used to Tribe life though and even to this day is still trying to get used to it. He fits in well but is so used to being alone that he doesn't make friends easily and he often tries to avoid cats who look like the ones he loved. His parents left after he joined but Apollo told Xander that he'd always be his son no matter what. Since then Xander has lived his life in his Tribe despite not exactly feeling welcomed.

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Written example ||
The winters' wind blew harmonically throughout the grassy area, it danced through the few trees standing, blowing their branches as it danced around them, making them shiver from its cold bite. The snow fell from the dark sky, covering the once grassy area in a shimmering white veil of snow. The moon and stars were slightly obscured because of the dark clouds but it didn't stop their glow from lighting up the area, making it look as if angels of light skipped silently across the snow. A river in the distance still ran quietly through the area, its twin not far. The two rivers were quiet despite the load noise they usually made.
Then there was a noise in the distance, the noise of paw steps on the snow, flattening the fresh snow with a sigh. A large tom, the color of fire with splashes of white and black on his pelt crossed through the land. His handsome green eyes were sad and a tattoo as green as his eyes and in the shape of a leaf sat cleanly on his shoulder. The tom stopped for a moment and looked up at the sky, the stars reflecting off his sad eyes for a moment before he moved to the closest river and lay down at the bank. He let the water touch his paws despite the coldness he felt from it. In a way it comforted him, making him feel he wasn't alone as he looked at his reflection in the water. Soon the ginger cat spoke, a silent ripple moving across the river as it seemed to listen to him.
“I miss her so much...” the cat known as Xander said quietly. “I wish I could see her just once more. I feel so lost...so broken.” Xander didn't really know why he was talking to the river. However, right then he felt it was his only friend and he just had to talk to something and since he had no friends in the tribe the river would have to do. “Wherever I look...Emmiline is there. I don't know how I can go on like this. I try to fit in and without her I have nothing. I don't feel welcomed in my new tribe despite the spirits giving me my tattoo...” he sighed, sending a small ripple over the water. “What am I to do?” he asked quietly.
The water slowly splashed over his paws again, the soft ripples seemed to be grabbing at his paws, as if telling him he wasn't alone in the world despite what he thought. A small smile crossed Xander's maw and he stood as if having the best conversation of his life. “I knew I could always count on you.” he whispered before the tom turned, the wind brushing through his fur in a gentle symphony. As Xander walked away the water splashed suddenly, the wind causing the end to curl before it fell back to the river as if it was saying farewell.

Credit
Character and Art (c) Me
Design (c) ~Misticsplash