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The Shining Blacksmith
Solina is a golden tiger born into a lineage of blacksmiths. Following in her father's steps, she keeps the tradition as a blacksmith going out of her own, enthusiastic will. Due to complications with her home village she's travelled far after her father's death. Nowadays she works in the tavern "The Crowned King" alongside her girlfriends as a cook, but she also happily provides blacksmith services upon request.
- Entirely symmetrical design
- Gold coated claws - often retracted
- She's got some muscle, please don't draw her super thin!
- Feel free to give her simpler clothes, but no drawing nakey as anthro
- Can be drawn feral too, can have partial/no clothes for that
- Digi legs, big paws, etc. are not a requirement. Draw however it fits your style!
Details
Likes
- Knick-knacks
- Fresh bread
- Tinkering noises
- her Girlfriends
Dislikes
- Grapefruits
- Unkempt fur
- Cold weather
- Rust
- Has a favorite baking tray, but if anyone were to ever see it, they would just assume it's a regular, black baking tray. Which it is.
- Loves to keep her hands busy, not having anything to do with them for an extended period of time makes her paws twitch
- Keeps the tavern kitchen very neat, while her smithy is an 'organized mess', as she calls it
- Her tail swings while excited, making it very easy for her to knock things over
- Was the one who forged the group's crowns out of melted gold
Personality
Optimistic
Solina has a contagious smile. To her, hope and optimism are a core part of her being, a simple, but strong fact about herself. Sometimes it may seem she's oblivious to the dark sides of life, but she purposefully chooses to strive for a better outlook. Especially for those closest to her, all Solina wishes for is to provide strength.
Friendly
It's very clear that out of the four of them, Solina is most well-liked by the tavern's patrons for her genuine friendliness. Though, being the tavern's cook, she's less frequently seen compared to the other three who serve the patrons, but she's still often seen coming out and having a chat with customers when not working. With a golden heart and sharp eyes, she has won over almost anyone she comes across.
Naive
Though, with her optimism and friendliness, Solina can become a little too trusting quickly. A quality that has ended up with some of the greatest joys in her life, but also often had the potential to end badly. The contrast with her girlfriends in that matter is pretty clear. Often times it seems as if by putting up and believing this front, Solina could be attempting to shield herself from her own storm within.
Easily Worried
Behind that friendly smile, Solina often worries about events out of her control, or simply the future in general. The tiger feels like as if it were her responsibility to be the watchful one, to keep her significant others safe and happy. She worries for other so much to the point she neglects anything that may personally affect her to focus on the matters of others.
Soft-hearted
Despite her towering figure, Solina is easily the most gentle of the four, a typical gentle-giant. She's empathetic and quick to have herself go soft listening to someone else's worries. Of course, this is more strongly the case with her girlfriends, especially because those three tend to keep themselves more bottled up in layers of secrecy. Ironically, Solina does that too, in a more self-sacrifical way. She's the easiest to crack, but she hides it well.
Overworked
Trying to keep everyone's needs in check and balancing her work as both the tavern's cook and a blacksmith can make the tiger easily forget to take breaks for herself. Rather, she wishes she could just ignore any clearly looming burnouts, especially for the sake of everyone else. In return, the ones around her have to make sure that Solina also takes some time for herself every once in a while before it gets bad, much to Solina's dismay.
Summary
Current Life
Currently, Solina works in a small but popular tavern called "The Crowned King", owned by her and her girlfriends. The place is known for being a little more on the eccentric side, especially due to the gimmicky nature of them wearing clothes imitating royals, thus providing a fake experience of being served by "royalty". Solina simply is happy to go along with whatever the four of them do, even if she secretly things the get-up is a tiny bit silly. But that only makes it better to her.
Solina is the main cook of the tavern, but food-wise she's better known for her baked goods. It may be a little odd to see a tavern focus a bit more on bread than the typical hearthy food, but that only adds some more to the charm. Despite being seen a little less than her girlfriends around the tavern, Solina is very well liked by the patrons for her earnest friendliness when she emerges from the kitchen during less hectic times. Other than cooking, Solina is of course also known for her solid smithing work. It is said she'll take on any request, even if ridiculous, she'll at least give it a genuine try.
Past
Solina grew up in a decently sized village. She was born into the Hazekeep family, of which the craft of forging with steel had been passed down for many generations. Solina never knew of her mother and her older brother had gone on a journey when she had been just about 6 years old, but under the love and care of her father she grew up as a bright and happy child.
Despite that happiness, it didn’t take long for the little tiger to realize that something felt off. Eventually that off-ness led to the realization that she’s a girl– soon after that discovery, she asked her father for a new name. He named his daughter Solina, for she had always been one of the brightest lights in his life.
Under her father’s guidance she learnt the art of the blacksmith. With her enthusiasm for the craft it simply came naturally to her. At age 18 Solina had already become a fantastic blacksmith, but her father died to a sudden, unknown illness, leaving her with an unfinished apprenticeship and no family. Solina hardly had time to grief – soon after her father’s death she became a target in her village. She became a victim to people’s gossip, hushed whispers and nervous glances surrounding her.
No one told her why and Solina herself had no idea what caused this. But a gut feeling and some of the whispers she overheard told her it had something to do with her mother that not even she herself knew of. Feeling unwanted by the village, Solina left to find a new place to call home, to move to pastures new.
One might think Solina would grow colder to the world around her due to that, but with a strong resolution she only let the opposite happen. She let the pain she felt from being left alone by the village during her time of greatest sorrow turn into sympathy. A way to aim to make the world around her better, to ease the pain of others, to make a difference with the next ones she would hold closest to her heart.
Melora [Profile TBA]
[ Girlfriend ]
There’s something about the Melora that captivates the tiger, something that fills her with a sense of wanderlust, ever since that faithful day the two first met. The tiger can’t quite put her finger on why that is, but she thinks it’s simply part of Melora’s charms. The sparks were simply there since the beginning. Solina considers herself lucky to be one of the few to be trusted so deeply by Melora, the smiles the coyote gives to strangers almost make Solina take pity on said strangers.
Ever
[ Girlfriend ]
The two of them seem like polar opposites, both in terms of personality and how they’re built. Solina is more than happy to do a lot of the talking for Ever, she’s fully understanding of her partner’s rather unexpressive side. Always finding the best in everyone, Solina knows there is a deep compassion and warmth glimmering hiding in Ever’s golden eyes. The tiger happily accepts the small cat’s silent, but affectionate cuddles when Ever is in the mood for it. Following their feline tendencies, they may sometimes groom one another’s fur.
Jade
[ Girlfriend ]
It’s quite obvious that Solina especially loves to dote on Jade. She understands that Jade wishes to keep some things to herself, but still, Solina hopes she can provide warmth and comfort in other ways still! Especially because Jade in particular has an intuition for when Solina’s hiding something to focus on others- the two of them often had their shared moments of vulnerability. Solina admires the passion that Jade puts into her performances.
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