Profile
(He's in a rp group called Empires Before Clans on DeviantArt. Go check it out!)
(Update: 11/818)
( Update: 9/13/17)
BASICS
Name: Tam
Starting Age: 9 months
Current age: 2 years and 8 months
Birthday: April 12, 45 BC
Species: Ocelot
Weight:30 pounds
Height: 20 inches
Appearance: Tam is about three feet tall, and fully grown. He has messy bangs, which usually get into his striking blue eyes. His legs are around medium length, and he has a long tail. He has a scratch on his chin, from his father, and a few scars on his front paw, from many injuries.
Rank: Apprentice
Armour: Tam's armour is well suited for night travel, because of it's dark color. It has a black metal collar, and attached to the collar is a dark grey cloak. The grey cloak has several blue stones in it, making it a bit heavier. Underneath his cloak are a few black leather plates to protect his back.
Genetics:
Dominant traits: Tan/ light brownish pelt, large filled spots, long tail
Recessive traits: Light underbelly/muzzle/paws, white spot on back of ears, spots all over body
Carrier traits: Green eyes, redish pelt, black stripe down back
PERSONALITY:
{Stubborn}{Ambitious}{Quiet}{Open minded}{Loyal}{Easily irritated}
{Stubborn:}
Tam has been stubborn since birth. If his mother were still alive, and you were to ask her about it, she would tell you many stories about Tam's stubbornness issues. Those issues unfortunately didn't go away as he grew up, so sometimes they can be hindering, and cause other cats not to like him as much. He in fact has ruined several relationships with other cats, just by getting in the mindset of not wanting to do what the other cat may very much want to do. He dislikes doing things other cats consider 'fun' as well as any activity he considers frivolous. Listen, if Tam doesn't want to do something, the chances of getting him to do it are slim to none.
{Ambitious:}
Tam has always felt a strong desire to succeed. While his determination is more quiet than others, it still burns very strongly within him. He doesn't feel the need to express his ambitions out loud, because he only feels like he should hear them. One of them is becoming a gladiator, because he knows he'll be able to help his empire even more so once he is ranked up. Sometimes he'll put training in front of everything else, but he isn't known to overwork too often. His previous mentor, Zola, helped him with his training, by pushing him to work harder. He ended up spending more time training with her than spending time meeting new cats--though he didn't do that much to begin with. When his mentor disappeared, he only wanted to become a gladiator more, to prove to Zola that he was a useful cat to the empire.
{Quiet:}
To Tam, the less words spoken, the better. He is a cat of very few words, but in the past year, he has tried (emphasis on tried) to open up a little more and be better at conversations. He thinks he's gotten better, but he is still unsure. He would rather not talk at all, but the cats he meets obviously don't have the same opinion. You certainly won't see this cat talking his head off anytime soon, though.{Oblivious:}
Tam really doesn't notice certain things. Like flirting- he just doesn't get that a girl might like him, or is just flirting for fun. Almost one hundred percent of the time, he doesn't even realize someone is hinting something, or flirting with him. He also is oblivious to sarcasm, and usually takes it seriously.
{Open Minded:}
Tam isn't as oblivious at he used to be. While in the past, he didn't notice things such as flirting, sarcasm, and jokes, he is now very aware of them. Just because he's aware of them, though, doesn't mean he understand them. If he doesn't know if a cat is flirting with him or not, he will most likely ask them if they are doing so with him. He occasionally with try to make jokes, but isn't very good at them yet.
{Loyal:}
The ocelot doesn't seem to be the most loyal cat at first, but once you earn his trust--which is a very slow, and long process--he would do almost anything to protect you. He has trust issues, so it isn't an easy thing to do. So far, only one cat has managed to break through Tam's barrier, though the cat is unaware so far. That said cat was once a cat Tam basically hated, so his hard work paid off. Having Tam be loyal to you has many benefits, because he'll make sure you take care of yourself, and don't do anything stupid. If you said you wanted to jump off a bridge, he'd look you in the eyes and tell you that it's the stupidest thing he's ever heard, and that you're going to die if you do it.
{Easily Irritated:}
Tam has found himself irritated at the simplest things, sometimes, and that has caused many cats not to like him as much. Maybe it's the personalities of everyone else, but he just finds them annoying. Especially the ones who stick around so much, trying to befriend him. Look, he doesn't want anymore friends, because he's afraid he'll lose them or they'll die. So he acts out, to try to keep them away from him.
BACKSTORY:
Before the Empires:
Tam's mother, Linh, was about one of the only things in Tam's life that could be called 'Happy'. His father, Fintan, hated the young ocelot at birth. He was cold and demeaning, never showing much attention toward Tam. Linh, though, was the happiest mother alive. She and her son had a very close relationship, but unfortunately, she fought in the coliseum battles. Tam loved watching his mother fight in the battles, maybe because she always won, or because she knew some fantastic fighting moves. But one time, everything went wrong.
Linh was fighting against a Snow Leopard much younger than her, and the cat killed her quite brutally.. and of course, Tam saw the whole thing happen. He panicked, crying, running back to where his father was, in a building they stayed in with their humans. He told Fintan that she had died, and his father, who had never liked Tam, disowned him, telling Tam that no son of his would ever be crying over some silly death. Fintan told Tam to get out, and after that, Tam wandered around the city for days, before finally leaving. He found the forest nearby amazing, and a Fire Empire patrol found him, waking him up while he was sleeping. He was surprised, but accepted their offer for him to stay there.
Arriving at Fire Empire:
It took some getting used to, being at Fire Empire. There were so many cats who wanted to know about him, so the first few days there he didn't do anything but avoid other cats. But after a few nights of restless sleep, and terrible nightmares, he decided to go out and walk around the territory. He ended up finding a beautiful lake, and meeting the first cat he would call his friend, Remus. Remus and him talked for a little while, and decided to go swimming in the lake. Tam left, almost happy. He didn't know if he considered Remus a friend yet, but it was a good start.
Soon after that day, Tam met Velus, a fun loving Asian Golden Cat, who encouraged Tam to loosen up and have a little more fun. Tam was hesitant to listen to the advice, and ending up not taking it to heart. He had just met this cat, and didn't know him that well. So he decided not to listen. Who was Velus to tell him what to do? Aelia was the next cat he met, who was almost as friendly as Velus. He went hunting with her, and they caught a deer together. They didn't talk too much to each other that day, but she seemed like a nice cat.
Tam was wakened up by Halcyon one day while taking a nap, and somehow they ended up training by Lake Blackwater. Tam didn't like Halcyon at all, but at least he got some good training out of meeting him.
His first gathering approached, and his mentor was announced. Her name was Zola, who shouted out to try to find him during the gathering. She was with a friend, and another apprentice called Mars. Tam wasn't sure if he liked his new mentor or not, since she seemed very intense. Mars didn't seem to like her that much, but then again, Zola didn't seem to like Mars either.
Tam happened to stumble upon Mars again, after some training with Zola. She was gathering some things for her blacksmith apprentice duties, and he decided to help her. Well, and also talk to her about getting some armour. Things that day...did not go very well. It wasn't that Mars was annoying or anything, it was that bad things seemed to happen to them after meeting each other. It started with something very simple, with him tripping over a branch, and spraining his ankle. Nothing big, but things seemed to escalate after that. Tam said that things couldn't get worse...and they stumbled upon a very angry bear. They managed to escape, but they lost everything they had collected. They stopped to try to collect some more sticks, but a tree branch fell on Mars. He got the thing off of her, but ended up stepping in some thorns, further injuring his paw. Mars went to get them something to eat, and instead ended up with a face full of porcupine. They came back to camp injured and exhausted, and avoided each other after that.
He spent that day and the next resting, and his friends found out what happened. Tam didn't want any help, but Remus, Velus, and Aelia didn't listen, and tried to help him. They went to gather some moss for him to sleep on, and Remus met up with Halcyon to find Tam some food to eat, and they went fishing together. Tam slept until they came back, and reluctantly thanked them.
Tam's time with this new-found squad wasn't very long, because all three of his first friends went missing. He was angry, and at the same time, very sad. This seemed to prove exactly why he didn't want to make friends. Just as he started to get close, they were gone. And there was nothing he could do about it.
His mentor, Zola went missing, and Tam was assigned a new mentor. Her name was Mitsu, and she seemed to be the polar opposite of Zola. She was very relaxed and calm, and liked to make a strange drink, called 'tea'. He didn't know what to think about her, especially since she liked to spend more time relaxing than training. But she provided good advice, so maybe she wasn't that bad.
He soon met Mitsu's mate, Spartan, while doing a border patrol. They found a stale scent, and it belonged to Remus. Both were excited, since Remus was Spartan's apprentice, and Tam's friend, before he went missing. They had to give up, since the scent was a few weeks old, and it was no use trying to find him. Remus was gone, and Tam had to accept that.
Tam's 'friend', Halycon, didn't seem to want to leave Tam alone. He thought that if he just kept trying, Tam would let him be his best friend, even though Tam made it very clear that he didn't like Halcyon. But somehow? Tam opened up a little to the blind cat, showed him a small slimmer of why he was the way he was. Halycon had found Tam in a field of flowers, and Tam admitted that he used to love them, since his mother, Linh, liked them. He even let Halcyon make him a necklace of flowers, and left, almost giving Halycon a smile. It wasn't like Halcyon could see him smiling, right? He was blind.
He meet a friend of Halcyon's, Ophelia, while following a caravan he was about to raid. It seemed like she had been following the caravan too, and after getting a few things from it, he mentioned how he didn't like Halcyon. Ophelia told Tam to give Halcyon a chance, and he thought about it.
Someone from Lighting Empire had somehow wandered close to Fire Empire, causing Tam to meet the bright and cheerful Rey. She could tell he was in a bad mood, so she tried to lift it, so they went swimming, and looked for pretty rocks. She was pretty, and Tam could see himself getting a small crush on her, but pushed it away. She was from another empire, and that was forbidden. He cared too much about his empire to like someone from another one. So when he left, he pushed any slight feelings that might be developing away. Out of sight, out of mind.
He met Seerah after doing some hunted, and didn't like her. It had rained recently, and she was playing in a huge area of mud. He hated mud, and all she seemed interested in was getting him to play in the mud too. He chased him for a little while, and he tried every way he could think of to stop from being pelted with mud. It worked in the end, and they went together a river, so she could wash off. She ended up getting fed up with his attitude, and gave him some advice. "Continue the way you are and you might not have anyone." He took those words to heart, even if Seerah was sure he just ignored the advice.
He was forced to go on a hunted patrol with Mars, and as you can guess, things went terribly, though this time Mars came back more hurt than Tam. He went back to camp to send some cats back to take care of her, since he knew if he stayed with her she might get hurt even more. They really were cursed.
He had many daily encounters with Halcyon, Seerah, Spartan, and even Ophelia. But he never said much to them, just continued to go out on his own as usual.
Fire Empire's leader, Kestrel, announced that they would be moving camp, to stay out of the raider with the Bounty Hunters. It was a hard move, and he helped as much as he could. He liked the new camp, but missed the old one greatly. He even tried to mend things with Seerah, and met a few new faces.
Halcyon annoyed Tam greatly one day, and he just had to get away from all the other cats, to let his guard down and get some well deserved alone time. The past few days he had gotten almost no alone time, and that was stressful to him. He went to the one place where he was able to think clearly, Blackwater Lake. The lake that held so many good memories, it was so calming and peaceful to be there. But he wasn't aware of the cruel eyes watching him, and had to fight for his life.
A Bounty Hunter had come to capture him, and he had been caught with his guard down.
Tam wasn't able to escape, even though he had many chances to run away. But his pride was too strong, and he was either going to beat her, or be captured. So the hunter held him underwater long enough so that he lost consciousness.
Thus, Tam found himself back in the city, locked in a cage.
Facts:
Tam loves the night, and also loves to stargaze.
He secretly loves swimming
He has a fear/ hatred toward Snow Leopards, since one killed his mother.
He got the scar on his chin from his father.
He has several scars on his front paw, from scratching it up too many times on thorns.
Tam has been plagued by terrible nightmares since arriving at Fire Empire, from seeing his mother being killed. They've gotten better, though.
Mentor: Mitsu
Apprentice: None
Past Mentors: Zola
Past Apprentices: None
Family:
Linh | Deceased | Mother |
Fintan | Whereabouts unknown | Father
Mate: None
Crush: He isn't remotely interested in anyone right now.
Past Mate: None
Past Crush: Rey?? (If it could even be considered a crush, maybe it was more of a slight attraction.)
Relationships:
Current EP:
Wanted status: Not wanted
