Name: Nika (Sometimes, Kitty or Neko as well - but Nika is what she named herself.)

Age: 5 (I kid you not. ~.~ She looks to be about 16 tho.) 

Class: Hunter (Something between an assasin and a bounty hunter. But basically with much better morals.)

Species: Cat Sentient (Sentients are animals capable of human thoughts and emotions. Created by the earth goddess and gifted with the power to shapeshift, they usually end up transforming into humans, or close. They're like misplaced souls, searching for a form they fit better.)

Gender: Female

Likes: Obsidian, friends, water, sunsets/sunrises, painting, running, food, milk, shiny things, the colour purple and blue, having hands, books, magic, cats

Dislikes: unjustified death (or what she considers unjustified) loosing friends, being human (being in her anthro form as well, it shall be explained), ignorance, stuck-up people, being threatened, being ripped apart by someone you love, werewolves, cold mornings, hot nights

Mate: Obsidian

Personality:

Mostly-human form: sort of a quiet, reserved girl is what she appears to be...she's mostly shy, though. She's incredibly guy-shy. She's very friendly, though. She can be very lazy sometimes and will sleep randomly during the day. (She is a cat, after all.) She is inquisitive, and loves figuring people out - the more mysterious a person is, the more she is intrigued and she'll want to know more as well. She hasn't been human long enough to understand many things, so while it may seem strange to others, she will often look at things, and the world, with childlike wonder. She's a bit insecure, and very confused...about everything, it seems, but that does not mean that she isn't intelligent. Like most young people, she's an emotional rollercoaster. It isn't unusual for her to be bouncing one minute, then weeping her heart out just because someone gave her a crooked eye. That's probably one of her main flaws - being too sensitive. It mixes up inside of her - as an animal, she's used to killing, but her human mind would have liked to say otherwise, she's sort of torn up between that. I would like to describe her viewpoint as an optimistic realist. She tries to be an optimist, and since things are usually going good, she looks on the positive side. But once things start looking bad (or she's just in a mood) she starts thinking "Hmmm, maybe it won't be that easy at all..." etc. She can be relaxed around company, she just needs to get to know them...if they just seem to be "her kind of people" and she feels comfortable and welcome, she can be REALLY loud, and hyper, and maybe even annoying, she means well. She goes through weird states of trust and distrust, meaning once she'll be completely naive, then she'll be paranoid. She's a bit of an eccentric, yeah...but get over that, and you'll find a kind soul.

Anthro Form: In this form, she's wilder, more animalistic perhaps....she's much more outgoing, happier...In this state, she's more likely to get into trouble. She can't deny or repress or whatever her curiosity and her animal instincts as well as she can in her more human form. She's much more likely to fight more feistily (if you insult her or anything) and she'll want to both prove her point and/or get the last word...it really depends on her shifty moods. In this form, she's also much more prone to complaining about humans and how illogical and stupid they can be... :B But she means it well. No, really. I swear. o.o [There's really not much more to add...she's still the same person, but she's a bit different still. Hard to explain, I think it's a pretty minor shift.]

Cat form: She tries to be something she is not. That's why she attempted to polymorph in the first place. She's very resourceful, and self-assured...very quick to act, but even quicker to think. She can be sly, and she likes outwitting beings dumber that she is. XB Ain't she lovely. Other than that, she's like the typical cat.

Appearance: Mostly Human Form: A 16-year-old girl, about 5'6", slinky and lean. She has an oval face with high cheekbones, which create a feline-ish appearance. Her eyes are slited and glowing, as if they held some sort of mischievous secret inside. The right one is yellow, the left one is green. Her hair reaches halfway down her back; it's straight and silky. Normally, it's a brown colour, but she dyed it red purple...because she likes purple. She does not have human ears, nor human feet. Her feline features include: her fluffy, cat's ears, a cat's tail, paws instead of feet, elongated, claw-like nails, and slightly pointed teeth. The ears, paws, and tail are the only places on her body that have fur. Otherwise, she has the same amount of body hair in the same places humans do. 'Course. Since in her cat form, she's sort of a Siamese-coloured cat, her skin colour follows that pattern: her tail is brownish crème/tan with a dark brown tip; her ears are dark brown, as well as her paws and hands. Those ears twitch often. XD

Anthro form: This form is obviously more animalistic. Her height shrink down to 5'4". She has very short, sleek fur, like a doberman. It blends well and looks almost like skin from far away. Her eyes shape is slightly leaning towards that of a cat. She does not have a human  nose, rather, she has a little kitty button nose. =^_^= Mew! She has small, barely noticeable whiskers. They are very thin, so they're practically invisible. She likes twitching her whiskers, too. Her fingers are  missing a joint in this form and they also have cat pads, so while she can't write, she can still use a weapon, or a paintbrush quite effectively. She has hair the same places humans do for the most part - her hair [on her head hair]  remains purple, and she has fur collecting on her elbows, knees, paws, and a bit around her tail. Her colouring is practically similar to the colouring of her other form. Her nails are even more claw-like, her teeth begin resembling fangs as well.

Cat form: A skinny Siamese-like coloured cat. Her fur is silky and smooth; it's not short but not too long. The fur on her tail is thicker and longer than on the rest of the body, so it resembles a bottle-brush. Her eyes are, of course, green and yellow. Her fur is the aforementioned crème/tan colour, with dark brown ears, the tip of the tail, and her paws. (Image as if she was wearing socks. ^____________^)

What she wears: Different things, see pictures.

Expertise

*Magical*

--Natural--

-Firebolt. She can cast small firebolts, but not really well. Most of the time they just sorta...explode where they're not supposed to. ^^;;
-Dimness. She can't become invisible per say...it's more like being dim. You know when you're walking down the street in the evening, and something brushes against your shoulders? By the time you look, and you feel like you're being watched, but no one's there. That was most likely someone who has dimmed themselves. You sort of fade, blend into the shadow. People can't see you unless they look closely, and this gives a creepy enough feeling for them not to try so hard. Those with keen eyesight can definitely spot you, unless you're hiding in the shadow. It allows you to slip by unnoticed.  
-Hiss. Wouldn't it be kinda scary/unnerving if a half-human half-animal hissed at you threateningly, while bearing those devilish fangs? This is meant for scaring enemies, or to create a diversion. It works better in her anthro form.


-Shape-shifting. 

--Object Oriented-- 

-spear (Her favourite weapon. It looks like it's gold, it's that colour at least. I have no idea what it's made out of, but it must be some kind of magically imbued alloy or something.)
-katana
-slingshot (She uses it to only create diversions. If she wants to piss somebody off she can fire spiky balls...and if someone needs cover she can fire a smoke bomb. Wheee. ~_~) 
-very light leather armor

*Non magical* 

-leaping ability. Due to her cat genealogy, she has very strong muscles in her legs. She can leap pretty high and far is she tries.
-advanced eye sight. She cannot see when its completely dark - no one can. But her eye sight is much better than that of a human...she has a cat's eyes, after all. They adjust from thin to thick slits just like cats' eyes do according to the lightness in a place.
-extremely sharp and strong claws. Cats have actual veins and nerves in their claws. So if she'd break a nail, it'd bleed. Fortunately, they're incredibly strong. They're the strongest in her anthro form.
-increased sense of smell and hearing. Cats have keen senses...her senses are stronger than that of a usual cat. They get weaker as she adapts forms that are more human. Cats are picky eaters, also...yeah, she's a picky eater as well XD It's 'cause her sense of taste is pretty keen as well. ^_^;

Genealogy: Erm..she never knew her father, only her mother, and she left as soon as she was 4 months old - I mean, do cats even have a genealogy? She was basically an alley cat...

History: Kay. This is complicated. It will be made into a fairytale once I get off my lazy ass and actually go and write it, but for now I'll spare you and give you a not-so-quick summary. ~_~ Or something.

So, basically, Nika had always been a cat, but she differentiated herself from her siblings. She was somewhat ambitious and a dreamer. She admired humans for all that they could do, and deep in her heart she wished to be human. As she heard from numerous other citizens of the alley, there were wondrous tales of animals morphing to become human. Nika began studying. She followed the mages tha came to town around, sneaked her way into the library, kept company to lonely wizards and sorceresses that studied magic...and she learned. With the help of her pather friend, Obsidian who had done the same she was ready for a try...

Needless to say, the first time she failed to do it properly...she could do it only about halfway. That's where her anthro form came from. Feeling like she hadn't done all she could, she found an incentive in impressing Obsidian to try and become human again. She mingled with humans for a while, as a human, but grew very disappointed with human greed, cruelty, and selfishness. She'd seen it all and decided she'd seen enough. This is the reason why she keeps a halfway form.

Blah blah. Life went on. She stopped using the anthro form as often...simpy because it reminded her of failure. Since then, she earned a reputation as a great hunter/tracker, and she bough a house with a terrace in a port town, and that's where she spends most of her days. Unless she's out doing odd jobs for people...or painting.

At some point, she had died, and refusing to leave this world, was ressurected thanks to a fae and tree spirits as a sort of a dryad. Howver, thanks to Obsidian's love, she was brought back about a year after that. And here she is, ladedah. 

That's all, I guess.